Accounts Supervisor

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Workplace Pension

Life Cover 3x

Employee Assistance Programme

Reward Gateway discounts

Referral bonuses

Staff one-to-one development meetings

Job summary

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd in Scotland seeks an experienced Accountant Supervisor to manage SME accounts, produce management accounts and year-end statutory accounts, and ensure timely VAT returns.

You will mentor junior staff, supervise students, review work, and stay current with accounting standards. Hybrid role with some home working and progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ICAS/ACCA/ICAEW) with 3+ years in UK practice.
• Mentoring junior staff and training contract colleagues.
• Experience using Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small portfolio of SME accounts and produce management accounts.
• Ensure VAT returns are completed on time.
• Prepare year-end statutory accounts.
• Provide client-centered service and maintain regular contact.
• Supervise students and review colleagues' work with feedback.
• Keep up to date with accounting standards and tax changes.

Skills

Mentoring

Client service

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

ICAS

ACCA

ICAEW

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage

Job description

The Company

Able Bridge Recruitment are thrilled to be working with an East of Scotland accountancy firm in the recruitment of an account's supervisor on a permanent basis.

Benefits include

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid, agile and flexible working practices (after completion of probation period)
• Workplace Pension and 3 x Life Cover
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, including GP24
• Access to our Reward Gateway offering 100s of high street discounts, wellbeing and fitness resources, videos, podcasts etc
• Client referral bonus
• Staff referral bonus
• Regular one to one meetings to assist personal development

This vacancy, the result of growth and will report into the head of department. As earlier mentioned, the company offer a flexible working model with a number of days working from home (exact number to be agreed by your line manager).

The role will work in a busy and collaborative environment and tasks will vary day to day.

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to ultimately manage a small portfolio of SME business accounts ensuring that management accounts are accurately produced and that VAT returns are completed by the relevant department in accordance with agreed timescales. You will also be responsible for the production of year end statutory accounts.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;

• Management of a small portfolio of SME businesses
• Maintaining regular client contact to deliver a proactive and client-centred service
• Training and supervising students within the team
• Reviewing work of colleagues and students and providing constructive feedback and development pointers
• Preparation of Limited Company, LLP, partnership and sole trader accounts
• Preparation of management accounts
• Drafting of Personal and Corporation Tax computations
• Assisting departmental assistant managers with ad hoc client tasks
• Maintaining up to date technical knowledge of accounting standards, corporation and personal tax

The Requirements

We are seeking a qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, ICAEW) with a minimum of 3 years of accounting experience within a practice firm from within the UK. We are seeking candidates who want to go the extra mile for their clients and an individual who enjoys mentoring and developing junior members of the team/training contract colleagues. We are looking for applicants to be systems literate with either Xero, Quickbooks, Sage, etc. Strong communication skills in both written and verbal form are essential to be considered.

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.