Senior Accountant - Service Charge

TC Group; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An ambitious accountancy firm is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their award-winning Service Charge team in Southampton. This role involves planning and executing audits, coaching junior staff, and ensuring exceptional client service. The ideal candidate will possess strong accounting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to solve complex problems. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will help ambitious business owners thrive. Enjoy a collaborative culture and numerous benefits, including flexible working and professional development opportunities. If you're ready to make an impact in a growing firm, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Group life assurance

Group income protection

25 days annual leave

Opportunity to purchase additional holiday

Birthday day off

Health cash plan

Quarterly functions and events

Employee Assistance Programme

Regular training and development

Qualifications

• AAT qualified or part ACCA/ACA qualified with accounting experience.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Planning and executing audit assignments for service charge accounts.
• Coaching junior members and managing client queries.

Skills

Accounting

Double Entry Bookkeeping

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

AAT qualified

Part ACCA/ACA qualified

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

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Salary - Competitive dependent on experience

Hours - Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working

Holiday - 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)

About the Senior Accountant - Service Charge role

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We're business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we've honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.

Our Southampton office is looking for a Senior Accountant to join the Service Charge team in our Southampton office.

Our award-winning service charge team is one of the UK's largest residential service charge accounting firms and our company values and strong collaborative culture are at the forefront of everything we do.

The ideal candidate will have an exploratory approach to working in order to identify and solve problems efficiently. The role will require skills to work on large numbers of accounts, ensuring our methodology has been followed and feeding back to the more junior members, and any issues flagged to the client and the manager. A key focus on working in an efficient and quality environment is a must.

Key responsibilities of a Senior Accountant will include:

• Undertaking the planning and execution of ISA800 audit assignments and Factual Findings Reports for our client's service charge accounts in accordance with best practice.
• Reviewing the work performed by more junior members of the team and dealing with complex queries and client questions.
• Coaching and assisting the more junior team members in order to meet the client's needs.
• Involvement with practice and workflow management for the wider team.
• Aiding in the overall delivery of exceptional client service to our market-leading clients.

About you

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• AAT qualified or part ACCA/ ACA qualified.
• A solid background and exposure to accounting and/or double entry bookkeeping.
• Ideally have experience of working within an accountancy practice.
• Have the ability and confidence to deal with complex sets of accounts, with a high level of attention to detail and a problem-solving mindset.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills - written and verbal.
• Be able to confidently work alone but also be a team player.
• Organised and methodical approach to handling workload of both self and others.
• Be proficient in main line MS Office products, with in-depth experience and knowledge of Excel.
• Knowledge of service charge accounting would be an advantage.

Full benefits available for the Senior Accountant

• Pension scheme.
• Group life assurance x 4.
• Group income protection.
• 25 days annual leave excluding bank holidays.
• Opportunity to purchase additional holiday days.
• Birthday day off.
• Health cash plan.
• Quarterly functions and events.
• Access to our employee benefits portal - cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Referral Bonus - we're always looking for talented individuals to join our team.
• Regular training and development - continuous development and support not only for your professional qualifications but also for your personal goals and aspirations.

About us

TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We're an ambitious group of people with the same aim - to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing - we're supporting more and more of the UK's ambitious business owners, SMEs and large Corporations and it's a real team effort. We're helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses.

We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.