Partner Accounting Associate - 12 month FTC

BDO; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Greater London is seeking an individual to provide support to financial managers and prepare monthly reconciliations for approximately 60 members' accounts. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant accounting qualification, understand double entry bookkeeping, and be proficient in advanced Excel functions. You will manage large volumes of data and be encouraged to enhance processes within a collaborative team environment that values personal and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Agile working framework

Career development programmes

Qualifications

• Understanding of double entry bookkeeping is essential.
• Experience in preparation of journals is required.
• Ability to handle large amounts of data, approximately 2,000 transactions a month.

Responsibilities

• Support Partner Accounting Manager and Tax Manager.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations and schedules for member accounts.
• Calculate adjustments to ensure equitable cost allocation.

Skills

Double entry understanding

Advanced Excel functions

Data handling

Education

Relevant accounting qualification (AAT)

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We'll broaden your horizons

Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm.

We'll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You will be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You will be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

You'll be responsible for :

Providing support to the Partner Accounting Manager and Tax Manager

Preparing the monthly reconciliations of approx. 60 members' interest ledger accounts and monthly schedules including profit allocation, partner drawings, benefit charges, motor expense etc. including agreement with supplier invoices and Flexcel records where appropriate.

Calculating “true up” adjustments on certain benefit codes to ensure an equitable allocation of costs to partners

Preparing reconciliations for certain other ledger accounts, including partner capital bank accounts, annuity codes and insurance control account.

Maintaining and developing reconciliation processes following the move to Workday to improve efficiency

Ensuring partners' benefits, drawings, tax charges etc are correctly calculated and journals posted to the correct ledger codes

Reviewing supplier invoices in relation to all aspects of the fleet

Sending out forms to partners and updating periodic partners schedules (Allowances forms, Business % and Tax Certificates)

You'll be someone with :

Relevant accounting qualification such as AAT helpful

Good understanding of double entry

Experience in preparation of journals

Experience dealing with large amount of data (circa 2,000 transactions a month)

Use of Excel including advanced functions such as pivot tables, Xlookups, sumifs etc.

Experience of monthly reconciliation processes

You will be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We're in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO.

We're looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.