Partner Accounting Associate - 12 month FTC

Bdo; Hydestile; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy and business advisory firm in Hydestile seeks an accountant to support the Partner Accounting Manager. Responsibilities include preparing monthly reconciliations, ensuring accurate calculations of partner benefits, and enhancing reconciliation processes post-Workday transition. Ideal candidates should hold relevant qualifications, have experience in managing journal entries, and proficiency in data analysis and Excel functions. Embrace agile working practices within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant accounting qualification such as AAT helpful.
• Good understanding of double entry.
• Experience in preparation of journals.
• Experience of dealing with large amounts 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.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to the Partner Accounting Manager and Tax Manager.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of approx. 60 members' interest ledger accounts.
• Calculate true up adjustments on certain benefit codes.
• Maintain and develop reconciliation processes following the move to Workday.
• Ensuring partners' benefits, drawings, and tax charges etc. are correctly calculated.
• Reviewing supplier invoices in relation to all aspects of the fleet.
• Sending out forms to partners and updating periodic partners schedules.

Job description

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'll 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'll 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:

Responsibilities

• Providing support to the Partner Accounting Manager and Tax Manager
• Prepare 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.
• Calculate "true up" adjustments on certain benefit codes to ensure an equitable allocation of costs to partners
• Prepare reconciliations for certain other ledger accounts, including partner capital bank accounts, annuity codes and insurance control account.
• Maintain and develop 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 update periodic partners schedules (Allowances forms, Business % and Tax Certificates)

Qualifications

• Relevant accounting qualification such as AAT helpful
• Good understanding of double entry
• Experience in preparation of journals
• Experience of 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’ll 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.

About BDO

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.