Senior Accountant

Blusource Professional Services Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Company pension

Hybrid working

Job summary

Blusource Professional Services Ltd in Leicester is supporting a well-established accountancy firm to recruit a Senior Accountant. The role blends accounts production with audit work on larger clients, offering progression and professional development.

The position suits candidates from Semi-Senior to Manager, with mentoring responsibilities for junior staff and audit work accounting for about 25–35% of the role. Hybrid working may be considered for the right person.

Qualifications

• Solid general practice/accountancy background.
• Ability to lead audits or be trained to do so.
• Willingness to mentor less experienced staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review statutory accounts for a varied portfolio of clients.
• Deliver full accounts production assignments from planning through to completion.
• Involvement in audits for larger/complex clients (25%–35%).
• Plan, perform and complete audits for clients with turnover from £6m to £250m.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff to develop their skills.
• Lead audits and accounts assignments from start to finish; manage workload.

Skills

Accounts production

Audit experience

Mentoring

Client liaison

Job description

An excellent job opportunity has arisen at a successful, well established accountancy firm in Leicester who are looking to hire a Senior Accountant to join their expanding team. The firm can offer long–term progression and professional development, plus market–leading pay and benefits.

Ideally, they are keen to hire at a senior level, but the firm are flexible on the level of hire, so interested in reviewing applications from people anywhere between Semi –Senior up to Assistant Manager to Manager level.

They need someone for a mixed position, including all elements of accounts production and related work, ideally blended with audit work on their larger, more complex clients. The firm are prioritising a solid general practice / accountancy background, as they can train on audit if required, so they are open to hiring a more experienced person who has led audits, or someone less experienced, who they can support through training within audit.

If you are a more experienced professional, the firm can look at someone capable of managing accounts work, doing the audit and managing the workload.

Audit clients at the firm range in size from GBP15M to GBP250M turnover, with some large companies in their client base, plus a few medium sized audits. This offers great exposure to more complex issues, so some great technical experience on the larger audits, with audit taking up around 25% to 35% of the job role, including the smaller voluntary audits for clients around GBP6M to GBP9M turnover.

This role will ideally sit between some staff positions and the firm s Directors and for more experienced applicants, the job can include mentoring less experienced staff.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation and review of statutory accounts for a varied portfolio of clients, including limited companies and more complex entities
• Delivery of full accounts production assignments from planning through to completion
• Involvement in audit assignments for larger and more complex clients, with audit work forming approximately 25% 35% of the role
• Planning, performing and completing audits for clients ranging from approximately GBP6m to GBP250m turnover, including both statutory and voluntary audits
• Exposure to technically challenging audit and accounts issues, particularly on larger corporate clients
• Managing multiple client assignments simultaneously and ensuring deadlines are met
• Liaising directly with clients to resolve queries and provide high–quality service
• Supporting and collaborating with Directors on larger or more complex engagements
• Leading audits and accounts assignments from start to finish
• Managing workload across both accounts and audit portfolios
• Reviewing work prepared by junior staff
• Mentoring and supporting the development of less experienced team members

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Excellent personal development programmes to support career growth opportunities
• Structured development as well as on the job practical training
• Working and learning directly from Associate Directors & Directors
• They will consider part time and full–time working hours and will consider an element of hybrid working for the right person.
• The firm has always closed down at Christmas, that is not guaranteed, but they ve always done that, so this adds 4 to 5 days per year on top of your holiday allowance.
• Free parking.
• Social events.
• Company pension.
• Ability to progress all the way to the top!