Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant required for an Accounts and tax team within a rapidly growing Accountancy Practice based in Huddersfield. The successful Senior Accountant will be working on a variety of clients, providing advisory on tax matters, accounting, forecasting and a variety of other accounting services. The ideal Accounts Senior will have relevant experience within these areas of practice and have a solid understanding of reporting standards when it comes to financial statements.

Managing a portfolio of varied clients you will be mainly tasked with:

• Preparation of accounts and Corporation Tax Returns
• Preparation of Personal Tax Returns
• Preparation of management and partnership accounts for clients
• Answering client queries and client meetings
• Assisting junior members of the teams with their queries
• Preparation and review of complex company financial statements
• Review and submit quarterly VAT returns
• Attend client meetings and interact with directors and business owners

Qualifications:

• ACA, ACCA qualified with a strong background in practice (ideally 1+ years PQE, finalists will also be considered) as an experienced Senior Accountant or Manager.
• Must be able to actively manage own workloads and take responsibility for own and team members development.
• Must possess IT skills to operate in-house programs and prepare and develop spreadsheets as necessary. Accounting software experience with Sage, Xero or QuickBooks will also be useful.
• Must be fully adept with accounts preparation programs, preferably IRIS.
• Proven ability in managing a portfolio of mixed clients, and business development in an environment where the emphasis was on accounts, tax and advisory work is a must.

Benefits:

• Onsite parking
• 37.5 hours per week but flexible working around core hours (10.30am - 4.00pm)
• Holiday entitlement of 33 holiday days per year including bank holidays
• Company Pension scheme (salary sacrifice option available)
• Life Assurance
• Payment of professional memberships
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye tests

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.