Senior Accountant

Blusource Finance Limited; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Company pension

Hybrid working

Excellent professional development

Job summary

Blusource Finance Limited in Leicester is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their expanding team. The role blends accounts production with audit on larger clients, with the potential for hybrid working.

Candidates should have a solid general practice background; the firm supports training in audit and offers mentoring, progression opportunities, and a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Solid general practice/accountancy background.
• Opportunity to train in audit and mentor staff.
• Experience leading audits and managing accounts work.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and review of statutory accounts for a varied client portfolio.
• Delivery of full accounts production assignments from planning through to completion.
• Involvement in audit assignments for larger and more complex clients (25–35% of role).
• Plan, perform and complete audits for clients from £6m to £250m turnover.
• Mentor and develop junior staff and liaise with clients to provide high-quality service.

Skills

Accounts production

Audit

Client liaison

Team leadership

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 £15M to £250M 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 £6M to £9M 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 £6m to £250m 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!