Accounts Senior

Our client is a fast-growing, successful, Top 100 Accountancy Firm, specialising in the Accountancy and Business Advisory sectors. Due to continuous expansion, they are now looking to acquire the services of an Accounts Senior to join the team, to provide high-quality audit, accounting, and related client services, and to contribute generally to the overall development of the firm, alongside a formal training program to develop skills and knowledge. This is a fantastic opportunity, which would suit an individual who is a self-starter, passionate, and resilient and looking to work in a varied, dynamic environment, offering the scope for credible career development.

Main Responsibilities:

• Taking responsibility and ownership of own work and deadline management, which feeds into the budgets on compliance work, so constant communication is essential.
• Take responsibility as "Lead staff" for a small portfolio of clients, being their day-to-day point of contact and ensuring the work runs smoothly, being a key link between manager and client, and identifying additional work that can be billed.
• Preparation and review of accounts, VAT returns, and tax computations from client records, for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies.
• Assisting clients with their financial record keeping, which is increasingly moving to Cloud-based solutions.
• Preparation of corporation tax returns, personal tax returns, capital gains tax computations, IHT, and other specific actions where necessary (additional training will be provided if needed).
• Involvement in networking and business generation under the guidance of more senior team members.
• Supporting managers and partners as part of a focused client service team, which will include responding to client queries in a professional and timely manner and assisting with ad-hoc advisory work.
• Training and mentoring junior members of the team.

Key Skills & Experience:

• ACA/ACCA fully or part-qualified or AAT qualified.
• Experience in preparing accounts and related business tax computations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to learn and consider the bigger picture.
• Proven verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presence, quickly builds rapport and trust, and highly confidential.
• Resilient, energetic, achiever, and self-motivated.
• Organised, creative, and analytical.

Additional Information:

• This is a full-time, permanent role, Monday to Friday, with flexible working hours and structure (37.5 hours per week).
• 23 Days Holiday + Bank holidays (increases with length of service).
• Enhanced Employer Pension Contribution, Benefits Platform, Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, and Enhanced Maternity.