Details:
- Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: City of London London
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
This will be a group role operating across all accountancy offices. You will be someone who is driven and thrives in the variety this type of role offers. You will also be able to provide commercial/financial expertise to support your client's business.
Looking for someone who has worked with accountancy practises.... OR a senior management accountant in industry
Responsibilities include:
Engaging with your clients' business, understanding their needs and identify new opportunities
Being the primary day-to-day contact for your allocated portfolio of clients regarding all data processing activities and treasury matters, taking responsibility for all duties up to and including the production of (often complex) management information
Data processing activities to be conducted by the team to include bank transactions, sales and purchase ledger items, expense claims and all other general ledger postings, journals etc;
Active business partnering to ensure informed reporting of risks & opportunities, actuals and forecast variance analysis
Analytically reviewing results and analysing key performance indicators for your clients;
Ensuring that allocated teams are keeping all accounting systems up to date and accurate within the agree timeframes
Reviewing VAT returns, EC sales lists and Intrastat returns, having an understanding of what is allowable under the VAT rules and the basic principles of partial exemption and how this operates
Preparing basic statutory financial statements for clients with little or no supervision, having an awareness of the disclosure requirements of the Companies Act
Preparing an audit file which could be provided to the client's auditors, with supporting schedules for all balance sheet items
Carrying out ad hoc assignments, often to include budgeting and assistance with cash flow forecasting and training clients in use of their accounting systems
Assisting with tendering to potential new clients as well as the implementation phase for new engagements
Liaising and collaborating with tax, payroll and other departments on client matters, identifying cross-selling opportunities
Promoting the interests of the firm to clients, prospective clients and other third parties;
Assisting with portfolio allocation across the wider team and monitor time allocations, budgets and deadlines, including data insight for internal management reporting and checklist monitoring
Working in accordance with defined systems and procedures as well challenging the status quo where there may be a more efficient way of doing things
Empowering and educating through line management to develop more junior members of the team