Senior Accountant/Manager

Description:

A renowned accountancy practice is recruiting for a Senior Accountant/Manager to join a team that delivers high quality accountancy services to a range of limited companies, partnerships and sole traders.
Along with a competitive salary, the firm will offer the successful candidate a good benefits package including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, health care & wellbeing programme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, enhanced sick pay, life assurance 4 x salary, optical expenses, professional subscriptions, and hybrid working.
As Senior Accountant/Manager your responsibilities will include:
* Reviewing annual accounts for companies, partnerships and sole traders
* Preparing accounts for more complex clients
* Reviewing company tax returns and computations
* Overseeing workflow management, to ensure deadlines are met
* Monitoring WIP recovery, budget setting, commercial awareness
* Responding to client queries, advising on accounting and taxation matters, business improvement and growth, exit strategies and provide cloud software support
* Meet with clients for pre and post year end reviews and tax planning
* Manage client satisfaction and dispute resolution
* Draft client bills, WIP and fee management
* Mentor and support the development of trainees in a clear and concise manner
* Managing staff development and support appraisal process
* Attend and contribute to department and operations meetings
* Keep up to date with CPD requirements and developments in standards, regulation and legislation
Please apply for this role if the following describes your skills, experience and attributes:
* ACA or ACCA qualified
* Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience gained within a practice environment
* Understanding of accounting standards, VAT rules and legislation, basic personal tax knowledge
* Background working in a corporate environment
* Experienced in supervising or mentoring junior members of staff
* Good IT skills; MS Office and accounting software packages – experience of Digita Suite, SAGE, QuickBooks, Xero, Virtual Cabinet is desirable
* Strong attention to detail
* Excellent communication skills
* Good time management skills
We can only accept applications from candidates that have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.
Submit your CV for this Senior Accountant/Manager role
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful