Accounts Assistant

Sewell Wallis are working with a long established firm in Yorkshire who are rapidly growing and needing the new addition of an Accounts Assistant to join them in this exciting time!

This is an excellent opportunity for an additional member of staff to join their team, working in a busy small business accounts and VAT department as they proceed to gain experience in helping them progress personally and professionally. This is a varied role to primarily include bookkeeping and VAT work for clients as well as accounts and Tax Return preparation for a varied portfolio of sole traders, partnerships and small limited companies.

What you will be doing?

• Full time.
• Bookkeeping.
• VAT Returns.
• Accounts preparation.
• Personal and Corporation tax computations.
• Tax Returns - Self Assessment and Company.
• Working to tight deadlines.

What I am looking for?

• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience gained in an accountancy practice.
• Strong bookkeeping and accounts preparation skills.
• Working knowledge of preparing Tax Returns.
• Good IT skills which must include Excel and Word and either SAGE, QuickBooks or Xero.
• AAT qualification or proven experience in a similar role.

What is on offer?

• Competitive salary.
• Contributory Pension and life insurance scheme.
• Flexible working including Flexitime system.
• Annual leave of 25 days, plus bank holidays (full time equivalent).
• Convenient office location with easily accessible car parking nearby (currently free of charge).
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Friendly working environment.

For more information, please contact Olivia Oxley.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.