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Accounts Senior
ProTalent are currently working with a successful and forward-thinking accountancy practice in Leighton Buzzard to recruit a new Accounts Senior
The firm:
- Fast-growing and dynamic accountancy firm in Leighton Buzzard
- Varied, challenging and hugely rewarding Accounts Senior role
- Expert team who work hard to provide exceptional standards
- Strong focus on innovation and technology, and ambitious growth plans
The Accounts Senior role:
Your core responsibilities as an Accounts Senior will include:
- Prepare client accounts, tax, PAYE or VAT based work and identify points for partner to raise with clients and to raise potential for additional services
- Finalise paperwork for dispatch to client and HMRC, meeting deadlines and to a high quality
- Interpretation of tax returns and financial accounts to facilitate effective tax planning
- Proactively liaise with clients to obtain relevant information, ensuring attention to detail
- Monitor own job quality and quantity in line with agreed budgets, meeting these targets and exceeding where possible
- Record own chargeable time and ensure maximum recovery
- Support trainees by providing on the job coaching
- Involvement with audit work as and when required
- Bookkeeping, ledger maintenance, supplier maintenance and management accounts, as and when required
- Prepare client tax returns and advise on tax payable and payment dates
- Assisting clients with accounts software and other bookkeeping queries as required
- Completion of overtime as and when required and attend appropriate courses
- Involvement in client seminars including attendance and set up were required
- Involvement in networking and business generation under the guidance of more senior team members
The successful Accounts Senior candidate:
The successful Accounts Senior candidate needs to be hands-on, with all-round experience in preparing statutory accounts, income and corporation tax. There will also be reviewing and supervising 2 junior ACA students and so will be a challenging role for the right individual. There will be a lot of client contact running a portfolio of work.
- ACCA/ACA Qualified
- You will have at least 2 years’ UK practice experience
- Previous experience operating at Accounts Senior level
- Create a positive impression with clients and staff
- Excellent client relationship skills
- Highly commercial approach
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A proactive approach, prepared to go the extra mile
- Strong IT skills
- Enjoy developing more junior staff
Thank you for your interest in this Accounts Senior vacancy
