The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for a Senior Accountant to work for an established business in the FY8 area.Senior Accountant salary: £30,000 - £35,000 Senior Accountant hours: 37.5 Hours a week Mon - FriCompany benefits:

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with continuous service
Bupa health scheme
Company Pension
Onsite subsidised gym

Roles and responsibilities:

Responsible for a portfolio of clients
Reviewing work that has been prepared by assistants, and Accountants.
Preparing accounts, VAT returns, corporation tax returns and any other compliance work needed for filing at Companies House and HMRC.
Ownership of compliance across your own portfolio, maintaining a thorough review process for all work, ensuring a consistent and compliant service is delivered and statutory filing dates are met.
Bookkeeping for clients using Free Agent, and from time-to-time Xero and QuickBooks.
Training Junior members of the team.
Dealing with all communications for clients, both written and verbally.
Dealing with the inbound and outbound post, and ensuring it is dealt with accordingly.
Making sure that the clients are invoiced at the right time, and for any additional work.
Tax planning with clients.
Ensuring the clients are registered for the relevant taxes with HMRC.
Making sure Companies House records are kept up to date and accurate for the clients, ensuring that any forms needed are completed and filed at Companies House.
Processing payroll for clients
Covering for colleagues for period of illness, holidays, to include email cover for clients.
Training new starters and accountants in the team.
Supporting and covering the Team Manager and other team members, during periods of absence.

Skills / Qualifications Required:

Working towards an accounting qualification or qualified by experience.
Ability to work independently, or as part of a team.
Commitment to getting it right the first time.
Ability to deal with clients and members of the company with empathy, and in line with the company values.
Develop self through CPD and Relevant Training, to ensure up to date with all relevant legislation.
Working Knowledge of Accounting systems and software.
Strong Organisation and Analytical skills.
The ability to build trusting relationships with relevant stakeholders.

If this sounds of interest, please do feel free to apply through the link below, or alternatively please do get in touch and we will be more than happy to help further! The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.CPBlackpoolOther