Accounts Assistant + Study Support

Job Purpose:

A growing, forward-thinking company seeks an Accounts Assistant for its Northampton Outsourcing team. This newly created position offers a supportive culture, career growth, and hybrid and flexible working options. The position also includes the opportunity for full funding to pursue professional qualifications.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build productive working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Develop and apply technical knowledge through on-the-job training and formal qualifications.
• Use accounting software to generate accurate reports for Managers, Partners, and clients.
• Producing simple sets of reconciled management information for clients inclusive of profit and loss account and balance sheet
• Preparing basic tax computations and returns e.g. corporation tax
• Preparing monthly and quarterly VAT returns for sole traders, limited companies and partnerships
• Preparing working papers including bank reconciliations, VAT reconciliations and other control account reconciliations
• Helping to prepare statutory accounts and finalise accounts under the overall supervision of your Manager supervision

Person Specification:

• Strong IT skills, with the ability to quickly learn new software packages.
• Highly organized, capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-starter with a high level of resilience and initiative.
• Effective team player who can also work independently.

Key Experience:

• Minimum of 1 years’ experience ideally in a practice Outsourcing team.
• With the intention of working towards AAT/ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualification.
• A positive and confident self-starter, who understands the importance of maintaining positive client relationships as well as internal collaboration
• Strong IT skills, specifically Xero and Excel alongside an ability to pick up new software packages very quickly
• Identifying opportunities for process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.

Hours of Work:

• Flexible working of 37.5 hours a week (Monday - Friday) Open to Hybrid (max 2 days working from home)

If you are interested, please get in touch ASAP or if this is not the exact role you are searching for, please do not hesitate to contact me directly to discuss other opportunities.

Disclaimer - Oasis Business Personnel strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is committed to treating all applicants alike. Oasis Business Personnel does not treat any individual on grounds of sex, age, colour, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability or membership or non-membership of a trade union, less favourably than others. All vacancies advertised are open to all ages.