Role-AccountingSemiSenior

The role

• Key part of team 

• First point of contact for your portfolio of clients with plenty of client contact 

• Ensure high quality of work carried out 

• Great working knowledge of Xero and Dext essential 

• Statutory accounts preparation 

• Corporation tax returns 

• Bookkeeping and management accounts  

• Prepare and review VAT returns 

• Use of Xero payroll  

• Preparation of unincorporated accounts from incomplete records 

• Rental accounts and personal tax returns 

• Good time management essential to meet budgets and deadlines 

• Early responsibility 

• Structured career path and excellent study package 
  

Additional benefits

• Smart casual dress

• Modern office 5 mins from Buckhurst Hill tube station near Waitrose, shops and cafes

• Good coffee!

• 24 days holiday (including 4 days over Christmas) plus all 8 bank holidays

• Health care

• Pension Scheme with Aviva

• Excellent training and study package provided

• You

• are a highly organised self starter looking for early responsibility and the great all round experience that a small practice can offer.

• have a good degree, are highly numerate, have great time management skills and a keen attention for detail.

• are part way along the journey with your accountancy exams with excellent marks so far.

• are personable with good people and presentation skills.

• have 1-2 years’ experience working as an accountancy trainee in an accountancy practice where you have gained a good working knowledge of Xero, and solid accounts preparation skills. Knowledge of payroll, VAT returns, construction industry scheme, rental accounts and tax would be an advantage but not essential.

We

• are a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers and Registered Auditors.

• are a small busy practice looking after around 200 clients from a variety of industries.

• view ourselves as part of our clients’ team – helping with day-to-day matters as well as the more traditional services where we can.

• are specialists in tax.

• are seeking an accountancy trainee to rapidly grow into a key part of the team, providing a full range of services to their portfolio of clients. This includes bookkeeping, VAT returns, payroll, management accounts, year end accounts and tax returns, as well as ad-hoc advice.

• provide comprehensive training to ensure our staff are equipped with the skills to perform at their best and provide a first class service to our clients. This includes accountancy training such as the ACA, ACCA or ACA-CTA study package and technical and software training. If you are currently an accountancy trainee pursuing the ACA qualification and meet the criteria, then there is the option to transfer to the ACA-CTA programme which provides a fast track route to become a Chartered Tax Adviser as well.