Senior Accountant - Audit and Accounts
Senior Practice Account, Harrow HA1
Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience Harrow, Northwest London, permanent, full-time.
This a great opportunity to join a growing mid-sized Northwest London Chartered Accountancy firm focused on providing a wide range of high-quality client services and offering genuine employee progression.
The Company:
Our client is a growing five-partner, award-winning Chartered Accountancy firm located in Northwest London, within easy reach of excellent road and rail transport links.
The Practice prides itself on building lifelong relationships with its clients by providing excellent customer communication and service.
An ACCA-approved employer, they offer amazing opportunities to for the right candidate to be ambitious, by supporting staff members who want to achieve exam success and further their career in finance with ACCA, ICAEW, and CTA qualifications.
They are seeking an experienced Audit and Accounts Senior (with Tax experience) to join their team and take their career to the next level.
Benefits:
- Healthcare scheme
- Performance bonus scheme
- Regular CPD courses for audit, accounts, tax and other specialist courses
Role Overview:
As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for a diverse range of tasks across accounts, audit, and tax. Your primary duties will include:
Accounts:
- Handling accounts for limited companies, LLPs, sole traders, partnerships, and pension schemes.
- Completing planning sections in line with office guidelines.
- Preparing and monitoring budgets.
- Preparing accounts from incomplete records or client trial balances using software such as Sage, Xero, and Quickbooks.
- Liaising directly with clients to resolve queries.
- Reviewing work with a supervisor and completing files, including reporting packs.
Audit:
- Conducting internal and external audits.
- Planning, assessing controls and risks, setting materiality and sample sizes.
- Performing fieldwork testing, including stock take attendance and other site verifications.
- Conducting analytical reviews and completing audit files.
Tax:
- Preparing personal tax returns,
- VAT returns,
- corporation tax computations and returns,
- P11ds.
General:
- Occasionally providing advisory work.
- Handling correspondence from clients.
- Reviewing the work of juniors, resolving technical queries, and ensuring files are complete before passing them to the manager.
- Providing effective on-the-job training for semi-seniors and juniors.
- Being aware of other LG services and products that may benefit your clients.
Qualifications and Skills:
- ACCA/ACA fully qualified is desirable.
- A degree in accounting and finance is desirable.
- At least 2 years of post-membership experience within a UK Partnership.
- Up-to-date CPE and knowledge of recent developments in accounting standards.
- Experience with OMBs across various industries.
- Proficiency in computer packages such as Excel, Word, Outlook, Sage Line 50, IIRIS, CCH, VT Transactions, Xero, Virtual Cabinet, and Quickbooks.
Person Specification:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A technical approach to work with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure.
- Strong organisational skills, capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Client-focused and commercially aware.
- Positive and committed in dealings with both clients and staff.
- Supervisory experience is essential.
Specialities - Preferred:
- Medical sector
- Food and hospitality sector
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Media and Entertainment
- Professionals (Surveyors, IT contractors, etc.)
- EC Sales VAT reporting
- Experience with paperless office systems
This role is perfect for a dedicated professional eager to make a significant impact within a dynamic team.
If you are interested, please submit an UpToDate CV, including your current post Code and indicate you experience within Accounts, Audit & Tax as a percentage of time spent in each discipline.