Accounts Associate
Top 30 Firm, City of London
Up to £35,000!!
The Business Services team is one of the firms largest teams providing business support to a range of businesses and charities. The team provide the full complement of outsourced services including management accounting, VAT, payroll, company secretarial, HR consulting and regulatory reporting.
Role Overview:
To provide quality accounting services to clients within the Outsourcing Team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Carry out all accounting work for a wide range of corporate and charity organisations in compliance with the firm's and statutory procedures. This will include planning, executing, completing and producing client-ready product independently and with minimum supervision.
- Prepare management accounts and statutory financial reports, including consolidated accounts, from manual and computerised accounting records.
- Prepare/review VAT Returns, including an understanding of partial exemption rules.
- Delegate, supervise and review the work of junior members of the team, providing constructive feedback and support as necessary.
- Provide general accounting services and assistance to clients in the preparation of accounts and VAT returns, for example preparing working papers for management or statutory accounts.
- Recommend improvements to clients' accounting systems and controls and assist clients whenever needed.
- Be able to take ownership of an assignment and see it through to completion with the willingness to solve issues as and when they arise.
- Take ownership of communicating with clients, developing and building strong client relationships.
- Keep costs within budget wherever possible and report to the Manager/Partner as soon as agreed time/budget appears to be compromised.
Skills and Experience:
- 3 A-levels (or equivalent - with a minimum of 120 UCAS points)
- Good GCSE results with a minimum of grade B/level 5 in GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Experience of working within practice with a of minimum 3 + years
- Experience of preparing statutory and management accounts
- Experience with VAT registrations and preparation of VAT returns
- Excellent communication skills
- Client facing experience
- AAT qualified or ACCA part qualified, or equivalent
- Knowledge of UK GAAP, specifically an understanding of FRS102 and FRS105
- Experience with QuickBooks Online and Xero
- Ideally experience in implementation of Cloud based accounting software
- MS Office including Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Accounting software knowledge and experience - Sage, QuickBooks Online or Xero (desirable)
- Knowledge and experience with other accounting add-ons (compatible with Cloud accounting software, for example, Dext, FUTRLI, Fathom and Expensify).
- Advanced Excel skills (desirable)