Accounts Assistant: with potential to progress rapidly.
Our client is a forward thinking, technology driven firm that really cares both about their people and their clients.
We just happen to have been in existence for nearly 90 years.
Over the last few years this firm has restructured and now comes with a strong, tight team who enjoy spending time together.
The role is full time, and you would be expected to be in the office every day.
As a result of internal promotions and a restructuring a rare opportunity for a forward thinking Accounts Assistant has come up to join our team.
You would be supported by a nurturing Accounts Senior and manager who have been in your shoes a couple of years ago.
If you are the right person for us, you will be naturally organised, want to make a difference for clients and keen to shine and show us your potential.
After a couple of office moves in our history we are now based in a modern, light, open plan airy office with all the mod cons you would expect, such as a cracking coffee machine and biscuits on tap!
The right individual for us will:
- Plan their workload along with manager: daily, weekly, monthly; Proactively speak up when deadlines have been missed or slipping;
- Enjoy the feeling of inbox zero at the end of the day;
- Like doing a short to do list before they finish for the day;
- Enjoy using new technology and will want to push the practice and clients to embrace more efficient working practice;
- Be excellent at keeping clients informed on what is happening with their job and affairs;
- Have the following attitudes:
- Be positive - that means being optimistic but pragmatic;
- Be respectful - this means of our clients' time, of people in the business, and to realise that we create positive working relationships;
- Welcome the chance to shine at work;
- Likes asking for feedback from colleagues, managers and clients;
- Sees failure as an opportunity to learn rather than something to be scared of;
- Realise that work is both a give and take - there will be times when BW helps you, and there will be times when we are busy when you will help us;
- Quick to pick up the phone to talk with clients rather than hiding behind emails;
- Enjoy working with and being part of a small team to help the team succeed;
- Act with professionalism, in other words we will be proud to call you an employee and our clients will say they really enjoying working with you;
- Take responsibility, this means taking pride in the work, looking beyond the work on their desk to see what else they can do for the team and the client, so we deliver great client service;
- Have 18 months + experience working in an accounting practice.
The work you will be doing includes:
- Working with an experienced senior and client manager to put together clients books, VAT returns and year end accounts;
- Simple tax computations and personal tax returns;
- Picking up the phone to talk with clients to help get their information;
- Answering client queri