Position: Qualified Accountant
Office Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: £35,000.00 to £42,000 p/a
Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 5 days per week
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Our Client specialises in accountancy solutions for the self-employed subcontractors. The company is part of a larger group, that all work together in tandem.
Due to growth, they are looking for a qualified accountant to oversee the operations, and the ideal candidate should specialise in Managerial Accounting. The role of this qualified accountant can be split in to four areas;
1. Oversee the in-house bookkeepers across the business
2. Preparation and submission of year end accounts, corporation tax returns and VAT submissions
3. Managerial accounting across the business to support their financial efficiency and for tracking progress toward attaining particular financial goals
4. Offering and running accountancy services to self-employed contractors and SME's. You will head the accountancy operations and you will be assisted by the accounts administrator and the accounts co-ordinator as you manage their workflow.
Oversee the in-house bookkeepers
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Each of the companies have their own in-house bookkeepers, so you will need to ensure that the ledgers are accurate and kept up to date
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Spot check/audit/check for errors, i.e:
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Ensure correct categories are used within accounting software
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Ensure all accounts have been reconciled accounting software
Preparation and submission of year end accounts, corporation tax returns and VAT submissions
- Prepare and submit year end accounts for the 3 companies
- Corporation tax returns
- Confirmation statement Filing
- Quarterly VAT submission
- Assist in bookkeeping where required
Managerial accounting
- Generating and analysing financial statements, and advising on financial improvements based on the data
- Budget plans & affordability
- Profit and loss statement forecasting
- Cost cutting opportunities
- Balance Sheet Forecast
- Cash Flow Forecast
Offering and running accountancy services to self-employed contractors and SME's
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We currently have approximately 20 self-employed contractors on our books, who we offer a variety of accountancy services to. So, for each customer, you could be servicing varying accountancy areas such as:
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Bookkeeping
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Self-assessments/tax returns
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Preparation and submission of year end accounts and corporation tax returns
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VAT submission / VAT flat rate managing / VAT back date managing
Key experience, skills & qualities:
- Qualified accountant - Minimum level 4 AAT (or equivalent ACCA, CIMA)
- Proficient in QuickBooks - Minimum 2 year required
- Bookkeeping - Minimum 2 year required
- Managerial Accounting - Minimum 2 year required
- Excellent knowledge of risk analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
- Fully proficient in the VAT Flat Rate Scheme and can serve our customers in this
- Fully proficient in VAT Back Dating and can serve our customers in this