Assistant Accountant - Practice
North Leicestershire
(hybrid working model, flexibility to work from home)
Part-time applications are considered, these don't come along very often!
£25-30k
Our client is a small but dynamic firm of accountants dedicated to supporting freelancers, contractors, self-employed individuals, small to medium businesses, and partnerships with expert accountancy advice and services.
The team is committed to providing personalised solutions and building lasting relationships with clients with much of the business coming through referral and recommendation.
We require an Assistant Accountant with experience of preparing client accounts in an accountancy practice setting, using Xero (or similar), to join them at this exciting time in their journey.
The role of Assistant Accountant will include:
- Managing a portfolio of client accounts including sole trader/SME clients, freelancers, contractors, self-employed individuals, and partnerships.
- Preparation of client accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies.
- Handling VAT returns and providing VAT advice to clients.
- Providing bookkeeping and management accounts services for clients.
- Assisting clients with payroll processing and PAYE.
- Support with the implementation of Xero in to clients businesses
- Building strong relationships with clients and providing ongoing support and advice.
- Keeping up-to-date with relevant accounting standards and legislation
Its important you have relevant (recent) experience in preparing client accounts, ideally within a small/mediums sized practice setting. Client satisfaction will be top of your list of priorities and you have a strong ability to build positive working relationships with the team as well as the clients you are managing. Technically you will have good IT skills, in particular experience using Xero would be preferred.
Disclaimer - We can only consider candidates with recent experience working in an accountancy practice setting for this position, please feel free to get in touch with us to discuss other opportunities if this role isnt quite right.