Accountant

We are looking for talented Junior Tax/ Tax accountants to join our accountancy firm.

£28,000pa - £35,000pa (depending on experience)

Benefits

• Hybrid Working after 3 months
• Subsidised parking
• Health and Life Insurance
• Cycle Scheme Available
• Company Pension
• Social Events
• Apprenticeships Level 2 - Level 7
• ACCA/ CIMA study day support
• 31 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

This role is within the Limited Company Team. Managing a portfolio of clients ensuring that they are receiving proactive accountancy & Tax advice and that all their statutory deadlines are met within a timely manner. Our aim is to ensure every client receives compliant advice from a friendly and professional accountant.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing your own portfolio of clients, the majority will be PSCs.

• Responding to inbound client queries via telephone/email.

• Assisting team members where required.

• Responsible for preparing some year-end accounts, Self-Assessment Tax Returns and VAT Returns for limited company clients.

• Ensuring all VAT returns and Management Accounts are prepared within deadlines.

• Updating IRIS Practice Management to ensure that all jobs are allocated to team members.

• Filing on IRIS opendocs.

• Contacting clients over the phone to ensure they meet their required deadlines.

• Providing proactive outbound advice to clients both new and existing, including tax planning.

• Providing technical support to the organisations limited company/umbrella/sales teams.

• Monitoring clients' deadlines for VAT/Self-Assessment/Yearend accounts through internal reporting tools.

• Processing clients' company payroll.

• Advising clients through company closedown/Capital Distribution/MVL processing.

• Assisting with IR35 contract reviews, if required.

Skills, knowledge, and experience required

• Experience of working in a practice dealing with small businesses or at least AAT Foundation qualified.
• Preferable working knowledge of the contracting industry (specifically with regards to IR35 regulations and Managed Service Company legislation)
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Experience in preparing accounts for limited companies.
• Experience in calculating tax liabilities & advising clients (Self-Assessment / Corporation tax/VAT).
• Experience in running a limited company payroll would be beneficial.
• Good computer skills and basic understanding of accounting practice software.
• Experience with IRIS and IRIS opendocs preferable but not essential as full training will be provided.
• Ability to work as part of a team yet self-motivated and target driven.
• Excellent multi-tasking ability.
• Strong organisational skills
• To be already, or planning to study towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT / ACCA

This is a is Monday to Friday, full time, permanent role, with shifts attached. The first 3 months you will be working 9:00 - 17:30, whilst learning the system and processes, then you will be required to do allocated shifts that change per week. The shifts will be between 8:00 - 20:00 to fit in with the business requirements.