Accounts Senior

Purpose of the Role

To provide a high quality service to clients and to contribute to the development of the practice under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of accounts, VAT returns and tax computations from client records, for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.
• Assisting clients with their financial record keeping, which is increasingly moving to Cloud-based solutions.
• Liaise with clients to obtain relevant information for their accounts, acting in a proactive way and ensuring attention to details and effective questioning of client
• Preparation of corporation tax returns and personal tax returns (additional training will be provided if needed).
• Supporting managers and partners as part of a focussed client service team, which will include responding to client queries in a professional and timely manner.
• Monitor own job quality and quantity in line with agreed budgets, meeting these targets and exceeding where possible
• Training and mentoring junior members of the team.

Key skills and Qualifications

• ACA / ACCA part-qualified, or AAT qualified
• Experience of preparing accounts and related business tax computations
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Willingness to learn and consider the  bigger picture
• Proven verbal and written communication skills

Benefits that Ellacotts can provide

• Possible to add – eg re social events, flexible working etc