Part or newly qualified Accountant

Fortis Accountants is a growing Hammersmith based accountancy firm has a great reputation amongst clients and for being a friendly and supportive place to work and provide their team with challenging and varied roles. Our clients are interesting, organised and superb to work with. If you want to be a part of this and are keen on career development and want to work with a wide range of companies and individuals operating in areas such as technology, software, media & entertainment, recruitment, renewable energy, property and asset investment we would like to hear from you.

Requirements

You should have a minimum of 2 years’ UK full-time practice experience.

You must have experience of preparing management accounts as well as VAT returns and preparing accounts to TB level.

You must have experience in either Xero or QuickBooks or similar software and be fully proficient in MS Office.

It is also vital that you are well presented, well-spoken and professional as this is a client facing position. With time you may also hold client meetings. 

Role

You will be involved on a variety of tasks, such as monthly and quarterly management accounts, VAT returns and various bookkeeping assignments and reconciliations for clients, payroll, plus exposure to statutory accounts work.

There will be opportunities to assist with R&D claims, personal and corporate taxation, and EIS/SEIS work.

We will offer study support for the ACCA (for part qualified applicants), excellent training, and progression within a friendly and sociable working environment with exposure to wide range of interesting clients. For newly qualified candidates the salary will be higher and reflect the saving in exam courses.

We have regular company funded socials, provide fresh fruit and a variety of breakfast cereals to make sure you start the day right and a wide range of teas and coffee at our West London office (Zone 2).

Salary depending on experience and qualifications, package will additionally includes health insurance, pension, fully paid study leave including exam tuition and revision classes and an annual bonus.

There is the opportunity for flexible or hybrid working after 6 months. 

Start date is flexible, but ideally on or around 15th May - 15th June 2023.  

Next steps

If this sounds like what you are looking for and want to change your career path, apply to join our team. Apply, by attaching your CV and a cover letter.

Your cover letter should refer to your relevant accounting and tax experience and software used. Applications without this information will not be considered.

Initial interviews will be via Video call and then face to face (duration up to 45 minutes).  Face to Face interviews will include some accounting / VAT / bookkeeping tests (duration 60 - 180 minutes). These will all take place late March through to 8 April 2023.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide any form of visa sponsorship, so candidates must be a UK/Irish citizen or already possess a current UK Working Visa.