Practice Accountant

Recruiter
Tax Assist
Location
Bristol, UK
Salary
Competitive salary
Posted
07 Sep 2019
Closes
17 Oct 2019
Ref
1255979819
Job role
Accountant
Practice Accountant

Location: Kingswood, Bristol.
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000, DOE
Contract: Full time, permanent.

We're looking for an experienced Accountant to join our team in Kingswood Bristol. Located in out of town shop front offices this is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part-qualified individual with recent practice experience to join an ambitious, growing firm.

TaxAssist Accountants is the largest small-business accountancy group in the UK, with over 200 branches looking after over 70,000 clients. This is a great chance to be part of a very successful, award-winning brand and business model. We use the latest cloud-based technology available in the UK with full support and training available.

The Role

This will be a varied and busy role, and duties will include:
  • Looking after limited company, partnership and sole trader clients
  • Preparing and filing VAT returns, annual accounts and corporation tax returns
  • Preparing and filing personal tax returns
  • Other duties as required to support management and the team, eg: answering telephone calls, dealing with enquiries and responding to queries in a timely, courteous and efficient manner and accurately logging information.

Candidate requirements
  • Solid, relevant and recent experience in a practice environment
  • Qualified, part-qualified or QBE
  • The ability to take ownership of your work and see things through to completion, including working unsupervised and to constant reporting deadlines
  • Working current knowledge of UK tax laws and accounting standards applicable to small business
  • Strong knowledge of computerised accounting systems and IT proficient - ideally in TaxCalc, QuickBooks, Receipt Bank, Virtual Cabinet and, of course Microsoft Office
  • Working knowledge of payroll and pensions
  • Genuine desire to be a trusted advisor to small business clients
  • Good people skills and a confident and friendly personality to help build strong relationships both within the team and with clients
  • Exceptional communication, organisational and management skills

Benefits
  • This is a permanent position and can be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, by agreement
  • Competitive salary, dependant on experience
  • Company pension scheme in place
  • In-house training programme and ongoing CPD available
  • Modern working environment

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then click "Apply" to submit your up to date CV and a covering letter detailing your salary expectations.

No agencies please

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