Senior Accountant

We’re looking for an experienced Accountant to join our team in Tooting. Located near Tooting Broadway tube station in shop front offices this is an excellent opportunity for a qualified individual with recent practice experience to join an established, 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 portfolio of limited company, partnership and sole trader clients including providing support and advice via telephone and email
• Attending and dealing with client meetings on site when required
• Managing the preparation and filing of annual accounts and corporation tax returns process
• Preparing and filing personal tax returns
• Reviewing support staff output and ensuring an error free environment
• Responsible for managing and provide technical guidance to bookkeeping/vat team
• Review and submissions of prepared vat returns
• Review and guiding the payroll manager
• Providing guidance and supervision of part-qualified staff members
• Other duties as required to support the team and clients; dealing with enquiries and responding to queries in a timely, courteous and efficient manner and accurately logging information.

Candidate requirements

• Qualified accountant with relevant experience
• 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 businesses
• Strong knowledge of computerised accounting systems and IT proficient – ideally in TaxCalc, QuickBooks, Receipt Bank and, of course Microsoft Office
• 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
• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Company pension scheme in place
• In-house training programme and ongoing CPD available

If you are interested in applying for this role, please email your CV and covering letter to vacancies@taxassist.co.uk