Accounts Semi-Senior
Halesowen
Full-time (35-hrs over 5-days), Flexitime working available
£27k - £30k depending on experience
Are you an experienced Accounts Semi-Senior with a general practice skill set, looking for a long-term career in a fantastic regional practice?
We are currently searching for an experienced, enthusiastic accounts Semi-Senior who is or nearly is part-qualified ACA / ACCA to join our well-established and ever-growing client!
What s in it for you?
- Inhouse and externally provided training, including professional exams study support where relevant
- Salary sacrifice pension
- Optional Medical benefit
- Tech scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Regular staff entertaining / team building events
- Standard hour working day is 9-5 but can flex to work 8-4 or 10-6
- Time off in lieu system for overtime, or paid overtime above certain discretionary thresholds
What will you be doing?
- Responsible for the day-to-day administration of client matters involving, but not limited to
- Self-employed and partnership accounts
- Personal tax returns and partnership tax returns, including for some high-net-worth individuals
- Statutory accounts preparation (FRS105 and FRS 102(1a) mainly, some IFRS for UK subsidiaries of international groups)
- Corporate tax returns
- Quarter-end VAT reviews and in-year management accounts production
- Tax and business development planning around all of the above
- Responsible for overseeing more junior colleagues and assisting with their development.
- Interacting with the bookkeeping and payroll team members to ensure timely information transfer into summary accounts.
- Interacting with colleagues in our financial planning sister business to aid provision of cohesive wealth planning advice by that firm
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels.
- Use your own initiative to resolve issues.
What we re looking for:
- Minimum of two years practice experience, preferably three, ideally within a general practice environment.
- Iris / Sage 50 / Sage Online / QuickBooks Cloud / Xero / Dext / Excel knowledge is desirable, but training will be given.
- Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge of current tax legislation.
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral).
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
- Good numeracy skills.
- Demonstrates attention to detail and a high concern for accuracy.
- A good team player.
- Minimum GCSE s of C plus in Maths and English, with strong further results at GCSE and A-level (degree level education is not mandatory)
- Driving licence
- Ability to work between two offices on a varied client base.
