Trainee Accountant - Leeds, United Kingdom - Workwell

Workwell

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Within the accountancy services team, you will assume responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients.

You will be provided with full training and support to allow you to take on a client portfolio and manage the day-to-day duties of working as an accountant.

The job will encompass managing and being responsible for providing excellent customer service as well as ensuring all clients' deadlines are met promptly.

We will support you by providing all the training that you need to develop into an accountant.

Main Responsibilities
Take on a client portfolio which has a mixture of suspended, dormant and some active.

Full responsibility for your client portfolio.
Where necessary prepare or review financial yearend accounts and provide proactive advice and support
Ensure all VAT returns are correctly submitted to HMRC in a timely manner.
Prepare or review selfassessment tax returns for all your clients and provide proactive advice and support where necessary.
Onboard new clients into your client portfolio, where necessary.
Respond to client queries via the preferred company methods.
Provide proactive tax planning to clients, where relevant.
Assist with IR35 reviews where necessary.
Assisting team members where required.

In-House Training
In-depth and ongoing In-house training will be provided to ensure you develop skills to provide an all-round accounting service to your clients, but not limited to:

121 weekly mentoring from a senior accountant and team manager.
Technical knowledge training to respond to the majority of client queries.
Being able to prepare and/or review yearend accounts for all types of clients.
Being able to prepare and/or review quarterly VAT returns for the common schemes.
Being able to prepare and/or review selfassessment tax returns

Person Specification

No previous accountancy experience Is required but it would be beneficial.
Excellent customer service and communication skills.
Good computer skills
Ability to work as part of a team yet selfmotivated and targetdriven.
Excellent multitasking ability.
Strong organisational skills

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Pay:
£24,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress
Company events
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Enhanced maternity leave
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
Onsite parking
Referral programme
Store discount
Work from home

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

Leeds: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

Do you have experience working with client portfolios?
Do you have experience working within an accountancy practice?
Do you have one of the current status; UK Citizenship, Indefinite Leave To Remain, Leave to Remain or presettled status. Please confirm which of the 4 you fall under.

Experience:

- accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Location: