Audit and Accounts Senior - Beaconsfield, United Kingdom - Additional Resources Ltd

Additional Resources Ltd
Additional Resources Ltd
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Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Audit and Accounts Senior


Location:
Beaconsfield (Hybrid Working)


Salary:
£44k - £49k + Flexible working Hours + Pension + Childcare benefits + Medical Care + Life Assurance + Breakdown Cover + Travel Insurance + Career Progression + Social Events + Fresh Fruit

The Client:

Our client are an award-winning chartered accountancy firm with a highly personal approach to the way they do business. Their areas of expertise include accounting and business advice, tax, corporate finance, inward investment, forensic accounting and resolutionservices. They have a dedicated division offering advice on VAT, Customs and Excise duties and employment related taxes.


With offices in the Thames Valley and central London, they are able to assist businesses from any sector and of any size both nationally and internationally.

They focus on providing timely, common sense advice and solutions for the clients.


The Role:


To undertake a wide variety of audit, accounting and tax assignments to a high standard of technical competence, delivered with a good degree of autonomy, and within budget and client expectations.


At a senior level, they would expect the role to comprise 70-80% audit and 20-30% accounts and taxation.

Key Objectives:

  • Complying with the firm's operating procedures on all assignments to deliver a consistent, high quality, client focused output
  • Timely and cost effective completion of tasks assigned, meeting deadlines and budgets to deliver an excellent standard of output with good fee recovery.
  • A good level of autonomy and effective, proactive communication of progress to managers, Principals and their other colleagues, as appropriate.
  • The ability to train, mentor and supervise more junior team members, supporting their growth as they progress through the firm
  • A dedication to technical competence and your own continuing professional development.
  • Professional and friendly communication with clients and colleagues

Key Activities:


  • Timely and efficient completion oftasks assigned, in line with firm operating procedures and processes.
  • Attending technical courses, undertaking technical reading to ensure own technical competence, awareness of internal procedures and communications.
  • Agreement of budget with manager as job commences, regular monitoring of progress against budget and feedback to supervisors.
  • Regular, proactive communication with managers, Principals and other colleagues to update on progress with assigned work.
  • Facilitating team work and spirit within the team

Decision making:


  • A high level of personal pride in own work, responsibility and initiative would be expected.
  • Where appropriate, this should be balanced with the need to report back to supervisors to keep them informed of actions and ensure their agreement.
  • A high degree of autonomy would be expected, whilst still operating within expected firm procedures and processes.

Problem Solving:


  • Minimal technical problems likely to be encountered, with an ability to conduct own research where issues are encountered. Managers can and will offer guidance, but would expect seniors to complete most problem solving autonomously, deferring to managersto agree the correct way forward

Education and Training:


  • Should possess a minimum of 3 years practical experience in a similar practice based role.
  • Technical Research and other training as required

Qualifications:


  • Hold either ICAEW or ACCA qualification with a strong academic background

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies:


  • Proven experience planning, undertaking and completing a wide variety of accounting assignments under FRS 102 Section 1A and FRS 105, of varying sizes and complexity
  • A degree of exposure to group/consolidated accounts essential.
  • Proven experience planning, undertaking and finalising a variety of statutory audit assignments, compliant with ISAs
  • Exposure to specialist audit assignments desirable, but not essential.
  • Proven experience in drafting and finalising corporation tax computations for a variety of companies
  • Good awareness of other aspects of OMB taxation (VAT, employment and personal taxes)
  • Exceptional level of personal organisation, and a proven ability to manage own time and deadlines
  • Exceptional technical competence and experience
  • Demonstrate strong analytical and logical skills
  • Technically up to date with awareness of relevant regulatory frameworks
  • Unquestionable integrity, with excellent communication skills and a flexible, adaptable and committed attitude
  • Ability to work well within a highly professional team environment.
  • Exposure to FRS 102 and IFRS desirable, but not essential.
  • Robust IT skills
  • Able to cope with pressure
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Additional Resources are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003._
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