Accounts Assistant - Derby, United Kingdom - Haines Watts

Haines Watts

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Derby, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location
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Derby

Contract Type

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Full Time

What's the Role?
We are looking for a skilled and passionate
Accounts Assistant to join our team in
Derby.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a professional firm of Chartered Accountants, with scope to train to become a Chartered Accountant.

Our opportunity
Haines Watts are a top 15 accountancy firm specialising within the owner managed business area nationwide.

A well-established firm whose journey goes back over 90 years, we have retained our authentic and dynamic ethos and continue to grow nationally as well as regionally.

Our strategic goal is to be the number one advisor to owner managed businesses.

You will be assisting in the management and delivery of accounts preparation services for our Owner Managed Business Client portfolio with the below key tasks being carried out.

Duties include:

Produce an accounts working file in line with Haines Watts standards
Produce an accounts summary and list of discussion points for the manager
Work within a budget agreed at the planning stage
To selfmanage and prepare VAT returns for clients from a variety of industries
To professionally represent the firm and its interests in dealings with clients and other professionals
To attend training to further develop and maintain your technical skills,
To achieve good passes with all professional and advance examinations, where applicable
To plan and control your professional work for the firm's clients within the firm's standard procedures. You will be able to identify basic planning opportunities
To identify and act upon any opportunities you see within the professional work you do to sell more services to existing and prospective clients
You will keep up to date with internal policies, procedures and announcements
Ad hoc administrative duties as needed by the Manager
Prior knowledge of producing selfassessment tax returns would be an advantage

Your experience ideally will include:

Assisting in financial reporting, for sole traders and limited companies
Experience with using Iris, Sage, Xero and QuickBooks is preferred but not essential
Prior knowledge of producing selfassessment tax returns would be an advantage
Preparation of VAT returns
Experience of incorporating checks to ensure accuracy, standing back from the detail ensuring all tasks are completed to a high standard
Having to juggle a number of priorities whilst ensuring deadlines are met
Communicating with all levels within an organisation
Managing your own workload
Creative thinking and having to consider the 'bigger picture'

You will have the following skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good attention to detail
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent Excel skills
Good organisation and time management skills
Selfmanagement skills

What you will need to be:

Be authentic in every situation and like to be connected to your team, clients and local communities
Like to listen and understand, to show up every day with passion and to stand up for things that matter to you
Be driven to succeed, take initiative and want results

Qualifications:

Qualified to AAT level (part qualified will be considered based on experience) or equivalent as a minimum.
Haines Watts is committed to developing its people and will provide ongoing support and training.

What you get back from us:

Competitive salary
Study support package if applicable
Excellent personal development programmes to support career growth opportunities
Structured development as well as on the job practical training
Flexible benefits reward package
Working and learning directly from our Associate Directors & Directors
Ability to progress all the way to the top

Who We Are

It starts with you
Some people think being an accountant is all about numbers.

Here at Haines Watts we don't We believe it's all about our people and the relationships they forge as well as the specialist insight that they might build over time.

We've been around for 90 years, so we must know a thing or two.

Our clients come from all walks of life. They have different backgrounds, experiences, talents, skills and goals. Just like our people.

So, we have a question for you: are you looking for a job that's just about the numbers? Or do you want a career which leans into who you are as a person. You will build a common foundation with your colleagues whilst progressing from Trainee to Manager, but from there, with our in-house programmes to help you, we actively encourage you to discover who you are as a person.

Is your preference to become a foremost authority in an accountancy specialism or someone who is energised by relationships with clients and teams? We value either career path equally, but we know that you will value one more than the other and we will support you on that journey of discovery.

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