Senior Accountant - City of London, United Kingdom - Reed Accountancy

Reed Accountancy

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City of London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Reed Accountancy are pleased to be partnered with a mid-tier firm, 6 Partner firm, based in the City of London.

They are seeking to bring on board a Senior Accountant to their Business Services Team.

The department consists of 14 members in total, consisting of 2 Partners a director and manager, who take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the department.

The role is a combination of undertaking accounts preparation work, liaising with clients to resolve accounts issues and queries, assisting in the training of staff as appropriate and undertaking your own client assignments.

This will include managementand year end accounts preparation through to ad hoc assignments covering all aspects of financial advice to clients and co-ordinating with other departments in the firm.

The role would be suited to an experience accountant, either qualified or with a few remaining exams.

Job description
Working a 35 hour week on preparation of accounts and other client assignments.

Day to day work will include:

Preparation of unaudited financial statements from clients' management Information
Preparation of management accounts from client information
Assisting with the preparation and filing of VAT returns
Support on specialist financial reporting work

In your position you will be expected to:

Have a clear and accurate technical understanding of the compilation of financial statements under UK GAAP.
Be able to prepare basic corporation tax computations for further review by the tax department.
Have a working knowledge of VAT and payroll tax issues with a view to identifying problems/improvements and solutions in client's records.
Be able to establish a good working relationship with clients and colleagues based on technical competence, clear communication and an approachable manner.
Assist other members of staff with ad hoc assignments as required.

The firm offers a mix of office based/ working from home - typically involving 2-3 days based in the office with the remainder to bases at home.

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply.