Senior Accountant

An independent accountancy firm is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its friendly team. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA qualified with extensive, all round accountancy experience gained within a UK accountancy practice.

The role will entail taking responsibility for a varied client portfolio of OMBs with minimal supervision, managing the relationships with clients in a highly professional manner and being the first point of contact for client queries.

Whilst advertised as a Senior Accountant role, this is essentially a Client Manager position.

As Senior Accountant managing a portfolio of clients, your responsibilities will include:

• Preparation and filing of limited company accounts in to accounting standards
• Reviewing and signing off work completed by other team members
• Preparation and filing corporation and personal tax returns, and VAT
• Leading client meetings and providing commercially focused advice
• Managing assignments from planning through to completion
• Supporting and actively assisting in the development of junior team members
• Maintaining strong client relationships and ensuring deadlines are met
• Working closely with the partners and wider management team

Please do apply for this role if you satisfy the following criteria:

• Be ACA or ACCA qualified
• Have substantial post qualified experience gained within a UK accountancy practice
• Thrive on working independently whilst maintaining strong collaboration and team working
• Experienced in reviewing and signing off accounts
• Be commercially aware and confident with providing business advisory services
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the confidence to lead client meetings
• Have the desire and ability to nurture and support less experienced team members

This is a great opportunity for a talented accountant to take on a varied role that you can you’re your own and further develop your existing skills and experience.

Submit your CV for this Senior Accountant role

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful

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