Accounts Senior

London Source: WhatJobs

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Due to extensive growth and multiple acquisitions, this Firm are looking to recruit a Senior Accountant to join their experienced team of accountants within their North London office. They are a full-service accountancy practice providing services to businesses and individuals.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain records of our clients using accounting software packages including Xero and QuickBooks
Use cloud accounting tools to process transactions, prepare and post journals, update all ledgers, perform bank reconciliations ready for the monthly reporting process
Liaising with clients on ad-hoc queries
Preparing journal entries for all receipts, payments, and other financial transactions.
Undertake financial close procedures for the month end, including inter-company balance reconciliation
Preparing management accounts and month end reconciliations, including commentary
Drafting and finalising year end accounts for Limited and LLP's from start to finish under FRS 102, Section 1A and FRS 105, ready for client and management review
Hold client meetings advising them of potential Tax/Accounting implications
Preparing of service charge accounts
Preparing extended trial balances including the final year end trial balance
Preparing cash flow statements.
Preparing corporation tax computation calculations and basic tax planning
Dealing with the preparation and completion of VAT returns, including EC Sales and Intrastat returns
Apply and understand the client to ensure transactions are recorded appropriately, under the correct accounting standard and highlight unusual transactions to senior members of the team
Apply a basic knowledge of rules and regulations followed by UK SME's including tax requirements, company secretarial and a general commercial awareness
Work as part of a team to provide ad-hoc accounting assistance and ensure clients receive an excellent service
Support the Head of Accountancy
Training and mentoring junior members of staff

Key Requirements

Fully ACA/ACCA qualified OR QBE with at least 3-4 years post-qualification experience within practice
Must be highly organised, proactive and a self-starter
Able to prioritise workload and be self-sufficient
Ability to train and mentor junior members of staff
Xero certified user and familiar with Iris
A team player, with active participation in the team, in addition to being able to work on their own as required
Previous experience holding client finalisation meetings
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Intermediate MS Office, including Excel, Word