
Accountant
- County Durham
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Preparation and review of year end and management accounts based on client accounting records. These typically are either Excel, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Kashflow or paper records.
- Preparation of personal, partnership and corporation tax computations.
- Review of above work as prepared by the team and related communication.
- Handling queries related to Account.
- Ensuring records are accurate and all financial statements and records complies with Laws and regulations.
- Dealing with ad hoc client queries and dealing with HMRC correspondence.
- Occasional assistance to other members of staff as required.
- Responsible for ensuring the full end to end process is carried out from receiving the records to agreeing the final liability with the client.
- Review of bookkeeping prepared by the outsourcing department.
- Bookkeeping services for clients.
- Review of CIS returns.
- Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions.
- Balances subsidiary accounts by reconciling entries.
- Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries.
- Balances general ledger by preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
- Maintains historical records by filing documents.
- Prepares financial reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing account information and trends.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience working in practice.
- Experience of completing and reviewing VAT returns
- Bookkeeping experience
- ACCA/ACA – Part qualified/Pursuing/Completed
- AAT – required.
- Proficient knowledge of personal tax and VAT.
- Experience of IRIS and QuickBooks would be beneficial.
- Good interpersonal skills, particularly verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and review skills.
- Strong commitment to professional client service excellence.
- Appropriate knowledge and skills in your technical field.
- Strong IT skills.
- Ability to build client relationships. You should prioritise attention to detail and have a “can do” attitude.
- Good knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping software desirable.