The Position
This important role in the Business Services Team (BST) is responsible for achieving strategic and operational delivery of services to clients, by ensuring a motivate BST.
The role is a client facing one, managing client’s expectation by the efficient use of client’s software needs and providing VAT and Accounting support. You will manage the team’s resources and ensure the firm’s overall operation and deliverance of client service levels are exceptional. You will have the opportunity to develop meaningful client relationships, by taking ownership of your workload and gain invaluable experience by seeing a job through to completion.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain a comprehensive and up to date list of book-keeping, management accounts and VAT clients.
- Review book-keeping, management accounts and VAT work.
- Deliver VAT, management accounts and book-keeping training and technical support to junior team members and clients.
- Prepare statutory year-end accounts for limited companies, sole traders and partnerships.
- Prepare and draft corporation tax returns.
- Deal with HMRC directly and support clients with VAT and software advice.
- Ensure internal software’s and fields are completed in time for the job to be rolled over.
- Collaborate with team members to address discrepancies and ensure financial integrity.
- Continually take ownership of workload and have an awareness for deadlines for work to be carried out.
- Manage client’s software needs including training internally and externally.
- Monthly billing and general ad-hoc work actionable by the line manager.
- Maintain the planning board and keep GPM up to date.
- Continually seek to develop the use of book-keeping, management accounts and VAT file templates for efficiency.
Qualifications
- Be either AAT qualified / part qualified, Part qualified ICAEW / ACCA or QBE
- QBO, Xero and Free Agent certified
- Strong technical knowledge of VAT & Tax (Corporation, Partnership & Personal).
- Working knowledgeable in reviewing VAT returns, limited, sole trade and partnership accounts.
- Have a minimum 2-years current experience within a similar or same role in an accountancy practice.