AAT Accounts Senior

We are looking for an AAT level 4 qualified accounts senior to work as part of our Durham audit and accounts team.  The role involves preparing accounts for a portfolio of some of the most innovative and exciting clients across our region including limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders from a variety of sectors including education, retail, manufacturing, and charities.

Our size means that we are big enough to have experts with a range of multi-disciplinary skills, whilst retaining our reputation of supporting clients with a personal and tailored service to meet their individual needs.

We have a variety of flexible working options available to support work-life balance including hybrid working, nine-day fortnight and flexible start and finish times.

 The main tasks and responsibilities of the role include:

• Preparation of accounts from a variety of client’s systems – Sage, Xero, QuickBooks etc
• Preparation of corporation tax computations
• Actioning queries raised by accounts and tax managers on the drafts accounts and tax computations
• Finalisation of the accounts and corporation tax computations following client meetings
• Acting as a point of contact for clients for ad hoc queries
• Providing training, guidance, and support to members of the team as required
• Make suggestions for updating and improving the department and the firm’s systems and processes
• Attending clients’ premises predominately across the North-East as required

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience of owner-managed small to medium business accounts preparation including statutory financial statements
• Recent general practice background, with exposure to accounts and/or tax
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Proven experience of delivering excellent client service

• Be flexible and proactive in managing multiple priorities

• Have excellent communication skills and be confident speaking to clients face to face, over the telephone and by email

• Must have excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of Excel
• The ability to check work for accuracy and have good attention to detail

• Be able to demonstrate your initiative to solve problems

In return we offer, a competitive salary, a salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme and 22 days holiday plus statutory holidays.  We also offer additional benefits such as a flexible leave scheme, Perkbox, discounted health care and various health and wellbeing initiatives. We also offer the ability to accrue Time off in Lieu (TOIL) and we pay for professional subscriptions.