Job Description
Audit & Accounts Senior
North Birmingham
£40000-500000 plus Benefits
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Audit & Accounts Senior to join a long-established and highly respected independent accountancy practice in Birmingham. Working within a friendly and supportive team, you will gain exposure to a varied portfolio of
owner-managed businesses. The firms client base is diverse, with a particular focus on manufacturing businesses, alongside clients in the legal, retail and charitable sectors. This role would suit a qualified of Part qualified ACA/ACCA candidate looking to continue developing their career within a well established accountancy practice.
Duties:
Audit Work:
- Assist with the planning and completion of statutory audits.
- Carry out audit fieldwork both on-site and remotely.
- Prepare audit working papers and supporting documentation.
- Liaise directly with clients throughout audit assignments.
- Identify issues and communicate findings to Managers and Partners
- Ensure assignments are completed within agreed deadlines/budgets
- Prepare/draft statutory financial statements from client management accounts/trial balances using their Software
- Produce corporation tax computations
Accounts & Tax:
- Prepare statutory accounts for limited companies, sole traders and partnerships from client records, software packages or other information using CCH software.
- Prepare corporation tax computations and returns
- Assist with providing information to the personal tax team for personal tax returns
- Prepare VAT returns and management accounts.
- Support clients with day-to-day accounting queries.
- Maintain accurate and complete working papers.
Skills Required:
- Previous experience working within a UK accountancy practice.
- ACA/ACCA qualified or Part Qualified with the potential for some study support for the right candidate.
- Experience in both audit and accounts preparation but a strong knowledge of both but in particular auditing standards, processes and procedures. They use the Mercia paper-based audit and accounts processes.
- Good understanding of UK GAAP - particularly FRS 102.
- Exposure to multi company group situations and consolidated accounts preparation and audit
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Professional approach with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident communicating with clients.
- Driver with own car
- Previous exposure to solicitors Accounts Rules and Charity audits/independent examinations - Desirable
- Experience preparing corporation tax returns - Desirable
- Experience using CCH software - Desirable
- Knowledge of cloud accounting software such as Xero or QuickBooks and Sage - Desirable