Senior Accountant
About the Role
Sewell Wallis are working with a company who have an exciting opportunity to join an expanding practice where they will work with you to develop your career and provide you with the guidance and training you require to reach your potential, whilst working alongside highly experienced accountants and other professionals.
This is a forward-thinking practice that strives to progress its employees and offer them the best support they need to go forward in their career.
What you will be doing:
- Able to manage and take responsibility for own portfolio of clients
- Preparation and review of complex company financial statements
- Preparation and review of interim management accounts
- Preparation and review of personal tax returns
- Preparation and review of partnership accounts and returns
- Review and submit quarterly VAT returns
- Forecasts and business projections – not essential
- Attend client meetings and interact with directors and business owners
- Train members of staff and allocate duties
What skills are we looking for:
- ACA or ACCA qualified with a strong background in practice (ideally 1+ years PQE) as an experienced Accounts Senior or Assistant Manager, looking to progress their career further.
- Must possess IT skills to operate Office 365, in-house programs and prepare and develop spreadsheets as necessary. Accounting software experience with Sage, Xero or QuickBooks will also be useful.
- Must be fully adept with accounts preparation programs, preferably IRIS
What’s on offer
- Progression opportunities.
- 5 hours per week but flexible working around core hours (10.30am – 4.00pm)
- Holiday entitlement of 31 holiday days per year including bank holidays
- Company Aegon Pension (salary sacrifice option available)
- Payment of professional memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking or street parking at all sites
- Free eye tests
- Various staff incentives - Commission-based referral scheme, Google review reward
- Staff Discount scheme on Wills, LPAs and Mortgages fee
- Use of company gym if located in Sheffield
- Close to transport links and shops
- Regular Social Events including a Summer Do and Christmas Party
- Relaxed working environment with friendly sociable colleagues
For more information, please get in contact with Olivia Oxley.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
