Accountant

We are recruiting for an Accountant on behalf of a successful boutique accountancy practice, to look after a mixed portfolio of accounts and tax clients, including sole traders, limited companies, partnerships and individuals. The role is available due to retirement.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an independent firm of accountants in a role that gives autonomy and responsibility for your own client base, taking care of all their needs. The role can offer hybrid working.
The role could be part time, and in that case, you will be looking after a small portfolio of existing clients including sole trader and company accounts, and trust and estate work. If part time the salary will be pro-rata of that advertised.
If full time you will take on a larger portfolio of existing client and aim to build this by meeting with new potential clients, preparing quotations and onboarding.
As Accountant your responsibilities will include:
* Preparing accounts
* Client bookkeeping
* Some trust and estate work
* Tax compliance work for sole traders, limited companies, partnerships and individuals
* Tax advisory when appropriate, as required
* Being the point of contact for enquiries from your portfolio
We welcome applications from candidates with the following:
* Significant experience gained within a UK accountancy practice environment
* Qualified or qualified by experience
* Up to date knowledge of accounting and tax regulation
* Good general IT skill with experience of Sage, IRIS and Xero
* Excellent communication skills
Submit your CV for this Accountant role
Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.
Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful