Senior Associate

Our client is one of the largest independent firms of chartered accountants and advisers in the South West with multiple office locations across the South West.

They now seek a Senior Associate to provide a comprehensive, customer focussed client service for a range of accounting activities. Location: Swindon / Trowbridge or Bath areas with travel to other offices and clients, as required.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Analysing, interpreting and auditing the range of data supplied by clients, checking for any missing information and conducting detailed investigations to determine anything that does not tally or has been incorrectly recorded or processed, resolving the matter in the most appropriate manner

Producing draft year end and management accounts from a wide variety of data with clear neat working papers to reflect the accounts produced and ensuring clear cross-referencing

Completing basic tax computations and detailed schedules for each set of accounts to ensure the analysis is correct and logical as required. Composing correspondence to clients, tax office, registrar of companies and others

Maintaining a productive relationship with key clients, maintaining regular contact, and dealing with any specific queries or problems using available specialist skills and knowledge as required

Career Development

• Clear career pathways, a focus on development, both technical and soft skills
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth and development
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
• Provision of an e-learning platform with a comprehensive suite of learning and development tools and support, tailored to individual needs
• Sponsored qualifications and professional body subscription

Education & Qualifications

• Qualified/part qualified ACA/ACCA, AAT Level 4 or qualified by experience. Degree level education

Experience & Knowledge

• Preparation of statutory accounts, both FRS102 and FRS105
• Preparation of corporation tax computations.
• Dealing with Owner managed businesses
• Preparation of personnel tax computations
• Use of Microsoft Excel & Word.
• Auditing
• Managing junior staff while out on audit.
• Use of Xero / QBO
• Use of Iris practice software

In return our client is offering a salary range of c £30-40k +, depending upon experience plus a fantastic market-leading benefits package.

• Pension (salary sacrifice arrangement)
• Merit based salary reviews, with direct influence of performance on pay
• Permanent health insurance (PHI)
• Online benefits platform (access to discounts/cashback to huge number of retailers)
• Life assurance (x 4 salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Volunteer policy - one day’s paid leave each year to support charitable causes.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Homeworking (dependant on role)
• 22-25 days’ holiday plus the option to buy up to 5 days.
• Annual firm wide Christmas and Summer events
• Social committee
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Free tea and coffee in all offices
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Hub and Wellbeing support package
• Employee referral scheme
• Client referral scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policies

If you are looking for a fantastic new opportunity and can meet the qualifications required we would love to hear from you please do you send your CV today.