Trainee Accountant

• You must have at least 1 years experience in accounts with sole traders/ limited companies & SME's - year end, P&L, payroll. Exposure to clients portfolios.
• You must have a basic understanding of UK Tax for companies.

Within the accountancy services team, you will assume responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients.

You will be provided with full training and support to allow you to take on a client portfolio and manage the day-to-day duties of working as an accountant.

The job will encompass managing and being responsible for providing excellent customer service as well as ensuring all clients' deadlines are met promptly.

We will support you by providing all the training that you need to develop into an accountant.

Main Responsibilities

• Take on a client portfolio which has a mixture of suspended, dormant and some active.
• Full responsibility for your client portfolio.
• Where necessary prepare or review financial year-end accounts and provide proactive advice and support
• Ensure all VAT returns are correctly submitted to HMRC in a timely manner.
• Prepare or review self-assessment tax returns for all your clients and provide proactive advice and support where necessary.
• Onboard new clients into your client portfolio, where necessary.
• Respond to client queries via the preferred company methods.
• Provide pro-active tax planning to clients, where relevant.
• Assist with IR35 reviews where necessary.
• Assisting team members where required.

In-House Training

In-depth and ongoing In-house training will be provided to ensure you develop skills to provide an all-round accounting service to your clients, but not limited to:

• 121 weekly mentoring from a senior accountant and team manager.
• Customer service, email and telephone handling.
• Technical knowledge training to respond to the majority of client queries.
• Being able to prepare and/or review year-end accounts for all types of clients.
• Being able to prepare and/or review quarterly VAT returns for the common schemes.
• Being able to prepare and/or review self-assessment tax returns

Person Specification

• No previous accountancy experience Is required but it would be beneficial.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Good computer skills
• Ability to work as part of a team yet self-motivated and target-driven.
• Excellent multi-tasking ability.
• Strong organisational skills