Accountant ( UK Accounting )

Location

Qualification:

Experience

• Responsible for set up of new finance function clients
• Responsible for adhering to deadlines for monthly/quarterly management accounts, statutory reporting including year-end accounts.
• Should undertake continuous professional development trainings
• Completing, roll forwarding and updating the IRIS Stages in IRIS practice management.
• Filing the accounts with Companies House and HMRC
• Adhering to the deadline calendar (internal and external deadline)
• Xero and Hubdoc certified
• Review team work

Communication with Client manager

• Agree and circulate timetable of management reporting to internal team
• Escalate/inform issues to the accounting manager/Client Manager well in advance, if unable to complete jobs in the budgeted time or in agreed timely manner.
• Proactively escalate the issue if any team member is facing any problem or concern
• Proactively identify the clients as at risk of withdrawal and alert the accounting manager/Client Manager
• Discussing the management reports and year end accounts with the AM/client manager
• Provide responses to AM/client managers email/queries in agreed timeline

Team

• Working with team to improve and optimize the current procedures being followed.
• Resolve teams queries and concerns effectively.
• Provide training to new/existing accountants as and when required
• Mentor the Accountants and Sr. accountants with a proper plan & timeframe in mind.
• Ensuring the proper handover at the time of client transfer
• Ensuring the timely completion of internal processes / timelines like timesheet updations.

Essential requirements, attributes, and skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Advanced knowledge of MS office
• Enthusiastic, honest and reliable.
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Delivers under pressure and prioritize tasks
• A flexible team player with a motivational hands-on approach and can-do attitude
• Uses initiative and actively identifies and resolves issues when they arise