Desired Personal Characteristics
Hardworking, enthusiastic, and motivated by client satisfaction and success, the person applying should be a confident communicator; backed by a level of technical and commercial experience. They will produce a high quality of work in a proactive manner that will deliver value to clients. They will be keen to use technology; especially cloud-based applications (Xero experience would be desirable but not essential) and possess advanced Excel skills.
The successful applicant will have a keen eye for financial processes within an accounts department and not be afraid to adopt a questioning mind. They should be confident of suggesting better, more efficient ways for tasks to be done – finding solutions as opposed to focusing on problems.
Desired Technical Characteristics
The successful person will have a wide range of technical accounting knowledge and capability.
The key competencies required by the role are:
- statutory compliance (annual accounts, taxation, and company secretarial)
- sound knowledge of accounting standards financial reporting, including experience of working with trial balances, balance sheets and charts of account
- production of management information (management accounts, KPI reporting etc)
- communication with clients and other stakeholders
- business planning using forecasting and modelling
Role/Package
Salary is dependent on skills, experience, and qualifications. Pension after probation, IT equipment, branded t-shirt and a quarterly social is also included! You will earn one additional holiday entitlement for each year of service, to a maximum of five days.
We are also proud to be able to offer a profit-sharing arrangement to all members of staff assuming various targets are met by the business and individuals. This is in addition to basic remuneration and will be discussed further at interview.
Other benefits available to staff will also be discussed at interview.
Experience
Experience as a qualified accountant in industry and/or practice. Experience required in preparing management and year-end statutory accounts and liaising with clients on the results. The successful candidate will be ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified.
Most importantly, we look for individuals with a desire to further their career in accountancy/finance, evidence of the technical aptitude required to perform the role, and the attitude required to add value to, and succeed within our team.
Training
We provide in-house training for specific applications and processes used as well as ad-hoc CPD courses.
Overview of Duties
- Managing a portfolio of clients with lead accounting and finance input
- Preparing business plans & forecasts with clients using Excel and/or dedicated forecasting software
- Assisting clients with training and consultancy advice
- Being responsible for the production, review and submission of annual statutory accounts, confirmation statements and all other compliance
- Producing monthly management information, tailored to clients’ requirements – and debriefing this to the management team of the client. Reports generally take the form of one of the following:
- Management accounts pack and presentations
- KPI Dashboards
- Operational & financial briefing reports
- Attending client board meetings to present and review financial performance
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts periodically and maintaining clear supporting schedules – including posting month-end accounting journals such as prepayments and accruals
- Overseeing Assistant Management Accountants with their responsibilities and prioritising workload (bookkeeping, payrolls, VAT Returns, accounts etc)
Apply
To apply for this role please email a copy of your CV to hello@purplelime.uk.com