Practice Accountant

Job description
Practice Accountant - Marlow, Berkshire - £30,000 to £45,000 per year - On-Site

FryerMiles are delighted to be supporting a dynamic and ambitious accountancy firm on their recruitment of an Accountant to join their team in Marlow. This is a fantastic opportunity for an AAT or ACCA student to join a progressive, forward-thinking modern practice, working within their busy and friendly office environment.

The successful candidate will have 1+ year's experience in an accounting role, ideally within a practice, and be currently studying towards their AAT qualification, with the ambition to progress to ACCA.

Responsibilities Include:
• Helping manage a portfolio of clients
• Working mainly on Xero but also occasionally other accounting systems, Quickbooks, Sage etc
• Helping with client's bookkeeping and sales and purchase invoice processing
• Completion of bank & credit card reconciliations
• Posting monthly journals such as payroll, depreciation, accruals and prepayments along with month end procedures and reports
• Preparation of VAT calculations for different VAT schemes and submission of VAT returns
• Some scope for preparation of monthly management accounts
• Helping with preparation of year end accounts for Limited Companies and Sole Traders
• Liaising regularly with clients responding to queries and providing general assistance.

Requirements:
• Work to established processes and procedures
• Have great interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and numerical reasoning
• You should be methodical with an eye for detail
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Experience delivering excellent service levels to clients
• Ability to work on own initiative unsupervised
• Ability to work to strict deadlines

Practice Accountant - Marlow, Berkshire - £30,000 to £40,000 per year - On-Site