Assistant Accountant

A small, well established accounting practice based in Central London with a varied portfolio of owner managed businesses seeks an Assistant Accountant to join asap on an initial 6m FTC due to an increase in workload, however there is a possibility of a permanent position if the person performed well and is a Mandarin speaker.

THE ROLE

This is a pure accounts production role. There is no bookkeeping element, so your time is spent on reconciliations and preparing statutory accounts rather than processing transactions.

You will be responsible for:

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• Preparing up to approximately 15 sets of small company accounts per month, from client records through to a file ready for manager review
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• Bank, control account and balance sheet reconciliations
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• Resolving queries directly with clients and requesting outstanding information
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• Preparing supporting schedules and working papers to a review ready standard
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• Assisting with corporation tax computations alongside the accounts, depending on experience
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• Supporting the team with ad hoc client work as the portfolio requires
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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Essential

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• Prior experience in an accountancy practice environment preparing small company accounts would be ideal however not essential
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• Confident with reconciliations and able to work a set of accounts through with limited supervision
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• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and building your own schedules
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• Well organised, with the ability to manage a monthly workflow and hit filing deadlines
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• Part qualified, AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA or ACA
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Desirable

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• Working knowledge of VT Transaction+ and VT Final Accounts
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• Mandarin language skills, which would be a real asset given the firm’s Mandarin speaking client base and would allow you to build direct relationships with those clients
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• Exposure to corporation tax and personal tax
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