Assistant Accountant - Marks Sattin : Job Details

Based in the beautiful, cathedral city of Ripon, a local firm of Chartered Accountants is looking to welcome an Assistant Accountant to their team. This firm is at the heart of the community in Ripon and their impressive client base reaches to Thirsk, Harrogate and into the Yorkshire Dales - a true town and country practice with a lifestyle to match.

This firm offers a supportive environment, hands on training, plenty of opportunity to progress and a real work/life balance. This is an opportunity to become a first-rate accountant who will be able to support and advise a close portfolio of clients for years to come. As a chartered firm, their friendly management team will provide all the guidance you need in your development and will fund studies towards AAT, ACCA or ACA.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Supporting experienced members of the accounts team preparing accounts and business tax returns for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies
• Undertaking preparatory work to record and analyse data provided by clients, including bank reconciliations, data input to spreadsheets
• Data input to bookkeeping software including Sage, Xero and QuickBooks
• Review of client accounting records and verification of income and expenses to purchase and sales invoices
• Assistance with preparation of VAT Returns

The ideal candidate will have at least a years' experience working for another recognised, UK based firm of Chartered accountants within client accounting and/or bookkeeping.

Full and part-time candidates will be considered!