Senior Accountant - Rekroot : Job Details

Senior Accountant - Firm of Accountants - Kidderminster

A Senior Accountant position within an modern Accountancy & Business Advisory Practice offering responsibility and exxcellent long-term career progression .

THE COMPANY

A growing Accountancy & Business Advisory Practice with a modern style and an established presence nr Kidderminster. The firm has a well-earned reputation as an Advisor to Entrepreneurs and Owner-Managed SMEs, and provides its clients with expert Accountancy & Business Advisory, Tax and Outsourced Financial Management solutions using a variety of cloud and digital accounting systems to offer clients full visibility and understanding of their financial performance.

THE OPPORTUNITY

A Senior Accountant position has arisen within the firm which offers responsibility for managing clients, reviewing work completed by junior staff and overseeing delivery of the firm's bespoke solutions.

As a Senior Accountant your role will involve:

• Responsible for a team of 6 staff
• Reviewing work performed by other team members
• Appraising your team and feeding back into the director team
• Managing the workflow and portfolio of bookkeeping. VAT and management accounts clients
• Liaison with other departments to support with year end work/corporation tax/personal tax/audits
• Portfolio of your own clients with some management accounts, VAT returns and attendance at client board meetings to support with advice
• Learning and development on complex VAT areas such as retail scheme, partial exemption, margin scheme, group VAT, duty and export rules
• Liaison with outsourcing team currently in pilot
• Looking at technology and ways of improving the processes - use of AI

Benefits will include:

• Competitive salary with bonuses and annual reviews
• Responsibility and autonomy
• Long term career progression

THE PERSON

You will be an Accountancy professional able to demonstrate the following:

• AAT Qualified or ACCA Part-Qualified / ACCA / ACA Qualified
• Background within Accountancy Practice (c.5+ years)
• Experience of Bookkeeping, Management Accounts
• Experience of working with SME and Owner-Managed businesses
• Good working knowledge of Xero and possibly other online / cloud accounting software

If you are an ambitious, experienced Part or Fully Qualified/ Qualified by Experience Accountant keen to progress within a modern and forward thinking Accountancy Practice please contact Jo Wain at Rekroot to discuss this position.