Senior Accountants (VAT and Accounts)

Job information Senior Accountants (VAT and Accounts) from the Company TaxAssist Accountants, this latest Senior Accountants (VAT and Accounts) job vacancy is located in the city Dalkeith. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Leadership field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Fancy working for an employer who offers clear career progression opportunities, study support and 50 days of annual leave a year??

TaxAssist Accountants Edinburgh East are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team and help our clients.

Our franchise is one of the biggest and most successful in the TaxAssist network, which supports over 70,000 small businesses and individual taxpayers. We have over 1100 clients of different sizes in various industries, and we support them with compliance services including payroll, bookkeeping, VAT, accounts, and tax preparation. But what really matters is adding value to our clients and their businesses, and ensuring we provide them with the best possible Customer Experience.

The other thing that really matters to us is providing opportunities for everyone in the team to progress in their careers, and everyone is offered support through internal training, professional qualifications, and mentoring. It is a busy and a fast-paced working environment, but we try to balance this out wherever possible and we don't take ourselves too seriously. You can check out our Halloween efforts on Instagram (@TaxAssistDalkeith) for proof of this!

When we are not busy with client work you can find our team volunteering and fundraising for Cash for Kids, and there are lots of opportunities to get involved with this throughout the year.

Being a small team means everyone can make an impact on the overall success and growth of the business and we're really looking for someone who wants to take this opportunity and really step into the role and make it their own. New ideas and suggestions will be welcomed and taken seriously.

Joining TaxAssist means you can:

• Be part of a recognised national accountancy network while also working in a friendly, small business environment.

• Receive support from the TaxAssist network and Support Centre for technical queries as well as professional development and training.

• Benefit from access to training, CPD, guidance, tools and videos to expand your soft skills and technical knowledge. We close our offices every month for a full day dedicated to training and development.

• Join a team that is quick to adapt, are advocates of cloud bookkeeping and other time-saving products - we take innovation seriously and are often involved in piloting and testing new products for the wider TaxAssist network

• Be part of a company that focuses on more than just filing tax returns and meeting deadlines. We want to provide excellent customer service to our clients and play an active role in supporting our local community.

• Have the chance to attend the TaxAssist Conference, which normally takes place at the five star Celtic Manor resort in Wales every two years.

We also offer:

• 50 days paid annual leave per annum
• Use of company pool car (subject to insurance)
• Employee wellbeing assistance
• Support with personal and professional development
• Study support (financial assistance and study leave)

The Role

The role will be based across multiple shop locations giving you plenty of variety and the chance to get to know our whole team and a broad range of clients. The working hours will be 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Our shops are located in Dalkeith, Easter Road, Fairmilehead and Musselburgh - once you have spent some time in each you will be able to choose your preferences as most of the team typically work in 2 to 3 offices in each week.

The duties will be wide ranging and varied, and are outlined below:

- Manage VAT return and bookkeeping process, ensuring everything is on track, and deadlines are met. This will include assigning jobs to members of the team, and reviewing the work completed by others.

- Provide feedback to members of the team and work on improving and adoption of processes to further improve quality of bookkeeping done when preparing VAT returns, creating a smoother process for the year end team when preparing accounts.

- Assist with the preparation of some of the more complex VAT returns, or VAT returns for key clients.

- Review VAT returns where the bookkeeping has been completed by clients using our “Check and File” service.

- Help the year end team with any queries relating to bookkeeping or VAT return workings.

- Help with bookkeeping clean ups or large backdated VAT work on ad hoc basis.

- Bookkeeping software set up and training clients on using this.

- Manage a client portfolio and meet and speak with existing clients to discuss any queries, their accounts, business performance and any number of things.

- Liaise with HMRC for various matters relating to VAT or accounts.

- Drive growth by focusing on Customer Experience which will lead to increased reviews, referrals, and retention.

- Help identify and implement systems and processes to drive efficiencies in the business, including reviewing potential new software that could be brought into the practice.

Being a small team, if there's something else you have an interest in that you'd like to be involved in, the answer will probably be yes if you are managing your existing workload. We are always happy to get people involved in new areas they want to learn more about, or just enjoy doing.

Training will be provided on all software and systems used in the practice. We use a range of software including TaxCalc, QuickBooks and Dext and do also work with both Xero and FreeAgent. Our firm is a platinum partner of QuickBooks as well as being Dext Pioneers. You will receive training to QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor Advanced Online level as well as Xero and FreeAgent Certifications.

Candidate Requirements

The ideal candidate will have strong and up to date accounts and VAT knowledge as well as an understanding of tax matters which need to be considered when doing bookkeeping. You should have at least one years of recent experience working in a similar role in an accountancy practice. Ideally you will be either AAT or ACCA qualified but if you are still studying and have plenty of relevant experience then we would still like to hear from you. Study support is offered to our employees to help their development.

We would love to find someone with strong QuickBooks knowledge for this role, but as long as you have plenty of knowledge and experience with one of the main software providers, we are happy to hear from you.

You must be used to managing your own time and working on your own initiative whilst following established processes. Ideally you will also have some experience with supervising others or providing feedback as this will be a key part of the role.

Strong IT and problem-solving skills are also essential.

Most importantly, the successful candidate will also have:

• Good people skills and a confident and friendly personality to help build strong relationships with the team and with clients,
• The ability to take ownership of their work and see things through to completion, including working unsupervised and to deadlines.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £27,000.00-£37,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee mentoring programme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Paid volunteer time
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• Bookkeeping: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person