Senior Accountant

An ambitious multiple partner-chartered firm of accountants are currently seeking to add another Senior Accountant to the team based in Woking.

The senior Accountant will predominantly assist with the portfolio of clients spanning across many different industries and turnovers with the preparation of accounts, business and personal tax returns whilst offering advisory and tax planning services.

The Ideal candidate will have experience assisting with or solely handling a portfolio of clients previously and will have a good deal of experience when offering advice to clients.

The Accounts Senior will be offered a competitive salary, hybrid working options and the chance to be a part of a growing but really tightknit team.

Senior Accountant Position Overview

• Dealing with a varied client portfolio including OMBs, advertising, retail, construction, contractors etc.
• Preparing sets of accounts for review by the appropriate director
• Preparation of corporation tax returns and self-assessment returns for individuals
• Developing relationships with clients with a view to becoming their primary point of contact for any initial accounts, tax or VAT queries.
• Attend client meetings
• Dealing with general incoming client queries and escalating when required
• Work with a variety of systems including - FreeAgent, Xero, IRIS, SAGE and QuickBooks

Senior Accountant Position Requirements

• Previous experience handling or assisting with a portfolio of clients
• Experienced in personal and corporate taxation with a good working knowledge of tax legislation
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel, IRIS, Xero, SAGE, FreeAgent and QuickBooks
• Team building skills, including mentoring junior team members where required

Senior Accountant Position Remuneration

• Salary up to Circa 50,000 per annum
• Working Week Monday to Friday
• Working Hours 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday - Thursday / 9:00am - 5:00pm Friday
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Options to work from home for around 40% of the week

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.