Senior Accountant

Our well established client based in Forest Gate is looking for a Permanent Full Time Senior Accounts person

• A competitive salary and performance bonus
• 20 days holiday + Bank holidays
• Flexible working patterns
• Friendly and welcoming atmosphere
• Standard pension

• To professionally represent the firm and its interests in dealings with clients and other professionals at all times.
• You will be expected to be able to write professional letters, reports and other written submissions for review where necessary for use with clients and other relevant third parties.
• Manage your own portfolio of clients and discuss business issues with them regularly.
• Confidently acts as a major point of contact within the firm for your client portfolio together with the partner and Director. Including anticipating clients' needs and requests, keeping clients informed of progress in all aspects of the service provided and maintaining regular contact with the client.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial information, ensuring accuracy and also delivering insights to help business owners make decisions.
• Prepare and review statutory accounts and disclosures under UK GAAP and other relevant accounting frameworks.
• Prepare and Review VAT returns from prime business records.
• Run and Review payroll and submit necessary filings to HMRC and to client.

• Help clients with technical queries including VAT, corporate tax, PAYE, Self-Assessment and other advisory.
• Be aware of wider business issues and engage in discussion with clients to help challenge their plans and identify practical solutions to assist them.
• Periodically review solutions for clients to determine if they are still appropriate for the current state of their business including actively engaging to explore how our ecosystem of cloud accounting software and add-ons can add value to them as well as improve our efficiencies.
• Have knowledge and ability to use various accounting software packages including Xero. You will be expected to have and maintain an excellent working knowledge of the systems that you will be required to use to undertake your role.
• Have knowledge of various accounting apps designed to simplify processes and deliver insight.
• Regular attendance training and seminars to further develop and maintain any technical and personal development skills.
• You will be expected to develop and assist more junior members of personnel and give constructive feedback on their performance.
• You will be expected to contact clients in connection with non-technical issues such as the collection of debtors and be involved on an ongoing basis in administrative activities such as billing.
• You will be expected to seek opportunities to increase client billings and to seek new clients for the practice wherever possible, have good awareness of all services offered by the firm and continually look for cross selling opportunities.
• You will keep up to date with internal policies, procedures and announcements and ensure anyone reporting to you does the same.
• Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information confidential.

The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.