Accounts Assistant

Account Assistant – Full Time or Part-Time (Flexible hours) AAT (Desirable) experience working in a Accountancy Practice EXPERIENCED: Sage 50, VT and Quickbooks or similar. Full time: Office hours: Mon-Thurs 08.30am - 5.30pm - Friday’s - 0900am -1.00pm Part time: Minimum 30 hrs General Description The accounts assistant will be reporting to the Accounts Manager, your responsibilities in this exciting and challenging role will be varied, offering exposure to all aspects of client accounting, including preparation of financial statements and quarterly management accounts. Working with a variety of clients in different industry sectors you will have a key role in the successful running of the accounts department. Main Duties of the post Preparation of annual accounts for Limited companies, Sole Traders, Partnerships and LLPs for review Preparation of corporation tax computations Preparation of quarterly management accounts Manage own portfolio of client accounts Co-ordinate agreed timeframe with clients for accounts production Liaise with clients, HMRC and Companies House & deal with general queries Undertake other duties that may be considered reasonable by the Directors, Accounts Manager and the post holder Accounts Assistant Knowledge - Essential Understand how to produce effective finance reports - Produce full set of accounts from accounting records, including disclosures, and produce corporation tax computations are essential. Must be conversant with all aspects of Sage 50, VT and Quickbooks or similar. Must be competent in the use of MS Office, particularly Excel and Word