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Job Title: Audit and Accounts Senior - Banbury
Job Reference: AS1170589BanAAASB
Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
About Ellacotts:
Ellacotts is one of the fastest-growing independent accounting and business advisory firms in the UK and is listed as a Top 100 Accountancy Firm by Accountancy Age. The firm provides tailored audit, accounting, payroll, taxation, and business advice across diverse sectors including academy schools, agriculture, landed estates, international, not-for-profit, property and development, and professional services.
Purpose of the Role:
To provide high-quality audit, accounting, and related client services to clients in the Corporate Services team and to contribute to the development of the practice under minimal supervision.
Responsibilities:
* Support partners and managers in the Corporate Department to deliver quality service to clients with compliance and planning matters.
* Manage and deliver ad hoc projects and assignments.
* Review and prepare client accounts, tax or VAT-based work from information supplied by clients to the required standards.
* Undertake remuneration planning exercises.
* Complete and supervise Audit assignments at a client site or remotely.
* Assist with higher-level, technical client audit, accounts, and taxation compliance work for corporate clients.
* Identify points for Partner to raise with clients and to raise potential areas for additional services including added value services and advice.
* Finalise paperwork for dispatch to clients and HMRC in a timely manner meeting required deadlines and quality.
* Liaise with clients to obtain relevant information for their accounts, acting in a proactive way and ensuring attention to details and effective questioning of clients.
* Monitor own job quality and quantity in line with agreed budgets, meeting these targets and exceeding where possible.
* Record your own chargeable time and ensure maximum recovery.
* Support trainees by providing on-the-job coaching and supervision and review of trainee assignments.
* Attend courses that are appropriate to the job role.
* Use appropriate support networks to clarify knowledge on complex queries such as CCH or software vendors.
* Review and prepare client tax returns based on information supplied by the client, advise on tax payable and payment dates, and meet deadlines in line with the firm’s standards.
* Assist clients with accounts software and other queries as required.
* Involvement in client seminars including attendance and set up where required.
* Involvement in networking and business generation under the guidance of more senior team members.
Critical Skills Required:
* Excellent problem resolution skills and ideas generation ability.
* Ability to review and prepare client accounts, tax or VAT quickly and efficiently.
Critical Knowledge Required:
* Good knowledge of all taxes.
* Knowledge of Accounting systems including, Xero and other software as required.
* In-depth accounts preparation knowledge.
Qualifications Required:
Essential: ACA or ACCA-qualified.
Desirable: Degree or equivalent experience.
Experience Required:
Essential: Minimum of 2 years of proven accounts experience within a practice environment.
Desirable: Experience with cloud accounting software such as Xero.
Personal Qualities:
* Strong presence.
* Quickly builds rapport and trust.
* Highly confidential.
* Good networker.
* Resilient and energetic.
* Achiever and self-motivated.
* Organised.
* Creative.
* Analytical – quick thinker.
Job Requirements:
* Live within commuting distance of Banbury.
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