Accountant
£35,000 – £45,000
Luton
Full Time, Permanent
Ref: 663711
Are you an Accountant with experience of medical sector accountancy? If so, this could be of interest. Our client, a well-established accountancy practice is looking to build its specialist medical accounting team with the focus on the medical sector – GPs, medical partnerships, private medical practices etc.
Along with flexible, hybrid working and a supportive working environment, this firm will offer the successful candidate:
* Holiday – 25 days + 8 days of statutory bank holidays and a holiday purchase scheme
* Paid overtime and income protection scheme (protects your income in times of ill health)
* Life assurance – up to four times your basic annual salary
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Free professional subscriptions
* Onsite parking
* Social events and opportunity for involvement with local charities
As Accountant, your responsibilities will include:
* Timely and accurate preparation of management accounts for manager review
* Prepare complex assignments for manager review
* Utilise junior staff on more simple assignments and oversee their work standard, supporting trainees with development of knowledge and skills
* Review annual accounts prepared by juniors and finalise accounts
* Deal with complex business tax computations, including corporation tax
* Prepare personal tax returns for manager/director review – ensuring that clients are given good, pro-active advice
* Deliver exemplary services to clients and develop the relationship – communicate by letter, telephone and face to face in a professional manner, recognising and addressing the clients’ needs
* Prepare necessary files/documents for client meetings
* Provide cloud accounting training / support to clients
* Make manager aware of potential for overrun at earliest opportunity, be pro-active and prompt upward communication, predicting possible concerns and offering suggestions to remedy
* Provide daily feedback to all direct reports, review jobs giving clear, constructive feedback and carry out annual appraisal of direct reports
* Take an active participation in the personal and professional development of all direct reports
Please do apply for this Accountant role if you can satisfy the following:
* Ideally be qualified ACCA/ACA – exceptional part qualified and qualified by experience candidates
* Have extensive experience gained within a UK accountancy practice environment
* Awareness of NHS pension scheme and the preparation of superannuation certificates
* Knowledge and understanding of the GMS contract and NHS funding streams
* Experience with using PCSE Online and dealing with PCSE queries
* Knowledge of the preparation of PCN accounts is desirable (although not essential)
* Good general IT skills; MS Office, Xero, Sage – experience of QuickBooks, Online cloud accounting, Autoentry/ HubDoc, IRIS, Virtual Cabinet and Practice Engine would be an advantage
* Organised with good time management skills
* Excellent communication skills
A full, detailed job spec is available on registration.