Our client is an accountancy firm based near Stirling, looking for a Part Time Accountant to work approximately 1 day per week, with an expectation that the time commitment may increase.
Responsibilities of the Part Time Accountant:
1. Take a Limited company set of draft accounts on cloud bookkeeping software (Xero/QuickBooks) and:
2. Review and correct any mispostings related to balance sheet accounts and P&L, highlighting any significant variances or unusual balances.
3. Calculate and enter year-end adjustments into the bookkeeping software regarding depreciation, accruals, WIP, and corporation tax provision.
4. Draft emails to clients with attachments.
5. Produce draft statutory accounts.
6. Prepare corporation tax computation and CT600.
7. Prepare Directors' personal tax returns.
8. Prepare the management accounts.
9. Input required journals (e.g., accruals, prepayments, depreciation, WIP).
10. Extract reports from software into Excel.
11. Provide brief but meaningful commentary and additional schedules regarding significant variances.
12. Produce presentable financial information.
The Candidate
1. Qualified or qualified by experience.
2. Worked in practice for 5+ years.
3. Works quickly but accurately (aware of the need to make recovery on work).
4. Familiar with accounts and tax software (ideally Iris) and cloud bookkeeping software (Xero/QuickBooks).
5. Good Excel skills (basic formulae such as VLOOKUP and = for working papers).
6. Has a challenging mind - willing to flag issues if something doesn’t look right.
7. Good knowledge of UK tax for owner-managed businesses.
8. Comfortable speaking to clients to address basic queries.
Please note this is a remote role, but it would be helpful for the candidate to be based in Scotland.
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