Senior Accountant
Reporting to the Manager the principal responsibility of the Senior Accountant is to complete various accounting requirements for a portfolio of clients.
Isle of Man Office
Key Attributes
Key Attributes
The following attributes are desired from the applicant:
- Professional and positive approach;
- Strong in building relationships and be able to communicate at all levels;
- Self-motivated; and
- Team player, but also be able to work on own initiative
Key Skills
Key Skills
The following responsibilities will be expected of the successful candidate:
- Have at least 4 years’ experience in an accounting environment;
- Be ACA or ACCA qualified;
- Possess knowledge of Isle of Man taxation, UK taxation and HMRC procedures;
- Good communication skills both written and verbal;
- Good time management skills;
- Good relationship management and interpersonal skills;
- PC literate, particularly Word and Excel; and
- Familiarity with Caseware is an advantage
Key Tasks
Key Tasks
Duties for the successful candidate will include:
- Responsible for the book-keeping for clients;
- Liaise with clients on any book-keeping issues;
- Prepare extended trial balances for clients, which includes reconciling all balance sheet accounts,
posting year end accruals, prepayments and other adjustments; - Prepare VAT returns for applicable clients;
- Prepare management accounts on a regular basis;
- Prepare draft financial statements for clients for review by the Manager and Partner(s);
- Process amendments to financial statements where necessary;
- Liaise with auditors where applicable;
- Process year end closing on Sage ready for following accounting period;
- Prepare payrolls for clients;
- Prepare IOM tax returns for individuals and companies;
- Prepare UK tax returns for individuals and companies;
- Develop good working relationships with relevant client personnel;Maintain regular communication with team and manager;
- Take decisions where appropriate and consult others in the process;
- Ad hoc accounts tasks as and when required
- Perform treasury function for certain clients, ensuring all receipts and payments are recorded and making on-line payment for salaries and tax/NI and other expenses, after ensuring authorisation is in place;
- Have a good understanding of UK GAAP, and if possible IFRS accounting frameworks;
- Be able to adapt to different accounting software;
- Manage deadlines and client expectations;
- It is a mandatory requirement to operate on a daily basis within the ISO 9001 Quality Management System and the ISO:27001 Information Security Management Systems;
- Understand the requirements of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System and the ISO:27001 Information Security Management Systems and maintain a good working knowledge; and
- Have an awareness of how departmental procedures, documents and record keeping have a
positive or negative effect on the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
Other Duties
Other Duties
Other duties for the successful candidate would include:
- Awareness of other service lines and identifies cross-selling opportunities;
- Undertake CPD in order to keep up to date with accounting developments;
- Develop a working knowledge of the client’s operations and appreciate the business and
accounting implications; and - Understand the firm’s policies and procedures and adhere to them in daily working practice.