Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper

Our East Grinstead based client is seeking a Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper to join their friendly family-run business as an expansionary role due to the significant growth the business is experiencing, specialising in advising owner managed businesses. Due to location driving is essential for this role. Salary: £28,000- £35,000 pro- rata Hours: 22- 28 hours per week (option to work across 3-5 days) Location: East Grinstead Benefits: 22 days holiday, on- site parking, company pension Working closely with the Director along with other accounts staff, it is highly important to be experienced and capable across the widely used cloud accounting software’s. You’ll be building client relationships and offering first- class accounting advise so a keen eye for detail and stellar communications skills are a must! With excellent time management skills as you will be responsible for planning and preparing Quarterly VAT returns for a wide number of clients. A positive attitude towards and good awareness of, the upcoming MTD (Making Tax Digital) changes is required. What will your responsibilities include? * Preparing annual accounts, from both complete and incomplete records. * Oversight, completion and submission of quarterly VAT returns. * Oversight, completion and submission of monthly CIS returns * Management of client queries in relation to VAT, CIS, Accounts work and helping to resolve any issues that might arise closely with internal team and HMRC. * Maintenance of records and management information. * Oversight of bookkeeping tasks of other colleagues. * Attendance at relevant training seminars, where required. * Management of financial systems to include Iris, Xero, QuickBooks, and SAGE, primarily. * Completion of general office duties. Experience * Minimum AAT qualified * Microsoft Office (Word/ Excel) * VAT- including a good understanding of VAT law * Accounting Practice 3- 5 years * Overseeing other staff’s work- experience is essential * Proficiency with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks and Iris * Accounts preparation For your information: *Interested? Please send your CV in as a Word format only **Please only apply if you are already eligible to work in the UK (indefinitely & without sponsorship) ***Not for you but you know someone suitable? Take advantage of the YourRecruit paid referral fee. Due to the large numbers of responses we receive, despite our best efforts it is not possible to respond to every application. Therefore, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for this particular role and if you haven't heard from us within 7 days please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please feel free however to apply for further roles and we will certainly keep your details on file and contact you with suitable vacancies. YourRecruit Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender or disability and complies with all relevant UK legislation. To stay safe in your job search we recommend that you visit JobsAware, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organisation working to combat job scams. Visit the JobsAware website for information on common scams and to get free, expert advice for a safer job search