Sewell Wallis Ltd Looking for Accounts Semi Senior – East Leeds at Leeds, West Yorkshire Full Time
A small but established and growing professional practice based within the East Leeds area, seek an ambitious and capable Semi Senior. This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that is experiencing a positive period of expansion and have grown year on year for the past 4 years without exception. As such they can offer career progression and will consciously promote from within wherever possible. The role will be split between accounts preparation and audit work/assignments.
The role will report directly into one of the partners who has responsibility for overseeing the accounts preparation function of the team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious candidate with a solid foundation of accounting skills gained within a practice setting. The ideal candidate will be able to work as part of a team and also on their own initiative. You will be able to maintain and develop relationships with a wide ranging client base and will have responsibility for the accounts function for a portfolio of clients from start to finish.
Key responsibilities of the role will be :- -Preparation of limited company accounts and corporation tax computations for a variety of corporate clients from a wide range of sectors. -Preparation of accounts for sole traders, partnerships and company accounts. -Assisting with consolidations and cash flow statements. -Preparation of personal tax returns. -Preparation and review of VAT returns and dealing with VAT queries. -Assisting with the preparation of management accounts – accruals, prepayments and year end adjustments. -Dealing with general business queries from clients and providing advice as required. – Liaising with HMRC regarding various queries. – Supervising junior members of staff. – Opportunities to work with colleagues on audit work and represent the firm at external networking events.
The ideal candidate will – -Be AAT qualified/studying AAT or will be part qualified ACA/ACCA with the potential for support for your studies. -Have experience of working within a practice environment. -Have excellent IT skills, with strong Excel skills. -Have excellent communication skills and be able to liaise at all levels. -Want to develop and progress within a developing practice where training and support is provided.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.
Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
