School Hours Practice Accountant

We are recruiting an experienced accounts person with practice and/or bookkeeping experience to join our client in Lincoln on a Permanent basis, working part-time during School Hours from their office.  Your hours would be 9:30 to 3:00 pm four days a week and those days can be flexible.
 
Are you working in an Accounts Practice but seeking progression? Perhaps you work full-time and you cannot find pick up or drop off your kids from School.  If so, this could be the perfect role for you.
 
This is very much a hands-on role where you’ll oversee the progress and quality of client and dealing with any challenges that arise.
 
The role is very diverse and you’ll work with a wide range of accountancy functions, from VAT/Personal tax returns right up to being an advisory point of contact for clients but also mentoring more junior colleagues.
 
Day-to-day, you will be:
 
– Managing the automated VAT & Bookkeeping process, ensuring legal and company deadlines are being met at all times and overseeing team members working in this function
 
– Acting as a point of advice for clients, working with integrity and empathy at all times and with a high degree of accuracy
 
– Preparing and submitting Personal Tax / Self Assessment / Sole Trader returns
 
– Providing training and guidance to junior staff using own knowledge
 
To be the right person for the role, you will have:
 
– A positive and approachable attitude with a down-to-earth nature
 
– Excellent communication skills to be able to work with colleagues and clients of all levels
 
– Customer Service at the heart of everything you do!
 
– Excellent organisational skills and the ability to adapt to changes in systems/software and regulations
 
– Strong IT skills and competent in working with different software
 
Qualifications & Experience:
 
– AAT, ATT or equivalent qualification, or be qualified by experience
 
– Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience in Bookkeeping, VAT, Self Assessment & Sole Trader accounts
 
– VAT process experience ideally, or solid organisational skills and an ability to learn
 
– Knowledge of UK VAT regulations / compliance
 
– Excellent Microsoft Office (Excel) skills and accounts software, such as Xero, QuickBooks and Dext
 
– Confidence over the phone and face-to-face
 
The offer:
 
– £28-35k salary full time equivalent salary depending on experience
 
– Smart Pension scheme
 
– 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays for full time equivalent
 
– Training & Development
 
– 24/7 employee assistance
 
If interested please call Cameron Ford on a confidential basis on 01522 848333 to discuss your interest or apply with your CV to cameron.ford@rrgroup.co.uk
 
Reflect Recruitment Group is operating as Employment Agency under the Employment Agencies Act 1973.