Accounts Senior

Accountability Edinburgh is an AAT licensed accounting practice demonstrating impressive growth. Based in Edinburgh, we offer accounting, consultancy, training, payroll and bookkeeping services to a wide portfolio of clients across various sectors.

We specialise in Xero advisory work, clean-ups and consultation on accounting automation. Our clients love what we do - and as a result of continued and substantial growth in this area, we are now looking to expand our team.

The Accounts Senior will take primary responsibility for a portfolio of clients within the practice – working with them to understand their businesses and to provide up to date and relevant management information. In addition, the practice provides the day to day finance support for clients and the Accounts Senior will be required to supervise this work, ensuring a high quality of delivery and that work is turned out to an appropriate timetable.

Responsibilities

1. Preparation of monthly or quarterly management accounts, across a specified portfolio of clients.
2. Ongoing review of systems and processes, ensuring clients work is delivered in the most meaningful and effective way possible.
3. Preparation, review and submission of VAT returns.
4. Provision of support around the day-to-day transactional data entry process, carried out either by clients teams, or by colleagues.
5. Preparation of working papers, ensuring balance sheet control accounts appropriately reconciled and documenting this appropriately.
6. Preparation of appropriate journal entries at period ends to ensure management accounts are meaningful.
7. Liaison with external accountants responsible for production of financial statements and tax returns.
8. Engage in new business activities, attending meetings with prospective and existing clients.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:

1. AAT qualified or equivalent experience required. 
2. A strong commitment to excellent customer service, ensuring clients are well informed and that clear goals are agreed and delivered within deadlines.
3. Skill in preparing a range of financial reports, including profit and loss, balance sheet, budgets, variance reporting, cashflow reporting and forecasting.
4. A clear understanding of the purpose of various financial reports and to be able to communicate this appropriately to clients.
5. An up to date understanding of the regulatory environment affecting our varied client base and to be able to ensure compliance.
6. An understanding of the benefit and need for robust financial systems and controls and to be able to communicate this effectively to clients.
7. An enthusiasm to get the job done. This is a small but growing team – and the post-holder will be required to turn their hands to transactional data entry, assisting with clean-ups and supporting others in the team.

The following are desirable, but not essential:

1. A good knowledge of Xero and the Xero App Eco-system, ideally conversant with tools such as Dext Prepare, Fathom, Float, Approval Max, Pleo and so on.
2. A reasonable understanding of payroll issues. The postholder will not be required to delivery payroll services, although it is helpful to have a working knowledge.
3. Experience working in a practice environment.

In return, our client offers

• an annual salary in the range £28,700 - £32,800, depending on experience
• CPD package valued at up to £1,500 per annum, including support to attend national conferences & events.
• 28 days paid holiday, pro-rated for part-time hours
• flexible working conditions, offering office based working - or flexible hybrid working. The office is located in Edinburgh
• private healthcare 
• internal training support and weekly 121s with line management
• staff pension scheme

The Accounts Senior will report to the Head of Virtual Finance Delivery and will also supervise the work of others in the team.

Whilst this post is offered on a full time basis, the client is open to flexible or part-time hours.

This is an excellent opportunity with exposure to very varied client work. The practice is a fast growing organisation with impressive plans for growth and a strong reputation as a centre for excellence.