Senior Accountant

at  My Property Accountant

CLIENT MANAGER/PRACTICE ACCOUNTANT/SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Location: Fully remote (Director based in London)
Salary: £35-45K based on experience
Position: Full-time/part-time/Flexible working (Must meet KPIs)
Join a forward-thinking, fully remote UK accounting practice. We focus on empowering our team to excel in a flexible work environment, provided KPIs are met. Our modern approach allows you to work in a way that suits your lifestyle, as long as client expectations are exceeded and team goals are achieved. This role will require you to act autonomously while also helping improve processes, efficiency, and technology.
We primarily focus on property and SME clients however, we intend to expand further to incorporate more specialist niches.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Handle all client communication, meetings, and calls. Act autonomously keeping a high level of responsibility over clients
• Pro-active support to clients, minimising client contact with Director
• Able to deliver management accounts to clients and talk through commercial aspects and KPIs
• Ability to articulate all tax/accounting/compliance issues to clients finding a unique plan for the client to suit their needs
• Communicate with clients regarding outstandings in order to complete work
• Deal with HMRC queries on behalf of clients
• Review the work of junior members of staff to a high quality. This will include accounts, corporation tax, self-assessments, payroll, bookkeeping and management accounts
• Delegate tasks to junior staff/ train staff to be able to work
• Monitor Junior KPIs and Oversee your team’s portfolios. Ensure revenue targets/ profitability over the team/Pods portfolio
• Help improve processes, checklists and automation to ensure a smooth working environment for the team and clients
• Send monthly billings to clients. Have conversations with clients on additional services and costs included.
• Agreeing fees with clients in advance of commencing work
• Ability to solve adhock client issues that arise such as IT issues/access/company secretary/onboarding problems

REQUIREMENTS:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, AAT or equivalent) or Qualified by experience
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a similar client-facing role within a UK accounting firm.
• Extremely strong tax and compliance skills – a skills test will be done as part of the interview process which will be waited above all other considerations
• Ability to manage a portfolio of between 100-120 client contacts
• In-depth knowledge of FRS 102 accounts, HMRC systems and UK tax legislation
• Commercially aware of clients’ issues- setting KPIs, funding, cashflow and profitability (not just compliance focused)
• Proficiency in Xero (QBO and Free agent are a plus)
• Tech savvy, as our practice strongly embraces and prioritizes the use of modern technology to improve efficiency and processes
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HOW TO APPLY:

Please send through your CV if you think you will be a good fit for the role. You will be prompted to do a skills test and first-round interview if we think you would do well.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Flexitime
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• How many years do you have working in a UK accounting practice? (this does not include industry experience)
• Please list if you are qualified by ACA, ACCA, AAT/ equivalent or Qualified by experience?
• Where are you based?
• Are you looking for a fulltime or part time position?
• Are you okay with completing a skills assessment as part of the interview process?

Work Location: Remot

Please refer the Job description for details