Semi Senior Accountant

Semi-Senior Accountant

Full Time – Permanent

Location: London Colney – Hybrid (Office/Home)

Salary: £28k–£33k depending on experience

AJ Chambers are currently supporting a family-run practice who are seeking a Semi-Senior Accountant to join their team based in London Colney, Hertfordshire.

Our client offers full accounting, taxation, and payroll solutions to a wide range of clients and prides themselves on providing a professional, efficient, and friendly service tailored to their clients’ individual needs.

Our client promotes a team culture that is friendly, supportive, loyal, and professional, with a wealth of experience and knowledge, and invests in their team’s ongoing training and development.

Benefits

• Nest Pension Scheme

• 28 days’ annual leave per year (including bank holidays)

• Company social events

• Career progression opportunities

• Office closed between Christmas and New Year (normally 3–4 days, which are not deducted from staff holiday entitlement)

• Work from home (WFH) for two days per week is available, with Monday being an office day for all staff (after completion of the probation period, which is six months, though this can be discussed earlier during the three-month review)

• Onsite parking available (limited), with plenty of street parking nearby

Main Duties

• As a Semi-Senior Accountant, you will manage your own client base alongside a variety of other work

• Build relationships with clients, supporting and understanding their specific needs to help them get the most out of their business

• Oversee bookkeeping, VAT returns, management accounts, statutory accounts, corporation tax returns, and personal tax returns for your clients (amongst other tasks as required)

With a combination of performing the work yourself, as you progress within the company you will have the opportunity to work towards reviewing work completed by others.

Requirements

• 2–3 years’ practice experience

• Good communication skills with the ability to build strong client relationships

• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise tasks to ensure deadlines are met

• Strong use of Excel and Word

• Competent use of Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage

• 5 GCSEs at grades 4–9 (or equivalent), including Mathematics

• 3 A-levels at grades A–C (or equivalent)

• Experience in both personal and corporate tax and accounting

Desirable

• ACA or ACCA part-qualified or fully qualified

• Ability to advise clients on different business structures and the relative benefits of each

• Experience reviewing others’ work

• Experience assisting with the training and development of other staff members

• Experience using TaxCalc and SmartVault

If you are interested in this role, please apply today. For further information or a confidential chat, contact Pete Gloster at AJ Chambers.