Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

• Are you an accounting superstar?
• Are you ready to join a small, ambitious and growing accounting firm who will support your career goals?
• Are you ready to make a difference in the world of accountancy?

Who We are

The Accountancy Office is an established and independent firm of multi award-winning Chartered Management Accountants based in Evesham, Worcestershire. 

We pride ourselves on our proactive and personal approach and work closely with our clients to provide a service that is tailored to their individual needs.

We are a cloud-based accountancy firm providing both compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients.

The Role

We have an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, dynamic, experienced and tech-focused full time Assistant Client Manager/Accountant, a team player who is dedicated to providing exceptional service to our clients and supporting our continued growth.

It's all about You

You'll be an integral part of our small and friendly team and at the heart of supporting the day-to-day running of the business. 

You'll join a team that cares passionately about your personal and career goals, supporting you every step of the way.You'll be joining a team that cares passionately about it's clients. You'll be inspiring and educating our clients, helping them to love and understand their numbers, whilst achieving their personal and business goals. 

Our core values are passion, curiosity, care, visibility, collaboration and honesty & integrity.

You'll be joining our very flexible and informal working environment with plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits! You'll be joining us at an exciting team as we implement our new strategy plan with plenty of opportunities for team events and personal development.

You will have the choice to work as flexibly as you need, whether that's from home or the beach! You can start the day as early as you need or even later in the day, whatever works for you and your clients. 

You'll enjoy a positive work-life balance and we'll help you organise your diary to ensure you don't get overwhelmed.You'll be part of our wonderful small team, where you will join us in making an impact on the overall success and growth of the business. 

You'll really be able to step into the role and make it your own. You'll have opportunities for promotion, if that's something you're interested in.You'll only work with lovely long-term clients as we're selective about the clients we work with, we don't work with anybody and everybody. They have to be the right fit for us as a team.

You'll have the opportunity to embrace new ways of working and be part of an organisation that is always looking for more efficient ways of working, innovating and challenging the way we do things. Your ideas will be sought and valued. You'll have the opportunity for regular training with the time to keep up to date with all of the latest changes in accounting, tax and technology!

What You'll Receive from Us

A competitive salary, based on a full time role and dependent on your skills, qualifications and experience. We also offer discretionary bonuses dependent on results and productivity, 28 days annual leave, including bank holidays, as a minimum. As a results focused environment, we offer discretionary additional days too, depending on results and productivity. The longer you work for us, the more annual leave days you will receive.

You will enjoy a relaxing break over the Christmas and New Year period every year as our office closes for the festive period. We don't complete any tax returns in January either, so you'll be able to return to work without a huge pile of tax returns to work on! 

You get to choose your working hours schedule, meeting your personal life goals as well as your clients. Of course, we also contribute to a workplace pension scheme too.

What We Need From You

As an accounting superstar we need the following:

• AAT qualified, preferably with experience of working in a busy accounting practice
• Ensuring turnaround times, weekly targets and deadlines are met
• Carrying out bookkeeping within the team
• Preparation of management and financial accounts
• Preparation of self assessment and corporation tax returns
• Supporting clients with both general and technical queries
• Developing and maintaining client relationships whilst actively seeking new ways to add value to our clients.
• Ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service
• Drive business growth by focusing on customer experience; leading to increased referrals and maintaining our very high retention rate.
• Help the team and our clients prepare for Making Tax Digital.

Skills & Qualities

• A friendly, informal and personable approach to working with your clients
• Technically competent in accounts and tax preparation for sole traders and limited companies
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong IT and problem solving skills are essential
• Excellent customer service skills
• An experienced Xero Certified Advisor (preferred)
• Adaptable, innovative and able to work on your own initiative
• A friendly and highly motivated team player
• Flexible approach with the ability to meet strict deadlines
• Conscientious with excellent attention to detail
• Highly organised
• Willing to get involved and support all areas of the businessHours of work

This is a hybrid role (60% office based, 40% remote). The majority of the working week will be Evesham office based, to attend both client and team meetings. 

There is also the flexibility to work remotely when there is not a need to attend the office.