Qualified Accountant
Job description
About the role
We are looking for a Qualified / Chartered Accountant in Southampton to work effectively as part of the accounting team and support the delivery of quality service to the Firm’s clients.
Skills & expertise
- ACA/ACCA Qualified
- 3 Years Post Qualified Experience
- Technical knowledge and experience of Cloud based software e.g. Xero, Quickbooks, Sage
- Knowledge of Tax Compliance
Key responsibilities
- Preparation of Limited Company, LLP's, partnership and sole trader accounts
- Prepare analysis of accounting data from client’s books and records.
- Ensure client database has the relevant documentation on the appropriate section.
- Where necessary, be responsible for coaching more junior trainees working on your jobs.
- Set budgets personally and actively adhere to them, bringing matters to the attention of the manager/partner, particularly when actual time exceeds budget.
- Ensure compliance with internal and external standards, rules, and requirements.
- Deal directly with clients in person and on the phone, constantly building strong relationships.
- Identify and understand clients needs, including sometimes providing initial solutions to client challenges, then communicating these needs to the manager/partner.
- Achieve annual chargeable hours targets.
- Be innovative in the way you approach your work and always look for opportunities to break new ground and create efficiencies.
- Take responsibility for maintaining annual training requirements and be proactive in identifying
- your own training needs.
- Adhere to internal admin, including billing clients and debt collection where required.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by both your changing role and the overall business objectives of the Firm.
About the candidate
You will be self-motivated, possess a good telephone manner and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively deal with clients, partners, and colleagues. An aptitude for analytical thinking and good attention to detail and the ability to work well as part of a team or on your own are all qualities needed to succeed in this role.
You must be conversant with computer packages, and you will have a willingness to learn new tasks, be organised, reliable and pay excellent attention to detail.
You have good time management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines and budgets. You can prepare and present information through liaising with other team members and have the understanding and appreciation of other people’s and the Firm’s targets.
Future prospects
Our Moore Learning programme aims to nurture and develop you, we aim to help each person to be an integral part of the business. For incentivised individuals this inclusive in-house training pathway is an initiative developed specifically for our people.