School Hours Practice Accountant

We are recruiting an experienced accounts person with practice and/or bookkeeping experience to join our client in Grantham on a Permanent basis, working part-time during School Hours from their office.- Your hours would be 9:30 to 3:00 pm four days a week and those days can be flexible.

Are you working in an Accounts Practice but seeking progression? Perhaps you work full-time and you cannot find pick up or drop off your kids from School.- If so, this could be the perfect role for you.

This is very much a hands-on role where you''ll oversee the progress and quality of client and dealing with any challenges that arise.

The role is very diverse and you''ll work with a wide range of accountancy functions, from VAT/Personal tax returns right up to being an advisory point of contact for clients but also mentoring more junior colleagues.

Day-to-day, you will be:

- Managing the automated VAT & Bookkeeping process, ensuring legal and company deadlines are being met at all times and overseeing team members working in this function

- Acting as a point of advice for clients, working with integrity and empathy at all times and with a high degree of accuracy

- Preparing and submitting Personal Tax / Self Assessment / Sole Trader returns

- Providing training and guidance to junior staff using own knowledge

To be the right person for the role, you will have:

- A positive and approachable attitude with a down-to-earth nature

- Excellent communication skills to be able to work with colleagues and clients of all levels

- Customer Service at the heart of everything you do!

- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to adapt to changes in systems/software and regulations

- Strong IT skills and competent in working with different software

Qualifications & Experience:

- AAT, ATT or equivalent qualification, or be qualified by experience

- Minimum of 3 years'' practice experience in Bookkeeping, VAT, Self Assessment & Sole Trader accounts

- VAT process experience ideally, or solid organisational skills and an ability to learn

- Knowledge of UK VAT regulations / compliance

- Excellent Microsoft Office (Excel) skills and accounts software, such as Xero, QuickBooks and Dext

- Confidence over the phone and face-to-face

The offer:

- -28-35k salary full time equivalent salary depending on experience

- Smart Pension scheme

- 22 days'' holiday plus bank holidays for full time equivalent

- Training & Development

- 24/7 employee assistance

If interested please call Sarah Woulds on a confidential basis-

Reflect Recruitment Group is operating as Employment Agency under the Employment Agencies Act 1973.