Accounts Assistant Manager
Streets
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Stevenage • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Manage a diverse portfolio of clients, ensuring timely delivery of accounts, VAT returns, and tax filings.
- Serve as a main point of contact for client queries, offering clear and accurate advice.
- Maintain strong client relationships and ensure consistent standards of service.
- Prepare and review year‑end accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies.
- Oversee bookkeeping processes and ensure records meet required standards.
- Review work produced by junior members of staff, offering constructive feedback.
- Prepare and review personal and corporate tax returns.
- Support senior management with tax planning and advisory work.
- Ensure compliance with HMRC requirements and statutory deadlines.
- Liaise with VAT manager and occasionally review VAT returns, including handling of complex queries.
- Advise clients on VAT schemes, compliance, and regulatory changes.
- Provide ongoing training to staff across accounts, VAT, and taxation processes.
- Mentor junior team members, supporting their professional growth and performance.
- Lead by example in maintaining quality standards and efficient working practices.
- Support the development of training materials, guidance documents, and internal processes.
- Conduct periodic reviews of staff work, identifying areas for development and delivering tailored training sessions.
- Assist with workflow planning, allocation of tasks, and monitoring deadlines.
- Support partners/directors with ad‑hoc tasks, reporting, and client communications.
- Contribute to internal process improvements to enhance efficiency and client delivery.
- Assist with onboarding new clients and ensuring seamless integration into practice systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience working in an accountancy practice
- Strong understanding of VAT, accounts preparation, personal tax, and corporation tax.
- Proven experience in staff training, mentoring, or supervising.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Experience reviewing and guiding junior staff.
- ACA/ACCA qualified or part‑qualified or equivalent experience (desirable).
- Experience using cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage) (desirable).
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
VATaccounts preparationpersonal taxcorporation taxbookkeepingtax planningtax advisorycompliancestaff trainingmentoring
Soft Skills
organisational skillsattention to detailcommunication skillsindependent workcollaborative workfeedbackclient relationship managementworkflow planningtask allocationprocess improvement
Certifications
ACAACCApart-qualified