Aat Associate

**Job**:AAT Associate
**Location**: Swindon / Trowbridge / Bath with travel to other offices and clients, as requires
**Salary**: £24,000 DOE
**Job type**: Permanent, Full Time
**Hours of work**: 0900am -1700pm Monday to Friday (37 hours) Early Finish on Fridays

**Summary**:
Our client based in Somerset and in Wiltshire are currently recruiting for AAT associate a to join their expanding team on a full time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive team in which you can learn and develop. This is a full-time office-based role providing first class admin support to the business and partners.
- A level or equivalent
- Qualified/part qualified ACA/ACCA, AAT Level 4 or qualified by experience.
- Preparation of statutory accounts, both FRS102 and FRS105
- Preparation of corporation tax computations.
- Preparation of personnel tax computations
- Use of Microsoft Excel & Word.
- Good customer care skills
- Excellent prioritisation and time management skills
- Able to work in an organised manner to strict deadlines - planning, diary management, department systems set up and maintenance
- Interpersonal skills - able to build relationships both internally and with clients
- Self sufficient when necessary and able to work alone for periods of time
- Pro-active and willing to take responsibility for own areas of work - not waiting to be asked to undertake key responsibilities
- Tact and diplomacy - able to explain issues to colleagues, partners & clients
- Organised, methodical, detail conscious
- Self confident and able to demonstrate effective use of personal judgement
- Flexibility - able to deal with changing priorities, deadlines and circumstances, willing to work with others
- Discreet and confidential - able to stand their ground where necessary regarding queries from others
- Innovative
- ideas to assist in meeting client expectations

**Duties include**:

- Producing draft year end and management accounts from a wide variety of data with clear neat working papers to reflect the accounts produced and ensuring clear cross-referencing
- Completing basic tax computations
- Completing detailed schedules for each set of accounts to ensure the analysis is correct and logical as required
- Identify any problems with information provided by the client and discuss with the client accordingly
- Composing correspondence to clients, tax office, registrar of companies and others
- Produce accounts/tables/schedules/letter to expected standards using Word, IRIS, and Excel
- Maintaining a productive relationship with key clients, maintaining regular contact, dealing with any specific queries or problems using available specialist skills and knowledge as required
- Providing coaching, feedback and support to less experienced members of the team, using knowledge and experience to suggest different approaches that could be taken
- Providing feedback to partners on business and any other concerns to ensure that they are fully aware of any issues

**Benefits**:

- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Life Assurance - 4 x gross annual salary.
- Permanent Health Insurance Scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Well Being Programme and Initiatives.
- Free eye test vouchers.
- Buying/Selling of holiday days.
- Excellent working culture and environment.
- Volunteer days.
- Strong Culture, Branch and Social Corporate Responsibility.
- Regular social events and more

**Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency on behalf of its client.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- AAT level 4 (required)

Work Location: One location