Accounts Assistant

5 months ago

Okehampton, United Kingdom Westcotts Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers Full time

**Accounts Assistant**
Okehampton

Westcotts is a Top 50+50 Accountancy Practice and Real Living Wage Employer with over 280 team members based across Devon and Somerset.

We are currently looking for an Accounts Assistant to join us on a permanent full or part-time basis in our Okehampton office.

**Main Duties**

The main duties (but not limited to) are the following:
- Preparing financial statements for limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders.
- Providing bookkeeping services.
- Preparation of personal and corporate tax computations and returns.
- Filing Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs documents on client’s behalf.
- Ensuring that accounting records for clients are maintained and kept up to date.
- Dealing with the preparation and completion of quarterly VAT returns.
- Complying with internal policies and procedures, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements.
- General admin duties to provide support to the Partner, Managers, and the office.
- Assignments undertaken in the office and at client’s premises.

This job description summarises the main duties and responsibilities of the post, however the list is not exhaustive as the p ost
- holder may be required to undertake other duties and projects of similar level and responsibility.

**Attributes, Skills, Experience and Qualifications**
- Analytical, methodical, and numerical.
- Outgoing, socially confident, and emotionally controlled.
- A positive attitude, friendly and personable.
- Resilient, able to multi-task and work independently / flexibly.
- Adaptable, organised, and conscientious.
- Takes the initiative, ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Professional and team orientated in approach.
- Good working knowledge of Word, Excel, Xero and QuickBooks.
- Experience of delivering exceptional customer service in an office-based working environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven accuracy and an eye for detail.
- Ability to learn new IT skills quickly.
- AAT qualified or qualified by experience.

**Terms / Benefits**
- Ideally 36.25 hours / 5 days per week however part time hours / days can also be considered.
- Hybrid working is considered.
- Annual salary review.
- 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 25 days plus bank holidays after 3 years’ service.
- Opportunity to carry over 1 week’s holiday into the following year.
- Death in service 3 x annual salary.
- Access to Westfield Rewards and Health scheme.
- 24-hour external Employee Assistance Programme helpline.
- Flexible benefits including Buy and Sell holiday, Cycle to Work, Payroll Charity Giving and Private

Medical Insurance.
- Introducing clients and staff commission schemes.
- Pension 3% rising to 4% (but matched up to 6%) after 4 years’ service.
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay after one years’ service.

**How to apply**

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

**Salary**: From £24,000.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 36.25 per week

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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