Senior - Agriculture & Landed Estates

Senior - Agriculture & Landed EstatesIn a nutshellIs career progression important to you? This diverse accounting role offers a gateway to exciting opportunities.At PKF Francis Clark, recognised as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, we support your career growth while ensuring a healthy work-life balance.Join our agricultural team and work with passionate agri-businesses and farming clients who help feed the nation. You'll provide expert accounting and taxpliance services, along with tax planning advice, to innovative farming, rural, and agri-businesses.What you'll be doing day to dayYou'll be working with entrepreneurial agricultural clients who have diversified their farming business to cider farms, wedding venues, ice cream parlours and other interesting enterprises.Oversee the planning, preparation andpletion of annual farm and rural business accounts and taxputationsReview of personal andpany taxputations and regular VAT returnsOversee client bookkeeping services and preparation of forecasts and projectionsUndertake detailed analysis of ie and expenditure to support decision making, planning and controlIdentify financial,mercial and tax planning opportunities for clientsEnsure that accounting records for clients are maintained and kept up to dateDraft correspondence for clients; liaising with HMRC, by telephone and emailProvide varied administrative and business set-up services for clientsExposure to various capital tax issues inheritance tax and capital gains taxNetwork at county roadshows, farm walks or local cattle markets. Sharing knowledge and catching up with other rural teams across our southwest officesHave opportunities to participate in meetings and visit clients on farmAbout youAAT ACA / ACCA qualified (or nearing qualification), or qualified by experience, with relevant experience in a similar roleGood technical knowledge of accounts preparation and taxplianceExperience in servicing different types of business entityExperience in using accounts and tax return softwareAble to work independently and demonstrate initiative in delivering an excellent service to clientsWhy work at PKF Francis ClarkAs the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we're a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don't just take our word for it.PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK's Best Workplaces.We're also ranked among the UK's Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we've been ranked among England's Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.Whilst we're proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms - together we're the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a globalmunity of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.Your core benefitsPensionGroup life assurance - up to four times your core salaryGroup ie protectionHealth cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcareHealth & Wellbeing benefits :Option to buy 5 extra days holidayCounselling and support for you and your immediate familyVirtual GP for you and your immediate familyCycle to workOther benefits :Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discountsGifts for career and family milestonesOne volunteering day per year to support local organisationsEmergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable FoundationPlease noteThese benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee's post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage. Job ID 2359 #J-18808-Ljbffr