Accounts Assistant

2 days ago


Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom Red Recruitment Solutions Full time £18,000 - £22,000 per year
Job Description

Our client, a prestigious accountancy practice requires an Accounts Assistant to join their team.

Working in Oswestry, the role will involve preparing draft accounts for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies for submission to H M Revenue and Customs/Companies House and to assist with the preparation of Tax Returns, Auditing and VAT Returns.

Main Duties

  • Preparing draft accounts (manually and using internal computer Software) from complete and incomplete records for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies to include:
  • Bank and Cash Control Accounts and Reconciliations
  • Analysis of Income and Expenditure into appropriate headings
  • Schedules of Debtors and Creditors
  • Other Control accounts such as Sales and Purchase Ledger, HP etc.
  • Calculation of VAT and VAT Control Accounts
  • Journals
  • Calculation of depreciation
  • Processing Tax Returns on Personal tax / Sol 6 software
  • Assist in carrying out Audits, following the company's audit programme
  • Processing Value Added Tax Returns

Additional duties

  • Preparing draft Tax Computations
  • Assisting in collecting debts
  • Dealing with client queries
  • Dealing with queries from H M Revenue & Customs
  • Booking in Clients Records and updating clients Job on Booking In list
  • Visiting Client Premises re Accounts preparation and auditing
  • Covering reception and telephone answering as required
  • Covering other offices when required
  • General Office duties

You must have previous practice accountancy experience to be considered for the role.

This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career and the client has an excellent career development scheme in place as well as offering excellent benefits including loyalty based holiday pay as well as a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time.

This is a full time permanent role (however part time will be considered) operating between 08:30 – 17:00 Monday to Friday offering a competitive salary of £18,000 – £22,000 dependent on experience + benefits.

If you would like to apply this opportunity, please send your CV to Rob at Red Recruitment today

*We aim to reply to all applications within 48 hours. By applying for this position you give your consent for us to keep your CV for up to 3 months. In the event that you have been unsuccessful for this position, we will retain your details should anything else suitable become available. Please request in writing should you not wish us to retain your details for this purpose. Your details will not be shared with any third party without your express permission.



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