Accountant

Our Accounting and Outsourcing team work to support our clients to better run their finance functions, understand their financial position and performance, and to ensure they are compliant with changing accounting and tax legislation. With the relentlesspace of technology change our teams advise clients in areas such as process and digitalisation, business performance and financial reporting, while building enduring relationships that positions Mazars as a trusted adviser. Our successful team of more than250 professionals is growing across all areas including cloud accounting, payroll, financial reporting and company secretarial.

**Job Purpose** Our Poole based financial outsourcing team require a qualified accountant who can delight clients through the provision of high quality, technology enabled management accounting and advisory solutions, acting as their main point of contact for the day-to-daymanagement and delivery of services.

**Clients**

The financial outsourcing team in Poole forms part of the national accounting and outsourcing service line who work collaboratively across the UK and overseas to provide tailored solutions to clients of all sizes from start-ups through to international groups,at different stages of their lifecycles.

Our teams provide on tap expertise to clients as their business grows and you will support and advise on areas such as process and digitalisation, business performance and financial reporting, while building enduring relationships that positions Mazars asa trusted adviser.
- Preparing and/or reviewing VAT returns, management accounts and month end processes, some of which are complex in nature
- Preparing budgeting, cashflow forecasting and other business advisory services
- Building strong and enduring relationships with key clients by taking ownership and responsibility for client delivery and assignments to free up manager time, ensuring client deadlines are met in a timely and accurate manner
- Assistance with the management of the department's portfolio in areas such as resourcing, financials and client risk/onboarding, and keeping management informed of progress and any issues arising
- Meeting deadlines and communicating with clients and colleagues professionally and courteously
- Mentoring, supervising, and training more junior members of the team to ensure that bookkeeping records are ready in time for management accounts and VAT preparation
- Contributing to national department initiatives and projects
- Assisting with the preparation of proposal documents to enable the department to increase its client portfolio and communicating effectively with other service lines to increase cross-referred business
- Raising the profile of Mazars as an advisor of choice by ensuring clients are fully satisfied by the service and support they receive and clients are aware of all other Mazars service offerings

**Skills, Knowledge & Experience**:

- ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified with broad practical accounting & outsourcing experience
- Mixture of industry and practice experience ideal but not essential
- Solutions person - ability to be proactive and use own initiative
- Experience in preparation of management accounts and month end close processes, VAT returns, budgets, and cash flow forecasts
- Takes ownership of projects, and takes responsibility for quality control
- Strong people management skills with a passion for developing others and themselves
- Strong interpersonal and client handling skills
- Strong organisational skills
- Strong business acumen
- Strong numerical and IT skills - ability and desire to learn new technology, proficient in excel
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good attention to detail
- Experience of Xero and/or other accounting packages would be beneficial

**Inclusion and Diversity** At Mazars inclusion and diversity are central to our values. We recognise that being an inclusive and diverse organisation makes us stronger as a business.