Senior Accountant in Practice

**Full Time Senior Accountant in Practice**

Our client is a progressive award-winning firm of Chartered Certified Accountants based in Peterborough.

You will be based in a spacious, light and modern office, with air conditioning, located on a business park so there are no queues getting to work in the morning.

You don’t even have to come into the office every day if you choose not to. That’s right, not only did we ditch time sheets in 2004, but you can work what hours you like each day and from wherever you want The choice is yours.

We work great as a team, sharing cakes on birthdays and special occasions. We often do things together, like bowling, escape rooms, and comedy nights. Of course, if you don’t want to get involved in these activities, you don’t have to.

In addition to having an open and approachable culture, we also measure team engagement each month to find out if there’s even more we can do to support you.

Having great technology that works makes life easier and less frustrating All our systems are cloud-based, and you’re connected using the latest PC’s with dual screens and ultrafast fibre broadband. Using great software, like Xero, Auto Entry and Iris meanswe have the best tools for you to use to help our customers. There isn’t any boring, menial manual processing of transactions.

**What we offer**:
In addition to being part of a great team, we offer:

- A salary between £40,000 and £50,000
- 37.5 hour working week with total freedom on when you work them as long as the customer gets the service they want
- 20 days of holiday plus bank holidays and time off at Christmas
- Salary sacrifice pension contributions
- A tax-free life assurance scheme
- Payment of professional subscriptions
- Free car parking

Along with a commitment to your personal and professional development so that you can be the best you want to be.

But don’t take our word for it; here’s what Julie (team member), says:
“I have worked for the company for 14 years and really love it here. I knew from the interview that the company had a different feel to it. There has always been flexibility working here which has been perfect for a working mum like me.. Over the years,that flexibility has gotten better and better and we now have the freedom to work when and where we want. The company is constantly working hard at progressing and developing and there is always support there for developing ourselves personally and technically.The team is also great, we all get along (most of the time) and we like to socialise as much as we can.”

**What you’ll be doing**:
You’ll maintain the standards our team members, customers, and professional body expects.

This will include providing support for team members with training and development, reviewing accounting and tax work, looking after compliance with AML and Practice Assurance procedures and working to help achieve our business goals.

You’ll be talking to customers and resolving their problems and be providing proactive accounts and tax advice.

**What we think you need to have to do the job**:
You’ll need to be organised, a lover of accuracy and have good analytical skills.

A liking for systems, processes and procedures to help deliver consistently high results.

A fan of training and development with a growth mindset.

In terms of qualifications, you’ll need to be a Chartered Accountant (ACA/ACCA) with three years of post-qualification experience in practice. Have good technical knowledge of personal tax, preparation of company accounts and corporation tax, with good writtenand oral communication skills.