Job Title: Senior Finance Assistant

Location: Sherborne, Dorset

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

Role Purpose

You will be responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts for a variety of entities/family interests. Your portfolio will include limited companies operating predominately in the financial consultancy, investment and property sectors with the opportunity to report on UK and foreign personal and property expenditure.

You will be expected to:

Ensure all finance functions and accounting records are maintained and management accounts prepared accurately and in a timely manner

Undertake all prime entry bookkeeping tasks ensuring all income and costs have been appropriately approved, recorded accurately and VAT where applicable is correctly treated

Administer all payment runs to the required frequency culminating in a weekly bank reconciliation

Prepare VAT returns where required ensuring these are submitted on time

Maintain all fixed asset registers, ledgers and control accounts accurately

Undertake credit control if required

Support in the preparation of regular reports not limited to actual v budget cost summaries and profit forecasts as an example

Ensure all entities are compliant with relevant tax and company laws

Undertake project work as required

Provide holiday and sickness cover for other team members when needed

Report to the Team Leader

We are looking for an individual who:

Is AAT qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience with at least two years of relevant experience, ideally within practice

Has experience of VAT

Can proactively prioritise their own work as this role deals with a high volume of information

• Has integrity, discretion and the ability to deal with confidential information
• Has excellent administration and communication skills (both written and verbal with attention to detail)
• Is tactful, diplomatic and approachable, with the ability to deal assertively with a wide range of people
• Has excellent IT skills, a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience of using accounting software
• Is flexible and willing to learn
• Enjoys working on their own or as part of a wider team, being a team player is key

Benefits:

• An attractive salary commensurate with experience with a guaranteed annual salary and bonus review
• Following an initial training/probationary period you will be given the option to work from home for a period of time each week, the number of days will be dependent on the responsibilities of your role and the needs of the business as a whole
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Option to make additional pension contributions through salary sacrifice
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Individual BUPA cover
• Life insurance 4 x gross salary
• Payment of your annual professional qualification membership subscription if applicable
• Training support, if you are currently studying for your AAT or have completed your AAT and are looking to progress to an ACCA qualification
• Our commitment to provide you with ongoing CPD to enhance your knowledge, skills and experience
• Cycle to work and electric car benefit schemes
• Car parking

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency

To Apply please follow the application process for the site this job is advertised on or email your CV to Brooke.Gilmore@hawk-3.com. By applying for the above position and providing your personal data to us you understand that your data will be processed in line with our Privacy Policy. To view our full Privacy Policy please visit our website.

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are committed to the selection, recruitment and development of the best people, basing judgements solely on suitability for the job. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all applications individually, due to high volumes, this is not always possible. Thank you for your interest in this role and we look forward to working with you in the future.???????

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Sherborne, Dorset

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Salary: From 35 - 42k DOE

Role Purpose:

will be responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping, VAT, management accounts, statutory accounts and year end audits where required for a variety of entities/family interests. Your portfolio will include limited companies, partner and sole traderships operating predominately in the financial consultancy, investment and property sectors with the potential to work on pension schemes, trusts and charities.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure all finance functions and accounting records are maintained and management accounts prepared accurately and in a timely manner

Undertake prime entry bookkeeping tasks ensuring all income and costs have been appropriately approved, recorded accurately and VAT where applicable is correctly treated where required

Administer payments runs to the required frequency culminating in a weekly bank reconciliation where needed

Review the bookkeeping and payment runs of our Finance Assistants and provide constructive feedback as required

Prepare VAT returns where required ensuring these are submitted on time

Maintain all fixed asset registers, ledgers and control accounts accurately

Undertake credit control if required

Produce statutory accounts with supporting year-end files where required for internal and external audit review

Prepare regular reports not limited to actual v budget cost summaries and profit forecasts as an example

Ensure all entities are compliant with relevant tax and company laws

Undertake project work as required

Ensure that your CPD record is well maintained

Provide holiday and sickness cover for other team members when needed

Report to the Team Leader or Deputy Head of Office as work requires

We are looking for an individual who:

Is a qualified accountant, qualified by experience or part-qualified with at least three years of relevant experience, ideally within practice or an audit environment

Has experience of VAT

Can proactively prioritise their own work as this role deals with a high volume of information

• Has integrity, discretion and the ability to deal with confidential information
• Has excellent administration and communication skills (both written and verbal with attention to detail)
• Is tactful, diplomatic and approachable, with the ability to deal assertively with a wide range of people
• Has excellent IT skills, a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience of using accounting software
• Is flexible and willing to learn
• Enjoys working on their own or as part of a wider team, being a team player is key

Benefits:

• An attractive salary commensurate with experience with a guaranteed annual salary and bonus review
• Following an initial training/probationary period you will be given the option to work from home for a period of time each week, the number of days will be dependent on the responsibilities of your role and the needs of the business as a whole
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Option to make additional pension contributions through salary sacrifice
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Individual BUPA cover
• Life insurance 4 x gross salary
• Payment of your annual professional qualification membership subscription if applicable
• Training support, if you are working towards completing or intending to commence study for a professional accounting qualification
• Our commitment to provide you with ongoing CPD to enhance your knowledge, skills and experience
• Cycle to work and electric car benefit schemes
• Car parking

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency

To Apply please follow the application process for the site this job is advertised on or email your CV to Brooke.Gilmore@hawk-3.com. By applying for the above position and providing your personal data to us you understand that your data will be processed in line with our Privacy Policy. To view our full Privacy Policy please visit our website.

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are committed to the selection, recruitment and development of the best people, basing judgements solely on suitability for the job. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all applications individually, due to high volumes, this is not always possible. Thank you for your interest in this role and we look forward to working with you in the future.