Accounts Senior, BDO, Reading

Controlling all aspects of the accounts fieldwork which includes supervision of part-qualified and other junior members of the accounts team in their work.

• Taking personal responsibility for the completion of client work and passing it to Managers in a timely manner for their final review and sign-off

• Assisting Managers in planning assignments to ensure their completion to the required standard and within budget, with any budget overruns anticipated in advance and reported to a Manager.

• Completing smaller assignments with a minimum of Manager supervision.

• Producing a complete accountancy working paper file with draft accounts for a job that involves incomplete record work.

• Posting sales, purchases, bank and journal entries on the firm’s approved accounts package and produce required reports for management account purposes.

• Processing treasury transactions in strict accordance with the Firm’s procedures

• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and highlight any unusual items ready for Manager or VAT specialist review.

• Building rapport with client to understand their requirements before starting work and then answering queries promptly and anticipating future requirements.

• Providing clients with value-adding recommendations for improvements in processes and controls.

• Supervising, training, motivating and developing junior members of staff both on client premises and in the office, and review and appraise work at the end of the assignment.

• Supporting sales and marketing activities and the on-boarding of new clients.

Requirements

Key skills

Enjoys detailed accounting

Self-motivated & proactive

Able to effectively delegate & train more junior members of the team

Good client service skills

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

ACA or ACCA Qualified or equivalent

Extensive experience preparing management accounts

Experience of statutory accounts preparation under IFRS and UK Financial Reporting Standards

Experience of using multiple accounting software ideally including Microsoft NAV

Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel

Our Agency Policy

BDO has a commitment to building relationships directly with candidates (and agencies) in our local markets and as such, we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. We work closely with our preferred suppliers to support us in sourcing quality candidates but we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the BDO Resourcing team. We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to BDO by any means other than through our recruitment portal. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the BDO Resourcing team, BDO reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee.