Outsourcing Assistant

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We are [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.

Job Description

We have an exciting role for an Outsourcing Assistant based in our Farnham office. The role is to support the Outsourcing Team in managing the bookkeeping process, it is not just a traditional processing role. It involves a lot of client contact and supporting the bookkeeping team with hands on bookkeeping when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Outsourcing Team in managing day to day bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients as well as reconciliations of the main control accounts, including month end reviews
• Reviewing client entries and advising of corrections or efficiency improvements
• Resolving queries
• Preparing VAT returns for review and filing of VAT returns
• Communicating directly with HMRC when necessary, undertaking general administration tasks
• Providing support to clients on various bookkeeping / accounts packages
• Visiting clients on an ad hoc basis to help resolve bookkeeping issues or take on projects with clients relating to bookkeeping

About You

The successful Outsourcing Assistant will have the following skills and experience:

• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience ideally within an accountancy practice
• AAT training
• Awareness of Xero software (preferably Xero certified) / Sage / Quickbooks / Dext
• Ability to work both independently, direct liaison with clients, as well as part of a team
• VAT experience and knowledge to prepare VAT returns
• Management accounts experience favourable
• Personal Tax and MTD ITSA knowledge and experience favourable
• CIS awareness
• Positive team player with a “can do” attitude
• Accurate data entry skills with excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience with CCH would be advantageous
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate about great service in order to provide a high level of client care

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Group life assurance x 4 salary
• 23 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 28 days
• Opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
• Car park either onsite or in nearby car parks (reimbursed if expense incurred)
• Social functions and events
• Access to our employee benefits portal – cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Referral Bonus – we’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is growing and changing at quite a pace! We’re an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing – we’re supporting more and more of the UK’s ambitious business owners, SME’s and large Corporations and it’s a real team effort. We’re helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses. We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.

Hours: Ideally 23.5 to 39.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.