Accountant

As part of the growth in our clients client services portfolio, they are seeking to recruit an ambitious and driven Client Accountant to join a team of experienced and dedicated professionals on full-time basis. Reporting to the Managers and Team Leaders of the Client Accounting team, the Client Accountant will be entrusted with a portfolio of clients to manage and build a lasting relationship with and entrusted to manage, and mentor junior members within the team.

 

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Completing the management accounts of their own portfolio of clients, including where applicable, managing the annual audit processes to provide the auditors with the required information in a timely manner to meet statutory deadlines;
• Preparing and submitting of VAT Returns of their own portfolio of clients;
• Ensuring that all the tasks within the assigned portfolio of their clients, as well as their junior team members’ portfolio, are completed in accordance with statutory requirements and client deadlines;
• Liaising closely with management with regards to clients’ requirements from an accounting perspective, focusing on ensuring and improving the quality of service provided;
• Reviewing of financial statements (including the complex disclosures);
• Reviewing of VAT Returns of other team members;
• Being involved in the ongoing monitoring undertaken by the accountancy department for compliance purposes;
• Managing and mentoring more junior members within their team, and liaising with team leaders and management in the reviewing of the accounts of the more junior team members in the department;
• Being a point of reference for their junior team members and assisting in solving high level technical accounting queries, supervising and assisting junior team members with their daily tasks;
• Organising frequent catch-up meetings with their junior team members, to monitor the progress of their own portfolio of clients as well as for any general feedback which may arise;
• Being a champion within the team and promoting internal procedure and best practices to the team in performing its functions;
• Identifying any areas which the department may require training in and liaising with management to prepare and deliver such training sessions;
• Assisting management and team leaders with writing articles about relevant matters to be published on the company website;
• Liaising with internal departments to obtain information and supporting documentation to allow for the timely preparation of financial statements and statutory returns;
• Highlighting and report significant matters on general accounting issues arising to management;
• Assisting management with ensuring that all the junior team members meet all statutory deadlines (for VAT Returns, Accounts, Tax Returns, etc);
• Involvement in client meetings in relation to their own portfolio and also to be involved in accompanying more junior members in client meetings;
• Any other ancillary duties which the Client Accountant may be asked to perform.

 

Benefits:

• An attractive remuneration package and progression plan, commensurate with knowledge and experience;
• Performance bonus;
• Hybrid working;
• Flexible hours;
• Longer weekends – on Fridays our office closes at 2pm!
• Family culture;
• Subsidised Group health insurance;
• Free parking;
• Opportunities to attend industry events;
• Regular team building & departmental events;
• Corporate Benefits – Discounts and Offers across the island;
• Free Mental Health Workshops & One-to-One Sessions;
• Study leave;
• Sponsorships;
• On-the-job training and mentoring from industry professionals;
• We are an ACCA Approved Employer, meaning we provide performance objective exemption from the PER (Practical Experience Requirement), performance objective exemption from the FPER (Foundations Practical Experience Requirement), high standards of staff training and personal development, as well as deliver CPE Accredited training in-house.