Corporate Services Senior - Torquay

Our client has an outstanding reputation for delivering timely advice for a wide range of businesses and delivers rapid, effective solutions tailored to individual requirements.

A vacancy has arisen for a newly qualified accountant or a QBE to their established corporate services team where you will be working with a variety of key clients.

Reporting to the Corporate Manager the Corporate Services Senior?s role will be as follows:
Undertaking client accounts and tax work using the firm?s office manual and client care procedures to ensure all department assignments are completed to the same high standard. There may be a possibility of some audit work also.
Accurately completing all assignments within agreed timetables to ensure assignments are completed on time.
Investigating and resolving (where possible) problems arising during the assignments and notifying manager of unresolved problems to ensure they are addressed on time.
Becoming and remaining familiar with the client?s internal reporting and control procedures to ensure the assignment is completed with minimal disruption to the client?s staff.
Recording work in a clear and concise manner, ensuring all working papers are legible and well presented to allow other team members to clearly understand the work completed.
Ensuring all outgoing work is proof-read and authorised according to the firm?s procedures.
Supervising staff and assisting with their professional development, encouraging them to produce a high quality of work at all times.
Keeping partners and managers up to date on all dealings with the clients.
Maintaining time-recording on client affairs on a daily basis in accordance with the firm?s procedures.
Planning and reviewing corporate department assignments.
Liaising with the tax department on client tax issues as required.
Liaising with other departments as necessary on client affairs.
Marketing the firm and helping to bring in new clients at every available opportunity.
Keeping technically up to date with company, tax and other relevant legislation.
Observing office manuals and instruction books issued by the partners from time to time.
Ensuring computer skills are developed and maintained to ensure effective completion of work.
Preparing draft fee notes for approval, including comparatives to budgeted costs.

To be considered for this post all applicants must be a well organised, confident, outgoing, enthusiastic, self-motivated team player, with a thorough systematic approach. This is an outstanding career opportunity with potential to develop within the firm. Ability to work independently or as part of a team is essential, as is confidence to work directly with clients.

Good basic qualifications required with experience of working in an accountants practice.
You will have sound knowledge of all relevant aspects of the Institute?s Guide to Professional Conduct, and will comply with the relevant training requirements of your professional body (ICAEW or other appropriate body).

Benefits incorporated with the role

Annual salary review.
25 days annual leave.
Hours 36.25 per week with flexible working time scheme.
Pension and Life Assurance (3 x salary) and Personal Pension (Employer 3% Employee minimum 2%).
Critical Illness Scheme.
Contributory BUPA Scheme.
Non-contributory Healthsureone Scheme (after probationary period).
Ongoing Performance Appraisal Scheme resulting in your own Personal Performance Plan and real career development opportunities and promotion for the right people.
Training CPD support.

We are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003