Employer description & source details
Prepare bookkeeping, VAT returns and draft year end accounts for UK small business clients. You work in a pod of five led by a UK-based Senior Accounts Manager: two senior accountants, two accountants and a bookkeeper, serving around 300 UK small business clients from January and growing to around 500 through 2027. Until the manager starts in January, you work in one of our existing UK teams. A Senior Accountant reviews your work. Your work is on time and right the first time, and as you grow you take on year end accounts and corporation tax returns. Keep clients’ books up to date in Xero: bank reconciliations, sales and purchase ledgers, and month and year end adjustments. Prepare VAT returns under Making Tax Digital for review. Prepare draft year end accounts and, as you grow, corporation tax returns. Check your own work before sending it for review, and act on corrections. Chase clients early for missing records, and tell your Senior Accountant in good time when a deadline is at risk. Keep client records and workflow data accurate. Use the AI tools we are building into our products and workflow Your bookkeeping and VAT returns are ready for review before their deadlines, with client delays chased early and recorded. Your work needs fewer review rounds, measured from when you start. By month 12, you prepare draft year end accounts and CT600s for review, not just bookkeeping and VAT. Workflow data for your clients is accurate and up to date. A degree in commerce, accounting or finance (for example B.Com or BS Accountancy). At least 2 years in accounting, including at least 1 on UK clients: bookkeeping, bank reconciliations and VAT returns. Confident with Xero, QuickBooks or a similar cloud accounting package. Written English good enough to email UK clients directly. Ba
Extracted skills: sales, finance