Semi-Senior – St Albans

Semi Senior, AAT Qualified/ACCA studier, well respected Accountancy firm, St Albans, £depending on experience and qualifications + Study

Abacus Consulting are delighted to be the recruitment partner of a leading Accountancy Practice in St Albans.

As the Semi Senior/Senior your duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• VAT Returns
• Bookkeeping
• Provide support to colleagues as needed 

Must be ACCA or ACA studier with at least 2 years accountancy practice experience.

Excellent benefits, including study support and hybrid working.  Active social scene with regular events. No onsite parking, but within walking distance of Thameslink station and city centre.

Legal Cashier – Kettering

Legal Cashier, established solicitors firm, SAR and Bookkeeping, Kettering, to £30,000

Our client a local and established business with two offices are seeking a Legal Cashier to join their busy finance department

As the Legal Cashier, your duties will include:

• Office and client payments
• Billing
• VAT returns
• Bank reconciliations
• Solicitors Account Rules Compliance
• General account queries
• Month and Year end duties
• Sage Payroll duties

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Legal Cashier who can work well under pressure and be able to meet tight deadlines. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required together with knowledge of the Solicitors Account Rules

Audit Manager – Letchworth Garden City

Audit Manager, established Accountancy practice servicing a range of SME businesses, Letchworth, to £75,000

The Audit Manager is a key member of the audit team and will be based in Letchworth. The manager is ultimately responsible for the delivery of audit and assurance services to a range of clients across the firm. You will join a growing audit department with options and support to progress in your career. This role has a number of direct reports who you will oversee, ensuring delivery of a high-quality service along with guiding and mentoring them.

Your key areas of responsibility as the Audit Manager will include:

• Meeting potential new clients – tender presentations
• Agreeing new quotes, and preparing tender documents
• Monitoring financial and non-financial KPIs and seeking to improve on them
• Managing client and RI expectations
• Monitoring quality control, standardisation and making improvements
• Managing the delivery of audits across a range of sectors, utilising staff within the department and from the OMB team.
• Detailed review of audit work, to include planning, fieldwork, completion and attendance at clearance meetings with clients
• Training and support for the Audit team
• Trouble shooting
• Dealing with technical matters beyond the remit of your team
• Setting team objectives alongside the Head of Audit and being accountable for meeting these objectives
• Managing the quality review process with our external provider and ensuring CCH Pro Audit and Accounts Production is updated regularly.
• Improvements to systems and processes, and ensuring best practice is adopted by all members of the team

Applicants should be qualified ACA OR ACCA with extensive Audit experience

Management/Commercial Accountant – Milton Keynes

Management Accountant, Part Qualified/Finalist, Commercial finance role, Milton Keynes, £36,000-£45,000+ benefits

Our client, a well-established, modern, highly reputable organisation in the north Buckinghamshire area providing a high level of services to their clients is seeking a Commercial Management Accountant to join their efficient main finance team. The role is responsible for the integrity of the commercial accounting activities of the business. They will have full responsibility of the financial analysis and reporting of financial performance of allocated projects.

As the Commercial Management Accountant, your responsibilities will include:

• Financial Management of projects including preparation of budgets
• Review project performance with client services team
• Budgets, forecasts, financial analysis
• Month end responsibilities – postings, transactions, nominal accounts
• Business process improvements

For this position we are looking for someone who has had experience in project accounting as extensive management accounting. Someone who understands the processes relating to SME commercial environments. This person will be highly IT literate, with strong excel capabilities. You will require confident communication skills as you will be tasked with working alongside senior stakeholders in the organisation, as well as the clients you provide a service to.

This individual will also be self-motivated and pro-active, with the ability to work towards business deadlines. Someone who will be able to demonstrate how they can maintain and nurture relationships across the organisation. We are ideally looking for someone who is part qualified in the ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualifications, preferably in the finalist stages of their studies This role is not a progressive role, so would be ideally suited to those looking to settle into a role for the foreseeable future.

This positions sit within a key team in a highly successful, well-established organisation who operate to deadlines and required outputs as set by their clients. If you are a confident management accountant who can work from their own initiative, with a passion for business success, please send your CV for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

Finance Manager – Milton Keynes

Finance Manager, finalist/Fully qualified role, Milton Keynes, £45,000 – £50,000+ benefits

Our client, a modern, fast growing multi-site organisation in the Milton Keynes area providing a high level of services to their clients is seeking a Finance Manager to join their efficient main finance team. The role is responsible for the day to day operations of the finance department – ensuring all deadlines are met alongside maintaining relationships with key suppliers. You will also support the Financial Controller with ad-hoc requirements.

As the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Monthly preparation of management accounts including sales reconciliations, bank reconciliations and VAT returns
• Supplier payment and relationship management
• Payroll processing and management
• Daily and weekly KPI reporting
• Managing the accounts assistant including training and development

For this position we are looking for someone who has had experience in a managerial position or running a finance department independently. Someone who has an understanding of processes relating to SME environments including timeframes and budget restraints. This person will be highly IT literate. You will require confident communication skills as you will be tasked with working alongside senior management and stakeholders in the organisation.

This individual will also be self-motivated and pro-active, with the ability to work towards business deadlines. Someone who will be able to demonstrate how they can maintain and nurture relationships across the organisation. We are ideally looking for someone who is ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified or in the finalist stages of their studies. This is like to not be a progressive role, so the post holder must be happy to settle into this role for the long term.

This position sits within a small finance team, within a multi-site organisation who operate to deadlines and required outputs as set by senior management and investors. If you are a confident Finance Manager who can work from their own initiative, with a passion for growth, please send your CV for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

Management/Commercial Accountant – Newport Pagnell

Management/Commercial Accountant, AAT Part/Qualified, Management Accounts, Newport Pagnell, to £35,000+ Study

Our client, a well-established, modern, highly reputable organisation in the north Buckinghamshire area providing a high level of services to their clients is seeking a Finance Professional to join their efficient main finance team. The role is responsible for the integrity of the commercial accounting activities of the business. They will have full responsibility of the financial analysis and reporting of financial performance of allocated projects.

As a Finance Professional in the team, your responsibilities will include:

• Review project performance with client services team
• Budgets, forecasts, financial analysis
• Month end responsibilities – postings, transactions, nominal accounts
• Business process improvements

This person will hold strong Excel skills. You will require confident communication skills as you will be tasked with working alongside senior stakeholders in the organisation, as well as the clients you provide a service to.

This individual will also be self-motivated and pro-active, with the ability to work towards business deadlines. We are ideally looking for someone who is AAT part or fully qualified or CIMA or ACCA part qualified This role is not a progressive role, so would be ideally suited to those looking to settle into a role for the foreseeable future.

Audit Senior – Luton

Audit Senior, well established and growing Accountancy Practice, Luton, to £45,000

A newly created opportunity for a finalist or newly qualified Accountant with previous experience working in the Profession to join a well established and growing local firm.  As the Audit Senior, you will be conducting a variety of accounting and audit tasks to a range of clients in this very broad based role, encompassing the following:

Accounting

• Prepare management accounts
• Utilise junior staff on more simple assignments and oversee their work standard
• Support trainees and help with development of knowledge and skills
• Review annual accounts prepared by juniors
• Finalise accounts

Audit

• Complete planning documentation so that audits are carried out effectively
• Perform the role of the senior representative on site and conduct all relationships with the client in a professional manner
• Utilise and plan junior staff effectively and oversee their work standard
• Review/finish audit file to the appropriate standard, suitable for manager review

Tax

• Deal with complex business tax computations, including corporation tax
• Prepare personal tax returns for manager/director review.

If you are looking for a progressive move where you can develop your career in the long term in line with the growth of the Practice, please apply with a copy of your current CV as soon as possible to secure an early interview.

Audit Senior – Cambridge

Audit Senior, leadership role with a well established, expanding Practice, Cambridge, to £65,000

We are looking for highly motivated Audit Senior to work on a number of clients across multiple sectors. This varied role will include accounts preparation, audit, corporate tax compliance and the potential for bespoke project work. As Audit Senior, you will need to be able to:

• Take responsibility for completion of assignments from planning through to manager/partner review and subsequent completion.
• Assist the supervision and training of our AAT and ICAEW/ACCA trainees in conjunction with our other staff; and
• Provide clear communication and feedback to fellow team members and clients

The successful candidate will be encouraged to play a role in the development of the firm with opportunities for the right person to progress to manager level in due course. CPD training will be provided for all qualified staff and specialist courses as and when necessary. You will be directly supporting the Audit Partners, managing their teams and audit clients. Experience of the supervision of members of staff is essential, as is a hand’s on approach to both client work and creating good working relationships with new and existing clients.

• • ACA / ACCA part or fully qualified
  • Audit experience in a practice environment is preferable
  • Preparation of statutory accounts for limited companies
  • Corporation tax experience is beneficial but not essential
  • Team player but also able to work independently
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft products and ability to learn new software

Audit Senior – St Albans

Audit Senior, ACA or ACCA Qualified, well established and growing Professional Practice, St Albans, to £45,000

Well established and respected Practice based in St Albans have a need for an Audit Senior. They are providing excellent training and ongoing professional support across the business. They encourage and support progression and internal promotion as much as possible

• The Audit Senior role will primarily focus on delivering audit services for a range of clients.
• Provide audit support and assistance, prepare statutory accounts, and management accounts.
• Design and lead audits from planning through to completion, l
• Work with a team of qualified and part-qualified accountants

The ideal candidate will have previous UK practice experience, be ACA/ACCA Qualified or active studier/progressive. Excellent benefits on offer, employee wellbeing programmes, social events, charity events. If you’re looking for your next move in practice this could be just what you need!