Semi-senior accountant

FTE Salary:

£29,000 - £33,000 depending on experience

Job type:

Full time 7.5 hours per day with some travel to clients required as overtime (may be paid or taken as TOIL).

JCS Accountants Limited:

JCS is a long-established firm of Chartered Accountants in south-west London. We aim to form strong relationships with our clients, which enables us to provide the right support precisely when it is needed. Our staff are a key part in forming these relationships.

Although established many years ago, JCS is continually striving to adopt new techniques and technology to ensure that its services are relevant to our current client base.

At JCS we have a client focused and experienced team. We have 6 directors and senior managers and approximately 25 staff, most of whom either hold, or are training for, professional qualifications.

The role:

In additional to a wide range of commercial business sectors our clients include doctors and dentists, schools, charities and "not for profit" organisations.

The work would be split roughly in the following proportions:

· 50% charity year end accounts preparation including some Independent Examinations

· 40% year end accounts work for companies, sole traders and partnerships

· 10% audit work

The accounts and Independent Examination work would be undertaken independently but reporting to a director and/or manager who would manage and review the work before issuing to the client. The majority of this work would be carried out at our offices.

The audit work would be as a junior auditor assisting a senior auditor as part of a team. The majority of this work would be carried out at clients’ premises.

About you:

You will need to have excellent organisational and communication skills and be a good team player. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative and be willing to be flexible when needed. You should have an attention to detail, be courteous and have pride in delivering the highest standards of service to our clients.

You will be supporting our clients with important communications, so an excellent standard of spoken and written English is required.

You should be comfortable using Word, Excel and email. Previous knowledge and background experience of bookkeeping and accounting software is beneficial.

You should have experience at preparing year end financial statements.

We will offer:

29 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).

Paid relevant training.

Workplace Pension Scheme.

The opportunity to work with friendly and professional colleagues.

Job Type: Full-time

Full-time hours 37.5 hours per week starting at 9am with 1 hour lunch break.

Salary: £29,000 - £33,000 per year, depending on experience

Work days - Monday to Friday