Semi Senior Accountant

SHORTS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000

Job description

SHORTS Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Semi Senior Accountant

SHORTS Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Talent Acquisition Manager | SHORTS Chartered Accountants

Company Description

SHORTS is a long-standing accountancy firm with a heritage of over 130 years, now nationally recognised as an award-winning firm. Our team of specialists brings deep expertise and innovation to our services, delivering tailored and proactive advice to clients. We aim to be the leading firm in our region by offering active, strategic, and personalised guidance.

Role Description

We are seeking an Accounts Semi-Senior to join our dynamic Owner-Managed Business team. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the team to deliver practical and actionable advice to our clients, ensuring their businesses continue to move forward. You will assist in providing tailored accountancy solutions that cater to the specific needs of each business which vary from client to client.

As an Accounts Semi-Senior, you will have the opportunity to engage directly with clients, enabling you to nurture and strengthen valuable relationships. You will gain hands-on experience managing your own workload and have regular contact/recurring work with clients to help build these relations. This will involve responsibilities such as preparing VAT returns and providing ongoing client support. This exposure will be essential to your professional growth and will play a pivotal role in advancing your career within the firm.

You will receive guidance and mentorship from senior team members, along with a customised internal learning and development programme to support your growth. This is a varied role that requires a broad knowledge of services across the SME space, allowing you to provide clients with well-rounded advice that considers both business and personal impacts.

We are looking for individuals who are eager to progress within a growing team, enjoy building strong client relationships, and thrive in a challenging yet rewarding environment. If you are proactive, motivated, and ready to take on new challenges, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of year-end accounts, for Limited Companies, Sole Traders and Partnerships
• Preparation of Corporation Tax Computations
• Preparation and review of client VAT / MTD returns
• Completion of bookkeeping in support of other work
• Demonstrate commitment to timely completion of jobs
• Demonstrate commitment to the completion of jobs to a high standard of accuracy and efficiency
• Develop good organisational skills to ensure deadlines are met
• Ensure all client communications are dealt with in a timely manner

Skills:

• Be a confident and collaborative team player with experience of coaching and leading others
• Able to demonstrate outstanding customer service to clients and inspire others to do the same
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Good working knowledge of a variety of accounting software
• Actively seeks to enhance expertise and knowledge
• Attention to detail and ability to drive projects through, demonstrating high performance

Experience:

• Have previous experience in a similar role
• Client relationship management experience
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Good sense of commercial awareness

Qualifications:

• Working towards AAT, ACCA or ACA.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working within a Practice Background
• Good results from GCSE’s/further study- to have shown genuine commitment to completion of studies to a high grade

Additional Information

• To carry out any other duties as identified to ensure the smooth running of the business.
• Confidentiality - Where in the course of your duties you have access to confidential information relating to customers or clients you should ensure confidentiality is always maintained and any data is treated in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Equal Opportunities - To support the business equality and diversity policy and promote an environment of inclusivity and support to customers and our people.
• Health and safety - To adhere to health and safety procedures and to take responsibility for your own safety and that of others and report any incidents or concerns to line management.
• Customer Focused - We put our customers' needs and expectations at the heart of all that we do. We expect our employees to have a full understanding of those needs and expectations so that we can provide high quality, appropriate services always.
• Learning and Development - To participate in any learning and development identified as appropriate for the role and share ideas for continual personal and firm development.
• Quality of our Work - To strive to maintain high standards of professionalism, work outputs and quality of work in line with the business priorities.

Those who work for Shorts, can expect all the stuff you would normally expect from a really progressive firm, and lots more besides:

• Core hours policy (7.5 hours per day, working between 08:00 and 18:00).
• The ability to take up to two hours for lunch.
• Park at the office
• Overtime (we hardly work any!) to be taken back as TOIL.
• Holidays start at 25 days or pro-rata equivalent.
• Extra 1 day holiday after 5 years’ service and thereafter to a maximum extra 5 days.
• Ability to buy up to five days holiday or pro-rata equivalent.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave.
• A fair and sympathetic sickness policy.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders with ongoing associated support.
• Employee assistance program for counselling services, medical support, and perks through PAYCARE

If you have any questions then don't hesitate to contact our Talent Acquisition Manager, Laura Collins, via LinkedIn.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

Accounting