Senior Accountant – Accountancy Practice
Cannock | £35,000–£42,000 DOE | Permanent | Full-Time
Ready to take more ownership of your clients and your career?
If you’ve built strong experience within accountancy practice and are ready for a role where you can have greater client responsibility, develop your advisory skills and genuinely progress, this could be a great next move.
Think Accountancy & Finance is working exclusively with a growing, forward-thinking independent accountancy practice in Cannock that is looking to add an experienced Senior Accountant to its team.
This is a firm that wants its accountants to do more than simply prepare year-end accounts. You’ll build genuine relationships with your clients, understand their businesses and have the opportunity to provide proactive advice that makes a difference.
You’ll work closely with experienced senior members of the practice while taking ownership of a varied portfolio of SMEs and owner-managed businesses across a range of sectors.
What will you be doing?
You’ll take responsibility for a portfolio of clients and become a trusted point of contact, with responsibilities including:
- Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts for limited companies, partnerships and sole traders
- Corporation Tax and Personal Tax Returns
- Managing client relationships and dealing directly with business owners
- Providing proactive support around tax planning, financial management and business growth
- Identifying opportunities to add value beyond traditional compliance work
- Some bookkeeping and VAT preparation/review
- Liaising with HMRC and third parties
- Supporting and mentoring junior members of the team
- Working closely with senior colleagues on more complex client matters
What are we looking for?
You’ll already have solid experience working within a UK accountancy practice and be comfortable preparing accounts for SME and owner-managed clients.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Around 5+ years’ accountancy practice experience
- Strong statutory accounts preparation experience
- Good knowledge of Corporation Tax, Personal Tax and VAT
- Confidence dealing directly with clients
- The ability to manage your own workload and deadlines
- Xero, QuickBooks and/or Sage experience
- An interest in developing your advisory and client management experience
You may already be ACA/ACCA qualified, approaching qualification, or qualified by experience. More important is your practical experience, client capability and ambition to continue developing.
Why consider it?
This is an opportunity to join a growing independent practice where you can have visibility, responsibility and a genuine opportunity to progress rather than feeling like another number.
You can expect:
- £35,000–£42,000, depending on experience
- Clear opportunities for career progression
- Ongoing professional development
- Direct exposure to experienced senior professionals
- A varied SME and owner-managed client portfolio
- Greater involvement in advisory and value-added work
- Supportive, friendly team environment
- Modern, client-focused approach
- Flexibility for occasional home working where circumstances require it
- Potential to discuss longer-term flexible working once established within the firm
If you’re currently working within practice and feel ready for more responsibility, better development and a clearer next step, I’d love to speak with you.
All enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence.
Apply today or contact Katie Shutt at Think Accountancy & Finance for a confidential conversation.