The role involves providing high-quality accountancy and advisory support to a diverse portfolio of clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing and reviewing client accounts up to management accounts level, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.



Key responsibilities include the preparation and review of VAT and CIS returns, along with supporting the submission of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) returns. The role also requires assisting clients in the efficient and effective use of accounting software, helping them streamline processes and maintain accurate financial records.



You will act as a point of contact for client queries, delivering clear and practical guidance on a range of accounting and financial matters. Work will be carried out both in the office and on-site at client premises, requiring flexibility and strong interpersonal skills.



In addition, you will support the development of the wider team by assisting with the training and mentoring of junior team members, helping to build their technical skills and confidence. A collaborative approach is essential, as you will contribute to supporting the broader team in delivering a high standard of service to clients.




Core Skills




Client Focus

• Takes full responsibility for own clients and resource planning in relation to their client portfolio. Ensure assignments are diarised and delivered in line with client deadlines and expectations


• Introduction to fee conversations with clients, with the support of senior management


• Ensure up to date engagement terms are in place for all active client services, and revise accordingly for any changes in scope or service lines as and when changes arise


• Develops a clear understanding of clients' business, challenges and risks sufficiently to brief more junior colleagues


• Identify variations to initial engagement scope at an early stage of an assignment and propose approach and ad-hoc fees for any additional work for director/partner approval, so that full value can be recognised


• Demonstrates opportunities to develop value added services for the client


• Provides feedback to clients on progress and outcomes of jobs


• Holds clients to account on the quality and timeliness of agreed deliverables.

Technical Excellence

• Has a sound knowledge of VAT and CIS regulations and can draw on this to enlighten colleagues and clients in specific and relevant areas.


• Confident in utilising bookkeeping software to ensure efficient use, and providing support to both clients and colleagues to achieve this.


• Confident in training others in technical knowledge.

Commitment

• Supporting junior colleagues in developing action plans based on feedback received.

Attention to Detail

• Performs review of key areas of the assignment ensuring working papers and conclusions reached are presented well and justified


• Takes pride in own work and takes personal responsibility for ensuring that the final product is accurate or high quality and presented well.

Key accountabilities




Decision Making

• Confident in taking decisions within agreed remit


• Deals with instances of colleagues failing to adopt core values and respect by either addressing or escalating to senior team members when aware


• Suggests solutions to problems rather than waiting for suggestions from senior colleagues

Efficiency

• Communicates effectively when scope or timescales need to change


• Review work in progress (WIP) under own control and raise draft fees for approval considering stage of completion and work undertaken


• Delivers work within agreed scope and timescales, meeting deadlines efficiently achieving desired recovery rates.

Living Our Values

• New to Azets: Shows good understanding of our company values, and making good progress towards consistently demonstrating required behaviours


• Existing Colleague: Consistently 'lives our values' - demonstrates expected behaviours in line with our company values


• OR: Is a role model for our company values, is seen as an 'Ambassador' who leads by example.

Technical Skills

• Able to prepare and review complex VAT returns


• Able to prepare and review CIS returns.


• Can work independently when at client premises, and well as part of the wider team.


• Prepare financial statements to management accounts level, and discuss with clients.


• Able to identify areas that should be brought to manager and partner attention accurately explaining these.


• Ensures all review points are addressed prior to partner review


• Able to utilise accounting software efficiently, and can assist both junior colleagues and clients in doing so.


• Take ownership of deadlines under own portfolio


• Understands limit of own knowledge and when to seek technical support from specialised service lines.

Qualifications



Holds an accountancy qualification or qualified by experience (e.g. AAT/ACA/ACCA) .




Essential Experience



It is expected that the above core and technical skills will have been developed through study alongside work experience in an accountancy practice.