Ashgates are a progressive, proactive and friendly accountancy and advisory practice with over 80 people based at Pride Park, Derby.
Established in 1991, the firm has grown incredibly over the years attracting talented experts providing a broad range of support and advice to businesses and individuals, locally, nationally and overseas. Our recent merger with DJH gives us a platform to continue our growth into the future.
We are now on the lookout for an Accounts & Business Services Senior to join our growing team. All work is reviewed by a manager, but is largely unsupervised at this level.
What your day to day will look like as an Accounts & Business Services Senior:
- Prepare financial statements from client source records, completing the necessary supporting schedules for manager review.
- Undertake regular bookkeeping for clients, including the preparation of VAT returns and management accounts as necessary.
- Be involved with planning work for relevant work assignments.
- Guiding and advising trainee / junior staff in the department, delegate work where necessary and suggest work that other members of the team can undertake.
- Chase up outstanding queries with clients and to “progress manage” their own assignments.
- Take responsibility for a certain assignment, able to coordinate separate Ashgates services (ensuring queries cleared at a suitable point in time for clients), plan ahead suggesting dates for internal reviews etc.
- May be required to travel to clients’ premises. Some overtime is required from time to time.
Skills and experience you will have:
- Proven experience within a similar role
- ACA/ACCA qualified or studying
- Passionate about offering a high-quality service
- Friendly, and able to communicate clearly with both colleagues and clients
- Great time management
- Desire to develop and progress
Looking after our team is our top priority, so what’s on offer for you?
- Personal development plans
- Holidays starting from 33 days, including bank holidays.
- Health & Wellbeing support packages
- Christmas & New Year office closure
- Charity events
- Social events
- Sports teams
- Pension scheme
- Hybrid working
- Flexitime from 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Company sick pay & Life insurance
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu
If this Accounts & Business Services Senior position is of interest and you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and innovative firm, apply now!