Cloud Accounting Technician

We are recruiting for a Cloud Accounting Technician to join the friendly team of a well-established accountancy practice. This is a cloud accounting role with most clients using Xero and Dext.
The Cloud Accounting Technician will likely be recently AAT qualified with 2-3 years’ experience and will be carrying out bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts for a portfolio of predominantly SMEs.
If successful, you will be offered a competitive salary, depending upon experience, flexible, hybrid working, annual bons, salary sacrifice pension scheme, 23 days leave, private medical, death in service scheme (4x salary) and group income protection scheme.
As Cloud Accounting Technician your responsibilities will include:
* Reviewing transactions posted by junior members of the team
* Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
* Being a point of contact for clients, communicating via email and telephone.
* Dealing with wide variety of client queries
* Coordinating with process level staff ensuring they have everything needed to keep client records up to date and accurate
* Preparation of VAT returns filing
* Assisting senior team members with finalising books for yearend accounts
* Professional Ethics in the workplace
* Ad hoc duties to assist staff as and when required
Please do apply for this role if you can satisfy the following criteria:
* AAT qualified or qualified by experience – minimum grade 4 GCSEs in math and English
* IT competent with a basic knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel
* Good knowledge of cloud accounting software, particularly Xero and Dext
* The ability to work on your own initiative and be flexible
* Friendly with good communication skills and polite telephone manner
* The ability to prioritise and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Submit your CV for this Accounting Technician role
Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.
Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful