Senior Accountant

We are a small to medium sized accounts practice which due to continuing growth and future plans, is now recruiting for the following role in our Port Erin office. In return for a competitive salary and benefits package, we can offer you exciting career prospects and the opportunity to develop in a professional environment as a Senior Accountant reporting directly to the company’s Accounts Manager. We are a friendly team and provide flexibility and support to our staff to ensure we deliver the best results to our clients.

The successful candidate for this role should ideally have some audit experience or will be looking to develop that skillset in order to manage a small but growing portfolio of Isle of Man audit clients. Diligence, and strong organisational skills are a necessity and you must have a minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience at a relatively senior level, preferably in an Isle of Man and/or UK accounts practice. You must be confident and have strong, personal skills to manage a diverse range of clients across different sectors.

The workload will be varied including

• accounts,
• personal and company tax,
• audit,
• VAT,
• payroll and compliance services provided to a wide breadth of clients predominantly based in the Isle of Man but also in the UK and overseas.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their ability to prepare and file statutory accounts, sole trader and partnership accounts, personal and corporate tax returns including computations and schedules, and assist with reviews of work undertaken by other members of the team; Plan and prepare for audits, including meeting with audit clients, preparing working papers, resolving queries, and executing audits in compliance with relevant auditing and accounting standards, and Isle of Man legislation. Audits will involve a mix of on-site and office based tasks dependent on the nature of the client and the work to be undertaken.

There will be scope to develop existing and new relationships with clients, including audit clients, which will provide further opportunity to participate in the success of K5.

Applicants must have strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills and be converse with the latest accounts and audit software, as well as being proficient in Excel and other applications.

We are a busy office and being able to organise workloads and having good time management skills is essential to be able to prioritise work and meet deadlines. Being able to work as part of a team and help train and mentor other staff is an important attribute but the right candidate must also be able to work independently and to use their own initiative to solve problems and complete tasks.

The role is based on a full time hours (37.5hrs p.w.), although fexiblilty could be offerd depending on experience of applicant.

To apply, please forward your Curriculum Vitae (CV) together with a covering email to - [email protected]. (Tel: 01624 833776)