Audit Accounts Senior

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Maintain and oversee financial processes and controls to ensure completeness and accuracy of monetary information.
• Oversee the payroll process and relationship with the external payroll bureaux to ensure staff are compensated accurately and in compliance with HMRC regulations.
• Supervise the month-end close process, including review and questioning of monthly performance reports with budget holders.
• Generate monthly management accounts by agreed deadlines, including insightful commentary to elucidate results against expected performance.
• Manage the year-end process to produce the accounts to trial balance for our client and its subsidiary, working in close collaboration with the Director of Finance and Operations.
• Prepare year end audit file working papers and support the creation of financial statements and liaison with auditors.
• Take the lead in preparing reports on a regular and as-needed basis according to funders/donors requests by collaborating with the Fundraising team to understand reporting requirements and timelines, supporting in the preparation of donor presentations, applications, and budgets where appropriate.
• Assist the Director of Finance and Operations in the annual review of monetary policies and procedures.
• Oversee the production of the annual budget process and intermittent forecasts.
• Oversee the reconciliation of banked income with the Fundraising system.
• Reconcile all nominal ledger control accounts monthly, investigating queries and approving any resulting journal entries.
• Lead the project to improve or upgrade the financial system, working with other stakeholders to collect user requirements, contribute to the analysis of the tender submissions and selection of vendor, and lead in the implementation of the new system within agreed project timescales.
• Supervise the petty cash, banking, monthly cash flow, expenses, and credit card processes, ensuring staff are reimbursed by agreed deadlines.
• Maintain and update the fixed assets register.
• Oversee quarterly VAT returns and supporting schedules.

Requirements

• Professional experience of working as a Finance Manager or similar
• Charity Finance experience
• Hands-on transaction processing with strategic input
• Proven experience of managing payroll

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Practice and team administration
• Reviewing work of accountancy group
• Addressing client inquiries
• Training the team regarding cash flow forecasting and management accounts, as well as general accounting matters
• Meeting clients alongside a partner
• Ability to expand personal portfolio
• Capable of providing tax guidance - diverse and encompassing all feasible topics (except VAT), including corporation tax, income tax, CGT, IHT, trust taxation, Transfer of Assets Abroad legislation, UK residency, EIS, EMI, SDLT, incorporation, and corporate reorganizations
• SEIS/EIS advance assurance and statement of compliance submissions
• EMI submissions
• CGT returns / SDLT returns / Corporate Interest Restriction Returns
• Handling tax and VAT inquiries
• Residence certificates and forms
• Tax clearances: share for share exchanges, share buybacks, corporate reorganizations: demergers/partitions, EMI clearances, EIS clearances (excluding advanced assurance mentioned above)
• IHT returns – 10-year / exit charge returns

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience working for a Top 50 accountancy practice, either as a senior, manager, or assistant manager
• Must have experience dealing with property clients covering all aspects of VAT in particular OTT & TOGC, personal tax, corporate tax, SDLT, tax reliefs.
• Able to provide tax planning advice and spot the opportunities that might be available to help the clients in particular wealth management and advisory services
• A very good understanding of corporate tax, personal tax, and VAT

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Help maintain the automated and scalable accounting function that produces accurate monthly Management Reports within 5 days of the end of the month.
• Take ownership of and improve/automate the processes of invoice payments (AP) and expenses management
• Claim responsibility to p improve/automate corporate bank reconciliation processes and help build relevant integrations with the finance ledger
• Improve and pre-set all reconciliations of revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity
• Support the office team, developers and trading teams on improving trading data and computerizing the data feeds into the ledger

• Help build a robust and scalable budgeting and forecasting model

• Help with the annual group audits covering multiple entities
• Financial Planning and Analysis: computerise and design reporting, both internal management reporting and external reporting to partners, investors, authorities, etc.
• Direct and indirect tax computations and reporting
• Adhoc project work as required

Requirements

• BSc in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field with a significant quantitative element

• Recognized accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA or CIMA with one or more years post qualified experience
• Advanced Excel and modelling skills
• Experience with the best-in-class automation systems and functions where scalability is driven by technology, rather than headcount and manual work

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Accountable for all payroll management and data entry, including timesheet input.
• Check and validate the results of ‘provisional’ payroll reports and taking appropriate remedial actions to achieve accurate final payslips.
• Perform monthly pension reconciliations
• Liaise with staff on external payroll provider on pension/related queries, escalating as appropriate
• Liaising with the HR Officer regarding new starters, leavers, remuneration and conditions of service.
• Liaising with HMRC as necessary with regards to payroll-related tax queries
• Responsible for collating information necessary for production of P11Ds
• Administration of the employee benefits, including ride to work scheme, season ticket loans, childcare vouchers, Simply Health cash healthcare plan, private medical insurance and /postgraduate loans
• Assist with the production of all-staff annual salary letters (July each year)
• Assist the HR Director/Foundation HR Director with requests for management information, for example gender pay gap information

• Processing all transactions for the Clients’ Charitable Trust
• Preparing monthly account packages for the Charitable Trust
• Support the Head of Finance in preparing the annual accounts for the Charitable Trust.

• Collaborate with the Development team to ensure accurate recording of donations in the Charitable Trust accounts.
• Responsible for trip accounting, including coordination with the Fees Officer and Finance Officer (Purchases), which involves reviewing and authorizing trip budgets.
• Prepare a detailed analysis of all trip accounts for review by the Head of Finance.
• Attain a comprehensive understanding of the accounting system to provide coverage for the Fees Officer and Finance Officer (Purchases) when necessary.

Requirements

• CIPP qualified or part-qualified, or equivalent qualification from a reputable provider
• Knowledge of payroll practices
• Experience of working within a payroll function as payroll officer, administrator or assistant
• Clear, concise and calm communication skills, both written and verbal (essential)

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Administer a collection of client accounts and outstanding payment ledger, guaranteeing timely payments and reducing delinquent debts. This includes but is not limited to ledgers on the A-L list clients, ad hoc accounts, and the education school ledger.
• Accountable for
• Joint responsibility for reconciling month-end payments from a variety of payment sources.
• Supervising daily transactions and recording payments to client accounts - all forms of payments: bacs, credit card, shop, Klarna, Braintree, etc.
• Cultivate advantageous connections with external stakeholders via phone/emails to maximize collections and proactively address any potential queries promptly.
• Strive to enhance the collection cycle process by consistently reducing aged and delinquent debts and ensuring that debt is minimized.
• Coordinate and cooperate with other company divisions within to ensure outstanding service is provided to the end consumer or business client.
• Possess a general understanding or be willing to learn about client’s terms and conditions for rebates and marketing for COOP Support.
• Everyday financial oversight of the retail store, including cash posting and credit card issues.
• Distributing duplicate invoices, statements, and reminders to clients, ensuring thorough and timely communication to clients to prevent any delays.
• Formulate relevant entries for the Finance team.
• Input various categories of credit and debit notes on the system. Process credit status reports with external credit agencies.
• Initiate new accounts, maintain the address book, and administer any changes.
• Assist the Credit Manager and Senior Credit Controller in aiding to develop robust credit control procedures.
• Adaptable approach to any alterations in dynamic working practices/systems.
• Any spontaneous administrative tasks and aid as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in a similar credit control or accounts receivable role
• Understanding of basic bookkeeping and double entries
• Strong numerical skills

Company & Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for 2 full time crown court clerk to join the team at the Crown Court with our client, The Ministry of Justice based in Central London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation that offers training and a great working environment. The key purpose of the role is to manage the courtrooms to ensure that cases are dealt with promptly in liaison with the judiciary, legal professionals and staff.

 If you have strong legal background skills and have confidence in dealing with various stakeholders then this may be the role for you. Law Graduates will also be considered for this role.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure that a comprehensive log is kept of representation order and that a judges report is available at all sentence hearings
• Accurately prepare case summaries for resident judge
• Ensure that applications for representation orders are checked and approved upon authorisation of the judge
• Undertake any allocated tasks as part of the role I.e. PA role to Judiciary when required; arranging marshalling and swearing in of Justices
• Ensure efficient through put of listed work in the allocated court room on a daily basis; giving appropriate support to judiciary and keeping the list office and other agencies fully appraised of developments

Requirements

• Someone with the ability to work within a team
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Competent user of Microsoft packages
• Excellent customer service
• Ability to work with people on all levels
• Team leading experience desirable but not essential

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Head of Digital in gathering data and scrutinizing performance.
• Contributing to and implementing an effective cross-channel digital acquisition strategy.
• Generating website traffic with a data-driven test & learn approach.
• Deducing insights on targeting, strategy, and performance.
• Effectively overseeing 3rd party digital agencies.
• Identifying novel digital channels and partners, including fresh affiliates, to optimize reach within our target audience.
• Displaying fluency in campaign performance data; persistently seeking optimization opportunities to stimulate conversions and expansion.
• Creating performance marketing reports

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of confirmed experience in performance marketing, retargeting, and paid digital channels is obligatory.
• Comprehensive comprehension and hands-on involvement in digital marketing channels like GA, Performance Max (Google Shopping, Google Search), Paid Social (Meta Business Suite, TikTok), Display, Affiliate Marketing.
• Exceptional understanding and expertise in Paid Social and PPC with verifiable outcomes.
• Proficiency in using Google Analytics, GA4, and data visualization tools (like Data Studio).