Accounts assistant

THE COMPANY This well established Chartered Accounting practice based in Bristol is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper to support their growing busy team of Accountants. This is a lovely company to work for, with a small friendly collaborative and supportive team and culture in place. THE OPPORTUNITY The Accounts Assistant role is a full time, permanent, office based position, Monday to Friday and you will receive a competitive salary depending on your level of experience. This will be complemented by a generous benefits package. Staff turnover is very low here evidencing the positive culture that exists. RESPONSIBILITIES Day to day as the Accounts Assistant you will be performing a number of supporting functions for the team involving: * General Bookkeeping * Prepare statutory year-end accounts for limited companies, sole trader, and partnerships. * Preparing and drafting corporation tax and VAT returns. * Payroll processing * Other associated and ad-hoc tasks or mini-projects YOUR EXPERIENCE To succeed in the Accounts Assistant role you will need some previous experience of working within an Accounting practice, at least a couple of years. You will need to be a confident communicator, able to deal with clients directly. You will be a strong user of MS Excel and ideally will have used XERO previously. You will need at least a couple of years in an Accounts Assistant or Bookkeeper role to this point and you will need to have AAT qualifications to at least level 3. This is a really lovely role working within a really strong company, so if you have the skills and experience, apply now for immediate consideration