Overview
My client, a well-establishedAccountancy Practice in Galway City Centre, seeks to hire a Practice Accountant to join their team. The ideal candidate will be fully qualified with audit experience; part-qualified candidates with audit experience will also be considered. You will join a small practice in Galway, gaining exposure to accounts preparation, income tax, compliance, and audit. You will own a client portfolio of circa 20+ large, well-known businesses in Galway. This is a permanent, full-time role, ideally five days per week onsite, with adhoc flexibility to work from home. This role offers a normal work-life balance with a finish time of 17:30, including during tax deadline season.
Responsibilities
* Portfolio management: liaise with clients to manage workflow of receipt of accounting records and coordinate jobs to be done.
* Coordinate with your portfolio of clients to schedule cases coming in and ensure timely delivery.
* Handle client cases across industries such as hotels, charities, construction, schools, retail and professional services.
* Audit: carry out audits on SME cases, including planning, materiality, fieldwork and final reporting to clients; liaise with client bookkeepers to coach improvements and assist with journals/adjustments.
* From audit, provide recommendations for improvements in the client's accounting processes.
* Accounts preparation: prepare a set of accounts from client records with supporting files and schedules; maintain a fully referenced accounts file with supporting schedules; recommend adjustments as needed.
* Taxation: prepare client corporation tax computations and ROS returns for both corporate and personal taxes, understanding where tax addbacks or close company surcharges apply.
* ROS: experience using ROS for filing corporation and personal tax returns.
* Payroll: make manual payroll changes on ROS/Thesaurus as required.
* Financial statements: be comfortable with disclosures for FRS 102 financial statements using Sage.
* CRO: comfortable with the CORE and routine CRO filings.
Qualifications
* Fully or partly qualified Accountant with audit experience.
* Small practice experience is desirable but not essential.
* Strong MS Office skills.
* Comfortable using various client bookkeeping systems — TAS, Xero, QuickBooks and Sage.
* Excellent prioritisation skills to manage multiple client deadlines.
Employment details
* Employment type: Full-time
* Location: Galway, Ireland (onsite preferred with some flexibility for remote work)
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