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Senior Accountant

Location Edinburgh
Contract Type Full Time
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

What's the Role?

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team in Scotland based in any of our Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy or Stirling offices.

You will form a key part of our growing outsourcing offering and will assist the senior management team in ensuring that our outsourced finance and VAT advisory function meets and exceeds our client expectations. Our aim is to support client decision making and enhance our outsourcing offering. The role is client facing and will involve an element of bookkeeping and management accounts preparation to a high standard on our cloud-based systems (Xero, Dext). 

What you will need to be:

  • Authentic in every situation and like to be connected to your team, clients and local communities
  • Curious to develop deeper insight and understanding, to show up every day with passion and to stand up for things that matter to you
  • Be driven to succeed, take initiative and want results

What else are we looking for?

Duties would include:

  • Working with our OMB/SME private companies on site, remotely or at our offices
  • Building and maintaining good relationships with a range of clients
  • Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the client base
  • Preparing management accounts for a range of clients
  • Reviewing, analysing and interpreting the management information
  • Preparing VAT returns for a range of clients
  • Reconciling key balance sheet control accounts
  • VAT administrative duties including VAT registrations, de-registrations and other HMRC communications as necessary

Skills:

  • A passion for accuracy and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and planning skills
  • Experience in managing a portfolio of clients
  • Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders
  • Solution focussed with a client centred outlook
  • Computer literate and experienced with cloud-based accountancy packages particularly Xero, SAGE and Quickbooks
  • Conversant in key VAT areas including land and property, partial exemption and international transactions
  • A proven track record of delivering to a high standard

The Haines Watts Way

Our collective aspirations are simple:

  • We strive to build and develop valued relationships as a trusted business advisor to our clients and connections.
  • We strive to show passion for our work in helping clients achieve their goals and using our initiative to help solve problems.
  • But above all, we strive to be authentic and inclusive as part of our DNA.

What you get back from us:

  • Flexible working
  • Competitive salary
  • Excellent personal development programmes to support career growth opportunities
  • Structured development as well as on the job practical training
  • Flexible benefits reward package
  • The ability to progress all the way to the top!

If you are an authentic, passionate Senior Accountant who values relationships and wants to secure a role within a well-established accountancy firm who offer great career prospects; we want to hear from you - find out more about Haines Watts at https://www.hwca.com/

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CV's are submitted to Haines Watts by any means. For any CV's that are submitted without instruction from Haines Watts reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of agency fees.

Who We Are

It starts with you!

Some people think being an accountant is all about numbers. Here at Haines Watts we don’t! We believe it’s all about our people and the relationships they forge as well as the specialist insight that they might build over time. We’ve been around for 90 years, so we must know a thing or two.

Our clients come from all walks of life. They have different backgrounds, experiences, talents, skills and goals. Just like our people.

So, we have a question for you: are you looking for a job that’s just about the numbers? Or do you want a career which leans into who you are as a person. You will build a common foundation with your colleagues whilst progressing from Trainee to Manager, but from there, with our in-house programmes to help you, we actively encourage you to discover who you are as a person.

Is your preference to become a foremost authority in an accountancy specialism or someone who is energised by relationships with clients and teams? We value either career path equally, but we know that you will value one more than the other and we will support you on that journey of discovery.

You can find out more about us and our story here.

Our People Stories

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What We Get Up To

Our Benefits

Flexible Working

Training and Development

Health & Wellbeing

Pension

Private Healthcare

Employee & Client Referral Schemes

Enhanced Family Leave

Haines Watts Rewards Scheme

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Meet Some of Our People

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Sara oversees our tax incentives and reliefs team and works closely with innovative and creative businesses across the country. By getting to know her clients and their businesses on an individual basis, she is able to understand their goals and tailors her advice accordingly.

Sara ensures that businesses are benefitting from the wide range of incentives and reliefs that are available, from research and development (R&D) and patent box, to creative industries tax relief.

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I began looking for alternative options, and after getting in touch with Haines Watts, I was fortunate enough to get myself an apprenticeship position in the Launceston Office. Four and a half years later and I’m now a manager, I’ve completed my AAT qualification and I am now studying to be a chartered (ACA) accountant.

In that time, I’ve gained a wealth of technical knowledge and developed an array of skills, I’ve been provided endless opportunities and faced a variety of challenges. All while earning on the job, meeting new people and enjoying (almost) every step of the way.

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With Haines Watts, the thing I enjoy most is the people. It’s a family-like team, we all get along and look out for each other. I also enjoy that no one day is the same. Our clients are from a variety of industries, we get to visit many different client offices and meet different workforces. 

Study and working can be challenging. As I’ve got further through my exams, I’ve learned how to manage my time better and be more disciplined, although it’s still very tough! Studying does also help with work, as it adds to your technical accounting knowledge and soft skills through apprenticeship modules. 

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Katherine joined Haines Watts as an Accounts Senior, and has experience of working with a variety of clients on both accounts and audit engagements, including charities, academies and solicitors.

What do you enjoy most about your job?:
Problem solving, and building rewarding, long-term relationships with clients.

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Lisa re-joined Haines Watts in 2021, as Marketing & Business Development Manager working across our Derby, Nottingham and Leicester offices. Lisa’s role involves managing the marketing activity of our offices, working closely with our directors and bringing a fresh new focus to the promotion of our business.

What do you enjoy most about your job?:
The variety of the role which means there is never a dull day, speaking to businesses and individuals to find out what they are looking for from their accountant and taking time to find out what matters to them. I also enjoy building lasting relationships with all our clients old and new, whilst at the same time working alongside a great team of colleagues.

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