Chartered Accountant

We are looking for a strong, business-minded Chartered Accountant to join our very busy team in the heart of Farnborough.
This role is full-time and permanent.

Although this position is advertised as a full-time vacancy, we are happy and flexible to consider anyone who needs to accommodate child care and navigate around school hours. We are also very understanding of any doctor appointments, optician appoints etc as well.

The following training and proficiencies/experience is required:

Fully or part ACCA qualified – Fundamentals and Professionals
Proficiency in Xero bookkeeping software and TaxCalc accountancy software and a working knowledge of QuickBooks (bookkeeping software)
Ideally 3 years’ practice experience

As well as having at least 3 years’ experience in Chartered Accountancy, the ideal candidate will hold a strong level of business acumen, be self-driven and aspire to create a success of the business.

You will be required to:

Assist with creating new business targets for gaining new clients
Create and manage marketing plans
Create business development strategies
Deputise when director is away
Build excellent client relationships
Create and categorise A, B and C client lists
Work with the team to create checklists to find opportunities for cross-selling or up-selling
Understand and present data showing the root causes for high or low profitability
Run and develop the team, ensuring maximum effectiveness of staff
Produce monthly / annual statistics on
Revenue vs forecast data
Profit vs budget
Enquiries to new business conversion
Average time to convert new clients
Attend and show productivity over quarterly performance reviews with the Director
Attend weekly meetings

We require you to have 3+ years of practical business development level experience, and to be:

Disciplined, trustworthy and loyal
Proficient in Microsoft Office: Excel and Word
Able to communicate effectively with all clients
A good manager to team members
A strong leader to help run and develop each staff member
Self-driven
Easy going and flexible
Good at problem-solving
Have attention to detail
Able to inspire clients in their business and personal lives
Dynamic and driven
Ready to embrace and incorporate new technology/software
Keen to make a difference
Honest and loyal

We use a wide range of software to run the business some of which is listed below.

Bookkeeping:
Xero (essential)
CIS (essential)
Quickbooks (advantageous)
Freeagent (advantageous)
Clearbooks (advantageous)

Payroll:
BrightPay (essential)
Moneysoft (essential)
Employment Hero (advantageous)
Buddy (advantageous)
Sage online (advantageous)
Freeagent (advantageous)
Xero (advantageous)

If this sounds like you, send us your CV. We’re eager to see if you’re the next member of Penney’s dream team. If you’d like to chat about the role, drop us an email admin@penneysaccountancy.co.uk or give us a call us on 01252 865 150.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

You will be expected to work from our Farnborough office, however hybrid workability can be considered once probation period has passed

Salary: Starting from £33,000 depending on qualification and experience