Assistant Accountant

• Hours: 20–25 per week, on a flexible pattern
• Pay: From £16 per hour, depending on experience
• Location: Remote, or in our Armagh office

Bright Vision Accountancy is a firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers based in Armagh. Since 2019 we've worked with established owner-managed businesses, mostly in professional services such as architecture, IT, engineering and consultancy, across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the wider UK.

We're a small, friendly, fully digital practice that works only in Xero. We help our clients understand their numbers and feel confident about their next steps, and we're looking for someone who enjoys being part of that.

You’ll be the regular, go-to contact for a group of our clients: keeping their books and payroll running smoothly, staying in touch with them through the year, and supporting the accounts and tax work behind them. Bookkeeping is the core of the role, with accounts work growing as you settle in.

• Keeping client books up to date in Xero, including bank reconciliations and sales and purchase invoices
• Supporting month-end and producing reports in Xero for clients and for review

• Helping prepare year-end and statutory accounts
• Supporting corporation tax and self‑assessment returns

• Being a friendly, clear point of contact for client queries
• Helping us keep improving how we work

• 1–2 years' experience using Xero in a bookkeeping role
• Comfortable running payroll and preparing VAT returns
• A good communicator who enjoys dealing with clients
• Organised and accurate, and happy working as part of a small team

You’ll need the right to work in the UK.

• An accounting technician qualification, or working towards ACCA or Chartered Accountants Ireland
• Experience in an accountancy practice
• Some experience of year-end accounts or tax returns
• Knowledge of UK or Irish tax

• From £16 per hour, depending on experience
• 20–25 hours a week on a flexible pattern that works around you
• The choice of working remotely or from our Armagh office
• A permanent role in a supportive, friendly environment
• The chance to grow your accounts and tax experience

• Bright Vision Accountancy is an equal opportunities employer.