Accountant, Accounting & Finance, Financial Reporting

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Tax & Treasury Specialist | Education Sector

Butter Rose are proud to share that we are working with a prestigious preparatory school on the recruitment of an experienced Accountant (Tax and Treasury). These kinds of roles don’t come around often, with the feeling of making a difference to young people’s lives being highly coveted.

Your work will be centred around Tax & Treasury, but you’ll also need a fundamental understanding of budgets / forecasts, management accounts, stat accounts, and transactional finance. Reporting to the Head of Finance and collaborating with the Director of Finance and Operations your primary duties will include but not be limited to:

• Accurate production, and submission to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), of monthly VAT Returns, reconciled to the General Ledger, within HMRC timeframe rules.
• Ensuring that all VAT reclaimable from HMRC is received and reconciled.
• Ensuring that any VAT due to be paid to HMRC is paid on a timely basis in accordance with HMRC rules, and correctly reconciled.
• Submission of Voluntary Disclosures to HMRC, for errors above the threshold for adjustment within the VAT Return.
• Ensuring Voluntary Disclosure reclaims are received or amounts payable to HMRC are paid on a timely basis.
• Administering pro‑forma invoices, ensuring valid VAT invoices are received, and duly included in the VAT Return.
• Ensuring VAT/Tax knowledge of themselves and the Head of Finance and Director of Finance and Operations is current and up to date.
• Assisting with VAT advice to the Director of Finance and Operations, where necessary through liaison with the school’s appointed VAT Consultants.
• Liaising with accountancy team members to facilitate timely and accurate processing of the VAT element of all financial transactions.
• Assisting other colleagues in the school with obtaining VAT advice for projects.
• Providing advice on the correct way of dealing with VAT on invoices received or raised by the school.
• Obtaining advice from external VAT advisors/auditors.
• Responding to any HMRC queries which may arise in respect of VAT.
• Daily bank reconciliations.
• Purchase order processing.
• Processing and paying invoices, staff expense claims and Barclaycard transactions.
• Maintaining the purchase ledger and supplier statement reconciliations.
• Placing ad‑hoc Amazon orders and credit card purchases.
• Petty Cash management.
• Processing termly parent invoices promptly and timely.
• Assisting with parent queries and collecting outstanding payments.
• Month‑end and financial processes.
• Prepare historic cash flow statement.
• Maintain the fixed asset register.
• Preparation of budget reports.
• Assisting with financial year‑end procedures.

They’re a people‑centric employer, and with this in mind we’re open to candidates who are on the road to qualification (AAT, ACA, ACCA, CIMA), or qualified by experience in the areas that matter.

Although term time is predominantly office based, one settled into the role there is flexibility to work remotely on occasion, more so on half term / holidays.

To be considered for the role you must be eligible to work in the UK without restriction. This role is being advertised by Butler Rose (AGY) and managed by Dave Marchant ().