Accounts Senior

Accounts Senior

Full time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose‑led, purpose‑built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1600 colleagues across the East, Southeast, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

Job title:

Accounts Senior

Hours:

Full time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location:

Sidcup - Station Road office.

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose‑led, purpose‑built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1600 colleagues across the East, Southeast, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines - Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery. Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice, tailored to them.

We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset. We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us.

Real people. Real growth. Real difference.

As an Accounts Senior, you will take a lead role with financial reporting assignment, tax preparation, bookkeeping, VAT return preparation and continue to develop real-world accounting practices whilst being supported by senior members of the team. You will assist with the direct supervision and training of more junior staff.

Working with senior management and the wider team you will continue to receive structured training if applicable to support your career progression at Affinia Ltd.

As an Accounts Senior you will assist our portfolio holders in delivering a broad range of accounting services to our clients whilst maintaining exceptional customer service.

With Support, You Will Take Responsibility For Assisting The Assistant Managers/Managers And Senior Managers To Work On a Portfolio Of Clients, And In Some Instances Perform Low Level Review On More Junior Member’s Work While Assisting With

• Preparation of year-end statutory accounts for a mix of Sole Traders, partnerships, LLPs, Charities and Limited Companies (including but not limited to accounting frameworks under FRS 102 1A and FRS 102, FRS 102 Charities SORP and IFRS.
• Preparation of group consolidated financial statements and workings for review.
• Preparation of corporation tax returns for review / Initial review of draft corporation tax computations prepared by junior members of the team.
• Review simple and non-compact VAT returns.
• Liaising with clients and responding to queries in a professional manner.
• Keeping up to date with changes in accounting regulations and financial laws.
• Preparing and processing invoices, expenses, and payments.
• Collaboratively working with other Service Lines within our group.
• Assist more junior members of the team in accounts and bookkeeping activities.
• Assisting Directors/Managers with ad-hoc projects.
• Train and mentor more junior members of staff and seek to support, train and provide technical guidance on simple accounting concepts.
• Preparation of monthly or quarterly management accounts, and VAT returns.
• Assisting clients with queries.
• Additional responsibilities as and when identified in…