Management Accounts Assistant; Practice

Job Overview

Management Accounts Assistant | Weybridge | Full Time | £30,000 - £45,000 DOE

Our client, established in 1925, offers more than most mid‑sized accountancy firms. They combine the service and expertise you would expect from a large organisation with the approachability and personal involvement of a mid‑sized practice.

• AAT qualified, ACCA part‑qualified or QBE
• Must have practice experience
• Not someone who moves roles every few years
• At least 4 years' bookkeeping/accountancy practice experience working across multiple clients
• Confident in preparing VAT returns and management accounts
• Strong knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and management accounting principles
• Proficiency in Xero and Quick Books Online (Sage experience is an advantage)
• Good understanding of UK VAT rules; foreign currency and cross-border VAT knowledge desirable (training can be provided)
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and functions
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and presentational skills
• Confident communicator, able to liaise with clients at different levels of accounting knowledge
• Self‑managing with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines

• Maintain bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients, including sales and purchase ledger, bank reconciliations, expenses, credit cards and inter‑company transactions
• Process foreign currency transactions and reconcile multi‑currency bank accounts
• Provide client services such as raising sales invoices, credit control and handling supplier/employee payments
• Prepare management accounts tailored to client needs, including prepayments, accruals, depreciation and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare and submit VAT returns for UK and Non‑UK transactions, ensuring compliance with current rules
• Assist with VAT registrations, deregistration, and ad hoc client queries
• Liaise with clients regularly, providing support, advice and resolving queries
• Use cloud‑based accounting software (Xero, Quick Books, Sage, etc.) and AI tools such as Hubdoc or Dext
• Maintain accurate records, timesheets, and ensure work is completed to a high standard and on schedule