Senior Accountant - Practice

TaxAssist Accountants are a national network of accountants across Ireland delivering accounting and tax services to independent business owners. The world of accountancy is changing rapidly and clients want real time information on how their businesses are operating and where improvements can be made. We aim to be market leaders in providing these insights to small businesses through being proactive and utilising technologies to achieve these goals.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant who can build relationships with clients. You won't be pigeon holed into one function- you will get real experience across all business types and industries. Our ideal candidate will work well on their own initiative, will thrive when faced with new challenges, will be forward thinking and embrace technology and how it changes what we do.

Why Apply for this Role?

• Salary: €50,000.00-€60,000.00 per year

• Opportunity to build a multi-location business

• Pension, health insurance and profit participation opportunity

• Managing a portfolio of clients across a wide range of sectors

• Leading a team of 3 FTEs with potential for growth

• Part of a four-person management team focused on growing client base

• Currently operating out of two locations in South County Dublin with ambitions to double this in next 10 years.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Managing and planning assignments, work in progress and billing whilst ensuring all deadlines are met

• Maintaining an excellent working relationship with clients while developing the client base by meeting prospects

• Assisting with the preparation of financial statements for SME businesses

• Bookkeeping, preparing Vat returns & payroll

• Assisting with company formations and new business tax registrations

• Preparing income tax and corporation tax returns

• Filing Companies Registration Office returns

• Management accounts, Projections, loan applications & grant applications

• Supervision and mentoring of staff

• Implement and monitor accounting processes and controls and document policies and procedures

Your Qualification and Educational Requirements:

• Attained professional accountancy qualification (CPA, ACCA, ACA)

• Proficiency in Accounting and Bookkeeping packages, ideally, Relate Accounts Production, Dext/Surf Accounts, Thesaurus/Brightpay, CORE and ROS.

• Must have previous Irish Accountancy Practice experience

Your Experience and Skills:

• You will be ACA, CPA or ACCA qualified with previous Irish practice experience.

• You will be proactive and able to work on own initiative, have excellent attention to detail, good people skills, highly organised and a genuine desire to be a trusted advisor to small business clients.

Benefits:

• Company pension

• Private medical insurance

This is a full-time permanent role based onsite Monday to Friday.

To apply: Send your CV along with a Cover Letter.