Location
Colchester, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
Tax Assistant
Job Reference: 887312
Colchester
£22,000 upwards DOE
MacKenzie King are delighted to recruiting a Tax Assistant for a well-respected Accountancy Practice to work in their Colchester office. As a Tax Assistant you will use your previous knowledge dealing with personal tax to play an integral part within a small, newly created team within the tax department.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Preparing business and personal tax computations and returns.
- Working within budgets set at the planning stage.
- Demonstrate an ability to solve complex technical problems, using analytical tools and information from multiple sources.
- Ensuring the efficient use of appropriate software packages internally and supporting clients with the management and proactive use of their accounting systems.
- Maintain up-to date understanding of clients businesses.
- Maintain good working relationships with client staff.
- Be aware of the wide range of services and identify opportunities to promote those services to clients.
- Consistently achieve deadlines and understand the commercial implications of actions relating to productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service.
- Communicate workload with senior members of the team.
- Attend training courses as identified in order to develop both technical and personal skills and maintain records for compliance purposes.
- Adhere to the firm’s risk management policies and procedures.
- Undertake other duties to meet the demands of the business.
Qualifications and experience
- ATT or AAT qualified is desirable
- Maths and English Language at GCSE (or equivalent).
- Strong technical skills in preparation of tax returns.
- Experience in using Microsoft packages and cloud accounting packages.
- Proven ability to adapt quickly to changing deadlines and priorities.
- Assisting junior members of the team to develop knowledge and technical abilities.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Willing to travel to other offices and client premises across East Anglia when required
Job tags
Salary
£22k per annum
