Careers

Charterhouse (Accountants) Limited is hiring for the following role:

Senior Client Advisor – Business Support Unit

We have a great opportunity for a Senior Client Advisor in our Business Support Unit department, to join a motivated, friendly and diverse team who provide a high quality service to a varied portfolio of clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver compliance work including Statutory accounts in accordance with FRS102, Bookkeeping, VAT and other relevant services
• Prepare and implement delivery plan for own portfolio
• Project manage/oversee bookkeeping work
• Direct communication with clients and other stakeholders
• On the job training and coaching of junior subordinates, review and authorise their compliance work
• Implement a plan to improve the profitability of clients and existing services
• Support the Finance team managing billing and debt collection

Essentials Skills and Experience:

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Extensive Accounting knowledge including FRS102 accountancy standard
• Extensive knowledge in bookkeeping, VAT and other services
• Experience of managing a portfolio of clients
• Ability to work from incomplete records or computerised TBs
• MS Excel skills
• Excellent written and oral communication and client service skills
• Excellent commercial awareness

Desirable skills and Experience

• • CCH Accounts Production and Document Management
  • Knowledge of other cloud based software such as Quickbooks, Sage and supporting applications, such as Fluidly and Dext
  • Experience overlooking a small team, involved in training and development of staff

Charterhouse is a supportive place to work. We promote work-life balance, health and wellbeing and corporate social responsibility.

We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

If you are interested in applying for this role please email us at hr@charter-house.net

or call 020 8863 4566.

Senior Client Advisor – Accounts Audit Department

We have a great opportunity for a Senior Client Advisor in our Accounts Audit department, to join a motivated, friendly and diverse team who provide a high quality service to a varied portfolio of clients. You will have strong accounts and audit preparation background, excellent communication skills and a desire to learn and develop further in your career.  The split in the role is around 75% Accounts and 25% Audit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation and submission of statutory accounts – FRS 102 1A – Limited Companies and LLPs (reviewed directly by a director)
• Preparation and submission of corporation tax returns (reviewed by Tax Department)
• Leading audits from planning through to completion
• Review semi seniors’ work
• Manage portfolios
• Direct communication with clients
• Assisting clients with accounts software and other queries
• Training clients on Cloud software
• On the job training of semi seniors and subordinates

Essentials Skills and Experience:

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Strong accountancy practice experience
• Able to lead audit assignments
• Ability to work from incomplete records or computerised TBs
• MS Excel skills
• Excellent written and oral communication and client service skills
• Excellent commercial awareness

Desirable skills and Experience

• Audit experience
• CCH Accounts Production, CCH Corporation Tax software
• Xero Accountancy Software
• Pro-Audit Software and Virtual Cabinet

Charterhouse is a supportive place to work. We promote work-life balance, health and wellbeing and corporate social responsibility.

We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

If you are interested in applying for this role please email us at hr@charter-house.net

or call 020 8863 4566.

For more information on these or any other opportunities at Charterhouse email hr@charter-house.net

At Charterhouse, we are always looking for outstanding candidates to join our versatile team.

Real Living Wage

Over the past few years, as a business, we have committed to supporting our staff in every way we can, this encompasses health and safety of our staff both physically and mentally, ensuring we have a truly diverse and inclusive workforce and the latest step has been achieving accreditation with the Living Wage Foundation.

Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Charterhouse receive the London Living Wage of £10.85. This rate is significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s, which currently stands at £8.91 per hour. As a company we already meet this requirement but this does not only extend to our employees but also any 3^rd party contractors that work with us such as cleaners and security staff which have now been secured the London Living Wage salary rate.

Our values are:

Adaptable – to everyone’s needs
Dependable – giving everyone support when it is needed
Evolving – to ensure we can support you in your development
Diversity – in our staff, our clients and our work
Bold – taking the action needed to ensure you get the best results

Above all we are all about our clients.

We encourage anyone that share those values to apply for any available openings.

• Have a great working environment where staff from all over the world come together and work as a team. Diversity is important to Charterhouse and we believe it has a positive benefit to the team as well as the work we do for clients.
• Invest in our team by appreciating that without a culture of support, teamwork and collaboration the organisation cannot reach a united vision. Whilst emphasising teamwork Charterhouse also respect the individual, the person they are and the way they work.
• Provide a variety of great benefits, including a commitment to employees’ health, both physical and mental as well as offering benefits to promote work life balance and a platform for employees to be active and socialise outside the office.
• Promote continuous development with internal and external training, including quarterly training updates for professional staff as well as offering study support for professional exams that benefit the employee and the business.