Accounting & Tax Expert

ANNA Money; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking an experienced accounting and tax analyst to join their team. The role involves automating bookkeeping and tax calculations, quality control, and client support. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in accountancy for small businesses and be passionate about automating processes. The company offers a hybrid work model, great perks, and a continuous learning budget.

Benefits

Perkbox

Cycle to Work scheme

Travel allowance up to £1,000/year

Continuous learning budget up to £1,000/year

Growth share options

Well-being, fitness, and mental health support

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in accountancy service for small businesses.
• Excellent working knowledge in preparing VAT and tax returns.
• Passion for automating manual processes.

Responsibilities

• Work with developers to automate bookkeeping and tax calculations.
• Ensure testing and quality controls on automation processes.
• Assist clients with complicated accounting issues.
• Review annual accounts and CT600 filings for microentities.
• Educate support agents on tax/bookkeeping issues.

Skills

Accountancy service/consulting small businesses

Preparing and submitting VAT returns

Preparing and submitting Corporation tax returns

Bookkeeping

Automation of manual processes

Education

AAT (level 2 or above) IAB, ICB or ACCA part qualified

Job description

ANNA is the mobile app and business current account that does your admin. It's designed for UK-based freelancers, small businesses, and creative types. ANNA combines AI technologies and human customer service to make our customers' lives easier.

Our mission is to save our customers' time, freeing them up to concentrate on the other equally important parts of running their businesses.

ANNA's aim is to deal with all the time-consuming admin tasks that small business owners face. For this reason, our primary focus is on the automation of repetitive admin tasks, making things quicker and easier for our customers.

We currently employ around 180 people across the world; mainly software developers and data scientists who work on improving our product offering. Currently, over 35,000 customers trust ANNA to look after their banking and admin.

We're looking for an experienced accounting and tax analyst to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Work with developers and UX designers to help automate bookkeeping and tax calculations
• Ensure testing and excellent quality controls on the automation of bookkeeping, tax calculations, and return preparations
• Help clients and customer support with complicated issues
• Review and adjust annual accounts and CT600 filings for microentities
• Educate Customer Experience agents to help clients with tax/bookkeeping issues
• Share knowledge with the public and ANNA clients and be our primary go to person for tax and accounting news; preparing articles, writing blog posts and newsletters to keep our customers up to date

We are looking for a positive, independent person capable of building efficient team relationships and managing.

Requirements

The successful candidate should have excellent working knowledge and 4+ years of experience in:

• Accountancy service/consulting small businesses:
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns through Making Tax Digital (MTD)
• Preparing and submitting Corporation tax and income tax returns
• Bookkeeping
• And a passion for automating manual processes

The ideal candidate should be AAT (level 2 or above) IAB, ICB or ACCA part qualified.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Hybrid work model — based in London or Remote
• Great perks including Perkbox, Cycle to Work scheme
• Travel allowance up to £1,000/year
• Continuous learning budget up to £1,000/year
• Growth share options (10x growth in recent years)
• An employee-driven salary review
• Well-being, fitness, and mental health support programs.