Senior Business Analyst

Job Summary

The successful candidate will be working as part of a team to analyse changes in legislation and government procedures. To interpret those changes and document how our different software solutions will need to be altered to ensure compliance and efficiencies are maintained.

Work closely with the Product Management and Engineering teams to help build and maintain state of the art Bookkeeping and Accounts Production compliant solutions.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide statutory accounts knowledge and experience to our Bookkeeping and Accounts Preparation teams
• To be aware of any upcoming changes that will affect the product(s) and our customer base
• Research and analyse how changes in legislation and compliance affect the product
• Produce user story acceptance criteria for both existing and new products
• Produce supporting documentation, both internal and external facing
• Provide expert testing outside the remit of the QA team in areas of expertise
• Investigate and respond to tier 3 customer queries
• Collaborate with Agile team
• Timely and accurate reporting of assigned task status as required by Manager
• Escalate product issues and suggest product improvements
• Ensure adherence to internal software processes as required by manager

Experience

Required Skills:-

Experience of having worked in an Accountancy Practice and having prepared a full set of Accounts.

Finance/Bookkeeping:

Strong general bookkeeping knowledge

Accounts Preparation:

Strong general accounting knowledge, including but not limited to

• Preparation of annual financial statements for different entities
  • e.g. Limited companies, LLPs, Partnerships, Sole traders, Groups, Charities
• Legalities of different business types
• Statutory requirements for submitting documents to the Government
• Companies Act requirements of annual accounts
• Understanding of (UK) Financial Reporting Standards, SORPs, Accounting body recommendations
• IFRS/IAS (International accounting standards)
• Understanding of documents HMRC and Companies House require to be submitted

Desired Skills:-

• Experience of using software packages for bookkeeping, preparing Final Accounts & Company Administration (IRIS Accountancy Solutions products would be preferable).
• Understanding of accountancy practice processes
• Experience of team based research
• Knowledge of iXBRL

Qualifications

ICAEW / ACCA / AAT or equivalent Accounting qualification is mandatory.

Please note:

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.