Senior Accountant — UK Accounting & Taxation

ABOUT THE ROLEAcumen Accountants and Tax Advisers Limited delivers accounting, taxation and compliance services to UK-based clients — limited companies, sole traders, partnerships, landlords and contractors. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who can take full ownership of a client portfolio, from bookkeeping through to final submission with HMRC and Companies House.This is not a data-entry role. You will be the person who prepares the file, applies the correct treatment, resolves the technical questions and signs the work off before partner review. If you enjoy technical UK tax and accounts work and want to build a long career in UK practice from Bangladesh, this role is built for you.COMMITMENT: Minimum 1-year commitment required; long-term engagement of 3–5 years offered to the right candidateREPORTS TO: Engagement Manager / Practice DirectorWORKING HOURS: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm UK time — 4:00 pm – 12:00 midnight Bangladesh time (3:00 pm – 11:00 pm during UK summer time, BST)KEY RESPONSIBILITIESStatutory Accounts Preparation

• Prepare year-end statutory accounts for UK limited companies under FRS 102 Section 1A and FRS 105 (micro-entity) regimes
• Prepare accounts for sole traders, partnerships and LLPs
• Complete lead schedules, control account reconciliations, fixed asset registers, accruals and prepayments, and full working paper files
• Post year-end journals, depreciation, director's loan account reconciliation, and dividend/salary entries
• File accounts at Companies House (iXBRL tagging) and manage confirmation statements and other statutory filings

Corporation Tax

• Prepare and file CT600 corporation tax returns with HMRC
• Prepare tax computations including capital allowances (AIA, WDA, FYA, full expensing), disallowable expenditure, loss relief and group relief where applicable
• Support on directors' remuneration planning (salary vs dividend), R&D claims, and associated company rules under the marginal relief regime

Personal Tax — Self Assessment

• Prepare and file SA100 Self Assessment returns, including supplementary pages: SA102 (employment), SA103 (self-employment), SA105 (UK property), SA106 (foreign), SA108 (capital gains), SA109 (residence/remittance)
• Prepare SA800 partnership returns
• Handle dividend and savings allowances, personal allowance tapering, pension annual allowance, student loan repayments, High Income Child Benefit Charge, payments on account and rental profit computations
• Manage the full January filing season workload to deadline

VAT

• Prepare and submit VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD)
• Apply the correct scheme: standard, cash accounting, flat rate, annual accounting and margin schemes
• Handle partial exemption, reverse charge (including the CIS domestic reverse charge for construction), and post-Brexit import/export VAT treatment
• Manage VAT registrations and deregistrations

Payroll, CIS and Compliance

• Oversee PAYE/RTI submissions, FPS/EPS, auto-enrolment pension compliance, P11D and P60/P45 processing
• Process CIS returns and subcontractor verification
• Maintain AML/KYC onboarding files and client due diligence records in line with UK regulations

Client and Practice Work

• Act as day-to-day technical contact for a portfolio of UK clients — email, call and video correspondence
• Respond to HMRC correspondence, enquiries and compliance checks
• Review and mentor junior staff, and review their output before submission
• Track filing deadlines across the portfolio and ensure zero late-filing penalties

• Minimum 3 years' hands-on experience in UK accounting and taxation, preferably in a UK practice or a Bangladesh-based firm servicing UK clients
• Top-notch IFRS knowledge, together with working command of UK GAAP (FRS 102 / FRS 105)
• Demonstrable, independent experience of UK corporation tax (CT600), Self Assessment, VAT under MTD and statutory accounts filing
• Strong working knowledge of UK tax legislation and HMRC procedure, and the discipline to stay current with Budget and Finance Act changes
• Advanced Microsoft Excel — pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations, large data handling
• Excellent written and spoken English — you will correspond directly with UK clients and with HMRC
• Genuine passion for the profession: someone who reads the guidance, asks the right questions and takes pride in a clean file

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

• Advantageous: Xero · QuickBooks Online · Sage · FreeAgent · VT Transaction+ · Dext/Receipt Bank · IRIS · TaxCalc · Taxfiler · CCH · BrightPay · Moneysoft Payroll

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Meticulous attention to detail and a first-time-right mindset
• Able to work independently, manage a portfolio and meet statutory deadlines under pressure
• Professional, discreet and confidentiality-conscious in handling client data
• Committed to a long-term career with the firm — offered on the basis of a minimum one-year commitment, with a 3–5 year growth path

• ACCA qualified or ACCA finalist preferred — equivalent CA (ICAB) qualified or part-qualified candidates with strong UK practice exposure will also be considered

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Audit Firms /Tax Consultant, Law Firm

• Direct, sustained exposure to the UK accounting and tax profession from Bangladesh
• Structured technical development and support toward completion of professional qualification
• A clear progression path to senior review and portfolio management responsibility
• Stable, long-term employment with a growing UK-facing practice