One of the North''s leading firms of chartered accountants and business advisors, offering an extensive range of corporate, personal and specialist services, and employing c.1,000 staff, is keen to recruit a new Business Advisory Senior to its growing Newcastle office to focus on accounts preparation and liaise with audit and tax staff to meet relevant client deadlines.As Business Advisory Senior you act as clients'' accounts function (year-end and management accounts, corporate and personal tax returns, VAT returns, budgets and forecasts for selected clients), with responsibilities including:Ensuring that allocated Business Advisory work is handled effectively and correctly from start to finishPreparation of draft accounts for review from client records, clearance of review points and finalising of accountsInitial preparation of business and personal tax computationsArrange the timing of tax and other business line work with the manager responsible for the clientEngage with the relationship manager and specialist staff from other business lines, when required, to gain a good understanding of client businessesLiaise with client staff while on the client''s premises, building effective relationships, maintaining confidentiality and informing of progress and issuesMonitor budgeted versus actual time spent, flagging up issues and overruns to the manager on a timely basisComplete accounts files and all required documentationAs Business Advisory Senior you''ll need:A background in