UK Accountant – QuickBooks Reconciliation & Annual Accounts

I’m looking for an experienced UK qualified (and UK based) accountant to take over the year-end accounting for a UK limited company.

The immediate project is to review and reconcile the existing QuickBooks Online records, establish a reliable opening position, and complete the current annual accounts and Corporation Tax work.

There is a discrepancy between the previous year-end position currently showing in QuickBooks and the statutory accounts that were filed for that year. This has already been investigated in some detail, and supporting reports and records are available. I need someone who can review the position, apply professional judgement, make the appropriate correcting adjustments, and then close the current year properly.

The work will include:
• Reviewing the QuickBooks file and prior-year opening balances
• Reconciling key balance-sheet/control accounts
• Correcting any material historic misclassifications or year-end adjustments
• Reviewing the current year bookkeeping
• Preparing statutory accounts and Corporation Tax return
• Leaving QuickBooks with a clean, reliable closing position

Relevant supporting information is already available, including Trial Balance, General Ledger, payroll/PAYE records, bank and loan information, VAT records, director-account information and prior-year filings.

I’m looking for someone who is:
• UK qualified (ACA / ACCA / ICAEW or equivalent)
• Experienced with UK limited-company accounts and Corporation Tax
• Very comfortable with QuickBooks Online
• Confident dealing with opening-balance and historic reconciliation issues
• Practical, efficient and able to explain things clearly

This is intended to be the start of an ongoing relationship. After this project, there is further work planned around finance transformation, accounting-system migration and future accounting/tax support.

When applying, please include your qualification, relevant experience, availability, estimated turnaround time, and fixed fee or fee range for the work described.