Client Accountant - 34765

Itchyfeet Recruitment AgencyVia agency

Full TimePermanentNot specifiedFinance

Posted 15 March 2026Closes 6 May 2026

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👤 For candidates

🤖 Enhance with AI

›Automate reconciliations using accounting software and RPA tools
›Leverage AI for faster report generation and error detection
›Use Copilot in Excel for advanced data analysis tasks

📈 Disruption outlook

1 yr

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10 yrs

% risk of significant disruption

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📚 For full-time, part-time & evening courses on the Isle of Man, visit University College Isle of Man (UCM)

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58% Medium riskAI 70%

AI Exposure (AIOE)70%

Accountants and Auditors

O*NET 13-2011.00

Top Skills

Bookkeeping Financial Reporting VAT Compliance

⭐ Growing🇬🇧 Visa eligible↑ 35% Claude Index

Job Description

Our client is seeking a skilled Client Accountant to manage a diverse portfolio of bookkeeping and accounting responsibilities. This role involves clearing a backlog of outstanding bookkeeping tasks, ensuring timely production of accounts and tax returns, and maintaining compliance with relevant deadlines. The successful candidate will prepare VAT and Tax returns while managing bank accounts where applicable. Additionally, this role includes assisting in setting up audit files and liaising with both clients and the Client Services Team to keep records updated. Furthermore, the Client Accountant will ensure that all financial statements are produced within statutory periods, support effective control over work in progress (WIP), billing, and debt management, and uphold a high level of technical support to the team. Please email team@itchyfeet.im or follow the link for further information and for details on how to apply https://itchyfeetoffshore.com/jobs/34765-client-accountant-isle-of-man/

Automation Risk

Automation probability58%

AI exposure (AIOE)70%

This role contains a significant proportion of routine and codifiable tasks (e.g., bookkeeping, reconciliations, basic reporting) that are increasingly automated by modern accounting software and RPA. However, tasks requiring client liaison, technical support, and professional judgment remain less automatable and require human oversight. The high AI exposure score reflects the strong potential for GenAI and automation tools to augment or substitute many core activities, especially in data processing and report generation.

Task analysis

Clear backlog of outstanding bookkeeping tasks for multiple clients.
Prepare and submit VAT and Tax returns in line with statutory deadlines.
Produce financial statements and ensure compliance with statutory reporting periods.
Maintain and reconcile client bank accounts where applicable.
Assist in setting up audit files and supporting documentation.
Liaise with clients and the Client Services Team to keep records updated and resolve queries.
Monitor work in progress (WIP), billing, and debt management for client accounts.
Provide technical support and guidance to team members on accounting issues.

Automatable AI-assisted Human-only

Occupational Classification

✨ Bright Outlook🇬🇧 UK Skilled Worker Visa Eligible

UK SOC2020: 2421 — Chartered and Certified Accountants

O*NET: 13-2011.00 — Accountants and Auditors

AI analysis: 15 March 2026

UK Salary Benchmark

Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · ONS ASHE 2024 annual earnings

scale £90k

UK sector median

£58,597

UK sector mean

£86,468

£0£23k£45k£68k

👤 For Candidates

AI & future-of-work guidance

🤖 Enhance with AI

›Automate reconciliations using accounting software and RPA tools
›Leverage AI for faster report generation and error detection
›Use Copilot in Excel for advanced data analysis tasks

📈 Disruption outlook

1 yr

5 yrs

10 yrs

% risk of significant disruption

🎓 Learn now

📚 For full-time, part-time & evening courses on the Isle of Man, visit University College Isle of Man (UCM)

🏢 For Employers

Strategic hiring options & technology alternatives

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💻 TechnologyXero AutoEntry

Automates invoice and bank reconciliation tasks

🤖 AI AgentAzure OpenAI Copilot

Generates draft reports and assists with compliance checks

🔀 RestructureHybrid Team Model

Blend human oversight with automated bookkeeping processes

⚡ Recommendation

🔀 Hybrid approach

Routine tasks can be automated; human oversight needed for client liaison and technical advice

Microsoft Copilot & M365

Copilot for Excel

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Power Automate

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Copilot Studio

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Key Skills

BookkeepingAdvancedFinancial ReportingAdvancedVAT ComplianceIntermediateEconomics and AccountingAdvancedRegulatory ComplianceIntermediateMicrosoft ExcelIntermediateAuditIntermediateClient Relationship ManagementIntermediateAttention to DetailAdvancedTime ManagementIntermediateReport WritingIntermediate

Knowledge Areas

Accounting PrinciplesFinancial Analysis and ReportingRegulatory ComplianceData Analysis and ReportingFinance and BudgetingClient Service and Relationship ManagementOffice Administration

O*NET Competency Skills

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingJudgment and Decision MakingWritingComplex Problem SolvingMonitoringCoordinationMathematicsActive LearningService OrientationSocial PerceptivenessTime ManagementPersuasion

Alternative Career Paths

Senior Accountant90% match

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Finance Manager75% match

Oversee financial operations, budgeting, and reporting for a business or organization.

Tax Specialist70% match

Focus on tax compliance, planning, and advisory services for clients or employers.

Also Consider

Management Accountant Bookkeeper Audit Associate Financial Analyst Accounts Payable Specialist Tax Preparer Finance Officer

🔥 Hot Technologies

In-demand tools for this occupation (O*NET)

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Work Activities

General work activities from O*NET

Getting Information
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Working with Computers
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Documenting/Recording Information
Processing Information
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Analyzing Data or Information
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Communicating with People Outside the Organization
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Performing Administrative Activities
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

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Observed Claude Usage

35%

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Classic Auto. Risk

94%

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