James Murray, an Accountant at Visionary Accountants St Albans moved south from Kendal near the Lake District to work alongside Chris Wallace, Managing Director at Visionary Accountants’ in March 2014.
Since James joined Visionary Accountants’ the company has taken on more accountancy clients within St Albans and Hertfordshire. As a result of business development Visionary Accountants’ has recently employed two new staff. Anita Gordon is an Assistant Accountant, a Chartered Tax Adviser and experienced bookkeeper. Laura Mainwaring is an Accountant studying the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification, and responsible for year-end accounts, tax returns and bookkeeping.
James Murray said: ‘I am delighted to be promoted to Visionary Accountants’ Practice Manager. My role is to ensure that we continue to provide our clients with an accountancy service that beats their expectations. One of my primary responsibilities is to monitor new technology developments to make sure Visionary Accountants always uses the best accountancy systems. All our accountants are now xero trained and we’ve seen the benefits of using this software in the way we work with our clients, offering them a better service and introducing a new way of working with us.’
James specialises in providing compliance tax and accounting services to a broad range of small to medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals and sole-traders. James has worked in practice since 2005 after leaving secondary school. He has gained a vast array of knowledge working for both small and large accountancy firms. He is currently studying towards completing his AAT qualifications and has future aspirations to study ACCA.