Vacancies

Reporting to the Tax Managers, the Tax Assistant – Private Client will:

• Deal with tax compliance matters for personal and trust tax clients
• Assistant in the preparation of forms P11D and PAYE Settlement Agreements
• Deal with communications from clients, HMRC and third parties
• Provide assistance to the tax management team on various ad hoc tasks, compliance and advisory, as and when required
• Undertake technical research into specific areas of legislation
• Prepare and submit voluntary declarations to HMRC

Ideal candidates should possess the following attributes/experience:

• Relevant experience in a similar role (ideally 2 years)
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong numeracy
• Keen to develop and share knowledge with colleagues
• Strong time management and personal organisational skills
• IT literate including use of tax software and Microsoft Office

Reporting to the Senior Payroll Manager, the Payroll Advisor will:

• Provide professional and competent payroll services to our clients, ensuring all requirements are accurate and delivered on time.
• Support the wider payroll team in delivering the required service.
• Take responsibility for day-to-day administration of small to medium sized client payrolls with minimal supervision, ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Develop relationships with clients and internal contacts, ensuring all payroll queries are dealt with quickly and accurately.
• Liaise with HMRC and other associated third parties.

Ideal candidates should possess the following attributes/experience:

• Minimum of 1 year’s payroll experience in a practice environment
• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s grades A-C (or equivalent) required
• Understanding of current legislation
• Use of payroll software – ideally Iris Professional Payroll
• Good IT & numeracy skills
• Organised and able to prioritise workload

Reporting to the Senior Audit Managers and Audit Managers, the Assistant Audit Manager will:

• Assist and deliver high quality audit and accounts work on client engagements
• Develop effective relationships with clients and their staff, ensuring the highest level of satisfaction is delivered at all times
• Manage reporting requirements and expectations/deadlines with the clients
• Work on the complex and significant risk areas of the audit and prioritise accordingly
• Undertake day to day management of the field team whilst on assignment, ensuring timely and effective delivery to the required standard

Ideal candidates should possess the following attributes/experience:

• Knowledge and experience of the audit process gained in a similar practice environment
• ACA/ACCA qualified (or close to achieving the qualification)
• Experience of using Audit systems and CCH
• Competent MS Office skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure with accuracy and focus
• Strong organization and time management skills

Our Graduate training programme guarantees our trainees invaluable, hands-on, practical experience with a wide range of different clients.  You’ll combine this practical experience with studying towards either the ACA, ACCA or CTA qualification via the Level 7 Accountancy Professional apprenticeship.

Ideally, candidates will be graduates with a minimum of:

• 2:1 degree (ideally)
• B, C, C at A-level
• Level 6 GCSE Maths
• Level 5 English

First class communication skills, both oral and written, are required as is an organised and professional approach to work.

A willingness and commitment to study for ACA, ACCA or CTA examinations is essential.

Whilst a strong academic record is desirable, we also welcome applications from those who have experienced something different in life, whether it be through volunteering, part-time work, the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, team sports or other activities where you can demonstrate leadership, problem-solving, co-operation and a “can-do” attitude.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to participate in our assessment process which provides a mix of interview, aptitude and workplace assessments.

Applications for our Graduate Audit & Accounts Trainee positions are now closed for 2024 but remain open for 2025.

Typically, an accounts apprentice joining after school or college will study AAT and achieve the Level 4 qualification within approximately 36 months of joining.  This may provide an opportunity to go on an study a higher qualification such as ACA or ACCA, which would be studied as a Level 7 Apprenticeship – the highest level available and the same as studied by our graduate entrants.

We typically recruit into our Accounts & Outsourcing Team, but may also have vacancies in our Audit, Tax and Trust teams as well as office administration.

Further information on the AAT based apprenticeship can be found at www.aat.org.uk/apprenticeships

Applications for our AAT Apprenticeship for 2024 are now closed but we welcome applications for 2025.