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Tax Trainee Apprentice

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:09:29 +0000

We are looking for a high calibre, enthusiastic graduate to join our tax team as a Tax Trainee Apprentice.
We are an award-winning top 100 accountancy firm, achieving in 2019, Tolley’s Best Single Office Tax Practice in the UK, Top 10 Accountancy Employer, finalists for Graduate and Non-Graduate Programme of the year and Mid-Tier Firm of the Year. We have fantastic modern offices in North London and are forward thinking in our approach to both clients and staff and offer a supportive and progressive working environment. Our clients range from private individuals, to owner managed businesses, entrepreneurs, charities, and large limited companies across a broad range of industries. In order to ensure we meet our core values of quality of service, client care and commercial advice in plain and simple English, in this ever-changing technological world, we continue to develop our processes and procedures to meet our clients needs. We are continually growing via word of mouth and our reputation. It an exciting time to join our team!
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to pursue a career in tax and work within our award-winning tax team. The successful candidate will be given formal training as an apprentice, initially working towards gaining their ATT (Association of Taxation Technician) qualification and moving on to study the CTA qualification becoming a Chartered Tax Advisor via the combined ATT/CTA pathway. This position offers flexible working hours, including working from home and as an apprenticeship, full study support.
You will work in a friendly and progressive team who believe in giving you responsibilities early on supporting them to deliver a high standard of compliance work to their clients. You will learn how to prepare tax returns, meeting deadlines and budgets, liaise with clients on tax matters and deal with HMRC. As well as your formal technical training gained via your studies, you will also attend inhouse training to further expand your knowledge and be provided with opportunities to attend personal development training which will support your growth with us. As your knowledge and experience develops, there will be opportunities to work within the specialist tax advisory services offered by the department. Each trainee receives individual support through their training with a dedicated buddy and a partner mentor who will guide them through their career progression.
During your first year you will learn how to:

Prepare personal tax returns and rental accounts
Submit tax returns
Prepare VAT registrations
Prepare P11Ds
Assist with administration of fee protection work

As your role develops through your second and third year you will be taking on more responsibility dealing with clients and helping to supervise new trainees.
To be successful in this role you will need to be dedicated and conscientious to meet the demands of your studies whilst working full-time. You will need to be confident, have good communication skills with the ability to build relationships, be commercially aware and enjoy working as part of a team. Knowledge of Microsoft Office is also required.
We are looking for a graduate, with a degree preferably in accounting and finance, although this is not essential. You should have achieved or are predicated to achieve at least a 2:1. Candidates should have the right to work in the UK.

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Audit Senior

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:11:09 +0000

We have a career opening for a qualified ACA or ACCA Audit Senior who has the potential to fast track with the support of managers and partners within the firm. Minimum 4 years practice experience required. We have fantastic modern offices in Colindale, North London. We are forward thinking in our approach to both clients and staff and offer a supportive and progressive working environment. This position offers flexible working hours and the ability to work from home or at the office.
Audit Seniors play a front-line role in the audit of a variety of clients, focussing primarily on delivering quality audits on time, within budget and to a high standard. You will make a valuable contribution to the planning process, the reporting of outcomes and generally support the achievement of the team’s financial and other targets and have partner level access.
You will use your professional knowledge and expertise to understand the issues, priorities and risks facing clients from an audit perspective and form judgements on the control, governance and performance environment of audited bodies.
You are likely to have supervisory responsibilities for a small number of staff, for example, accounts trainees or other colleagues within their team. They will provide on the job training and, as necessary, mentoring to help colleagues reach their full potential.
Required Knowledge and Experience:

Experienced within a small or medium sized practice.
Have good working knowledge of UK GAAP and International Auditing Standards (UK and Ireland).
Knowledge of FRS102 and FRS102A required.
Qualified ACA or ACCA.
Prefer 70% audit, 30% accounts split of work currently being carried out.
Experience of leading both audits and non-audit assignments from planning to completion are essential.
Experience of complex and group audits preferable.
Experience in delegating and supervising team members on audit assignments.
Delivering results and meeting client/Partner/Manager expectations.

Personal Skills:

You will need to be self-motivated.
Able to work to tight deadlines and meet budgets.
Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate in a professional manner with clients.
You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You would need to be IT literate with working knowledge of Xero would be an advantage. IRIS & CaseWare knowledge would be an advantage. Good working knowledge of Excel and Word.
Work well under pressure.
You would need to be a team-player and be able to motivate your team.
Able to multitask.

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Audit & Account Semi-Senior

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:06:39 +0000

We require a full time Audit & Account Semi-Senior with a minimum of 2 years’ practice experience. We have a fantastic modern office in Colindale, North London. We are forward thinking in our approach to both clients and staff and offer a supportive and progressive working environment. This position offers flexible working hours and the ability to work from home and attend client sites.
The role requires you to prepare statutory accounts from start to finish, completed audits from start to finish, produce basic corporation tax computations for limited companies, reconcile control accounts and other ad hoc duties.
The organisation values its staff and offers excellent in-house and external training, plus the chance to work in a vibrant environment which will allow you to be developed and to take on greater responsibility.
With a supportive team, structured personal development training and partner mentoring you will have the opportunity to shape a fulfilling career.
Personal Attributes
We look for positive, independent and progressive individuals who think outside the box, who look forwards not backwards. We expect you to have excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate in a professional manner with clients and staff at all levels. You must also have excellent written communication skills and a willingness to learn. You need to have the ability to approach your work commercially enabling you to meet deadlines. You should be self-motivated, use your initiative and possess excellent organisation skills with the ability to work quickly and accurately.
Professional Experience

Experienced within a small or medium sized practice.
Have good working knowledge of UK GAAP and International Auditing Standards (UK and Ireland). An awareness of FRS102 and FRS102A.
50%/50% split of Accountancy and Audit work currently being carried out.
Delivering results and meeting client / manager expectations.

Software Skills

Knowledge of Xero and other bookkeeping software. Xero certification would be an advantage.
Good working knowledge of Excel and Word.
Knowledge of other Accounting software would be useful.

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Graduate and School Leaver Programme:

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:41:15 +0000

The traditional image of accountants has come a long way from manual bookkeeping to present day artificial intelligence (AI) that is changing the way accountants work. The stereotypical image of an accountant providing a back-office function, with limited social interaction couldn’t be further from the truth.

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