Training Accountant

This is an exciting opportunity for a Part Qualified Accountant to develop a long-term career with a growing financial and professional services business who provide services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities, and businesses.

In the role you will gain experience and training in a wide variety of accounting disciplines, including audit and taxation

Key Activities:

Timely and efficient completion of tasks assigned, in line with firm operating procedures and processes, increasing to whole accounts/audit/tax/other projects with increasing independence as experience allows
Qualification as either ACCA or ACA.
Devoting sufficient time to professional studies in order to meet all study objectives set by tutors or the Line Manager and to achieve the best possible exam results.
Attending technical courses, undertaking technical reading to ensure own technical competence, awareness of internal procedures and communications.
Agreement of budget with manager as job commences, regular monitoring of progress against budget and feedback to supervisors.
Regular, proactive communication with managers, Principals and other colleagues to update on progress with assigned work.
Facilitating team work and spirit within the team

Responsibility and initiative would be expected to increase over time, as far as experience allows.
A degree of autonomy would be expected by the end of the training contract 

As a Semi senior hire you should have between 1 and 2.5 years relevant practice based experience
Where optional papers are permitted under a qualification, it is expected that all trainees will undertake the practice focussed options

Skills, knowledge and competencies: 

Analytical and logical skills, particularly an ability to absorb high level concepts and apply them to different contexts/situations
Technically up to date with awareness of relevant regulatory frameworks appropriate to level of experience/qualification
An excellent attention to detail
Professional and ethical skills, displaying integrity
Good communication skills with a flexible, adaptable and committed attitude 
Studying for an accountancy qualification (ACA, CA, ACCA).
Demonstrable audit and accounts experience gained within a professional services firm.
Ability to motivate staff to ensure best performance.
Strong communication skills in order to liaise with clients, directors, staff and other professionals