Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant

Excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join a professional firm of Chartered Accountants based in Nottingham, to train to become a Chartered Accountant!

Our opportunity

Haines Watts are a top 15 accountancy firm specialising within the owner managed business area nationwide. A well-established firm whose journey goes back over 90 years, we have retained our authentic and dynamic ethos and continue to grow nationally as well as regionally. Our strategic goal is to be the number one advisor to owner managed businesses.

As a recent graduate, you will be assisting in the management and delivery of accounts preparation services for our Owner Managed Business Client Portfolio with the below key tasks being carried out.

Duties include:

• Produce an accounts working file in line with Haines Watts standards;
• Produce an accounts summary and list of discussion points for the manager;
• Work within a budget agreed at the planning stage;
• To professionally represent the firm and its interests in dealings with clients and other professionals;
• To attend training to further develop and maintain your technical skills;
• To achieve good passes with all professional and advance examinations, where applicable;
• To plan and control your professional work for the firm's clients within the firm's standard procedures. You will be able to identify basic planning opportunities;
• To identify and act upon any opportunities you see within the professional work you do to sell more services to existing and prospective clients;
• You will keep up to date with internal policies, procedures and announcements;
• Prior knowledge of producing self-assessment tax returns would be an advantage.
• Ad hoc administrative duties as needed by the Manager

Ideal experience:

• Assisting in financial reporting
• Experience with using Iris, Sage, Xero and QuickBooks is preferred but not essential.
• Prior knowledge of producing self-assessment tax returns would be an advantage.
• Ideally someone with experience maintaining accounting records
• Experience of incorporating checks to ensure accuracy, standing back from the detail ensuring all tasks are completed to a high standard
• Having to juggle a number of priorities whilst ensuring deadlines are met
• Communicating with all levels within an organisation
• Managing your own workload
• Creative thinking and having to consider the 'bigger picture'

Ideal skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent Excel skills
• Good organisation and time management skills
• Proactive thinking and application skills
• Self-management skills

Qualifications:

University degree; Accountancy qualification (preferred not essential). A-Levels in Math's & English Grade B and above.

What you get back from us;

• Competitive salary
• Study support package if applicable
• Excellent personal development programmes to support career growth opportunities
• Structured development as well as on the job practical training
• Flexible benefits reward package
• Working and learning directly from our Associate Directors & Directors
• Ability to progress all the way to the top!

If you are keen to secure a progressive role within a unique top 15 accountancy firm offering a great career progression, please apply today to find out more.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Haines Watts by any means. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the Haines Watts Recruitment team, Haines Watts reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee.