Accountant

Duncan & Toplis; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan & Toplis, one of the UK’s largest independent accountants and business advisers, seeks an Accountant (Business Services Adviser) to support accounting and business advice services. You’ll develop professional competencies through on-the-job training and formal CPD, working flexibly to meet deadlines while upholding high service levels and inclusive values.

You’ll build comprehensive accounts with working papers, manage client expectations, and contribute to team growth, with opportunities

Qualifications

• Possessing either partial or full AAT, ACCA, or ACA qualifications.
• Demonstrated proficiency in collaborating within a team environment.
• Exceptional communication abilities, both written and verbal.
• Dedication to enhancing professional and technical expertise.
• Eagerness to cultivate a diverse set of IT skills to enhance performance.
• Enthusiasm for engaging in formal training opportunities, including on-the-job learning experiences.

Responsibilities

• Crafting comprehensive sets of accounts along with detailed working papers for review by your manager.
• Meeting designated deadlines for all accounting tasks.
• Efficiently managing your workload and client expectations, leveraging your expertise to enhance the team's performance.
• Cultivating strong client relationships to optimise outcomes and actively contributing to business growth initiatives.
• Maintaining keen awareness of project timelines and completing assignments within specified parameters.
• Implementing strategies to minimise review points and enhance project efficiency.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Professional development

IT skills

Training enthusiasm

Education

AAT/ACCA/ACA qualification (partial or full)

Job description

Join Duncan & Toplis

Duncan & Toplis is one of the UK’s largest independent accountants and business advisers. Celebrating our 100-year anniversary in 2025, we are on course for the biggest period of growth in our history. Our vision to be the team that clients always choose to work with and where talented people belong remains at the forefront and guides everything that we do.

Our Business Services team is seeking a Accountant (Business Services Adviser). This role will be instrumental in support the provision of accounting and business advice services, developing the necessary professional competencies through formal and on-the-job training. You will work flexibly to meet deadlines and uphold high service levels whilst maintaining fairness, equality, diversity, and inclusivity in everything that you do.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Crafting comprehensive sets of accounts along with detailed working papers for review by your manager.
• Meeting designated deadlines for all accounting tasks.
• Efficiently managing your workload and client expectations, leveraging your expertise to enhance the team's performance.
• Cultivating strong client relationships to optimise outcomes and actively contributing to business growth initiatives.
• Maintaining keen awareness of project timelines and completing assignments within specified parameters.
• Implementing strategies to minimise review points and enhance project efficiency.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Possessing either partial or full AAT, ACCA, or ACA qualifications.
• Demonstrated proficiency in collaborating within a team environment.
• Exceptional communication abilities, both written and verbal.
• Dedication to enhancing professional and technical expertise.
• Eagerness to cultivate a diverse set of IT skills to enhance performance.
• Enthusiasm for engaging in formal training opportunities, including on-the-job learning experiences.

Why Join Duncan & Toplis?

From flexible working arrangements and time-matched volunteer hours to online fitness classes and mental health support, at Duncan & Toplis we're committed to helping our people maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. We help our team to develop their talents and encourage ambitious individuals to progress their careers and expand their professional and personal capability with fully supported training and CPD. Our purpose ‘to positively impact our people, communities, and the world around us’ sits at our core, and our inherent values of trust, partnership, and inclusivity emphasise this.

Duncan & Toplis is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced individual with broad and in-depth technical knowledge of statutory accounting and compliance to play a key role in supporting our client work and internal teams.

This role is ideal for someone with a passion for technical accuracy, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem-solving. You’ll be a trusted point of reference for technical matters across the company and will play a central role in supporting high-quality service delivery to our clients.