Accountant (Business Advisory)

PKF Francis Clark; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading firm in Exeter as part of the Business Advisory team, where you will prepare accounts and tax returns for a diverse range of clients. This role offers a supportive environment and opportunities for career development. Engage in meaningful work while collaborating with entrepreneurial clients to help their businesses thrive. Enjoy a flexible workplace culture with comprehensive benefits, including health plans and pension schemes.

Benefits

Pension

Group life assurance

Health cash plan

Extra holiday options

Counselling and support

Virtual GP

Cycle to work

Shopping and gym discounts

Volunteering day

Qualifications

• Proven accounting experience in a public practice environment.
• AAT / ACCA / ACA qualified or equivalent, or part-qualified with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accounts, personal and business tax returns, VAT returns.
• Collaborate with clients to support their growing businesses.
• Supervise and support less experienced team members.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Accounting

Problem Solving

Education

AAT / ACCA / ACA qualified or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Outlook

Job description

In a nutshell

This hands-on and diverse role offers a gateway to exciting future opportunities.

As part of our Business Advisory team, you'll prepare accounts, personal and business tax returns, VAT returns to a wide range of clients.

Join our dynamic team in Exeter and enjoy a perfect blend of meaningful work, and a supportive environment.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Collaborate with entrepreneurial clients to support their growing businesses
• Prepare financial information and straightforward year-end accounts
• Create management accounts, forecasts, and projections
• Handle personal and company tax computations and VAT returns
• Provide comprehensive bookkeeping services, including transaction matching and expenditure summarisation
• Gather and analyse income and expenditure data for reporting
• Identify technical or client-specific issues and recommend solutions
• Liaise with clients and colleagues across departments to achieve effective outcomes
• Actively build and maintain an internal network
• Provide varied administrative and business setup services
• Supervise and support less experienced team members, including training students

About you

• AAT / ACCA / ACA qualified (or equivalent), or part-qualified with relevant experience
• Proven accounting experience in a public practice environment
• Proficient in automated accounting software, computer-based accounts, and tax compilation programs, along with strong MS Excel, Word, and Outlook skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confident, professional, and team-oriented approach

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don’t just take our word for it.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.

Your core benefits

Financial benefits:
• Pension
• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

Health & Wellbeing benefits:
• Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
• Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
• Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
• Cycle to work*

Other benefits:
• Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
• Gifts for career and family milestones
• One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
• Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.