Assistant Accountant

Michael Page (UK); Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy practice in Bridgwater is seeking an Assistant Accountant to prepare year end accounts, manage tax compliance, and provide bookkeeping services. This role offers excellent career development opportunities, including study support for AAT/ACCA qualifications. Candidates with experience in accountancy practices are encouraged to apply. Flexible hours and competitive salaries are available.

Benefits

Study support

Career progression

Accountancy skills development

Qualifications

• Recent career background in accountancy practice sector.
• Experience across preparing year end accounts, tax compliance, VAT, and bookkeeping.
• Possessing or pursuing formal qualifications (AAT/ACCA).

Responsibilities

• Prepare year end accounts and deliver general practice services.
• Work with managers on planning and advisory projects.
• Assist in providing accounting advice to a diverse client base.

Skills

Preparing year end accounts

Personal and corporate tax compliance

VAT

Bookkeeping

Providing associated practice services

Education

AAT qualification

ACCA finalist or part ACCA

Job description

• Assistant Accountant to join a Bridgwater based chartered accountants
• Study support, career progression and accountancy skills development on offer

About Our Client

Based in Bridgwater this successful accountancy practice acts for very wide-ranging sole traders, partnerships and limited companies, up into the £millions in turnover across wide ranging industry sectors. The firms' directors offer a supportive environment where you will learn and develop working closely with them, so offering a firm with good support and technical development for those looking to progress in their careers. Flexible hours, hybrid working, full or part time hours and highly competitive salaries and benefits on offer.

Job Description

Joining as an Assistant Accountant based in the firms Bridgwater office you will prepare year end accounts, tax, bookkeeping and deliver on a further wide range of general practice services, to a mixed and varied client base of sole traders, partnerships and limited companies up to into the £millions of turnovers. There will be scope for involvement in cloud accounting advice and increasing client exposure, working with managers and partners assisting on planning and advisory projects as you progress in the firm, with scope to further your technical skills and develop your career, in a growing accountancy firm environment with excellent support on offer to qualify through AAT/ACA/ACCA,ATT/CTA, with encouragement and backing to pursue areas of technical interest.

The Successful Applicant

For this Assistant Accountant role, you will have a recent career background developed within the accountancy practice sector working for a small, medium or large accountancy firm. You will have developed experience across any of: preparing year end accounts, personal and corporate tax compliance, VAT, bookkeeping and providing other associated practice services to sole traders, partnerships and limited companies, as an Accounts Assistant/Technician or Senior Accountant. You may be pursuing, or hold, formal qualifications e.g. AAT or part ACCA, finalist etc, or have developed your career through experience to date only. Study Support on offer for those seeking support for their studies.

What's on Offer

£26000 - £32,000 dependent on level of experience and background. Please apply online and for a further confidential discussion to find out more please contact Mark Bailey on 01179 271452