Graduate Trainee Accountant

Redmayne Bentley LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Graduate Trainee Accountant to join their Finance team. This exciting role offers a unique opportunity to build a strong foundation for a successful career in finance. The successful candidate will support key processes in the Finance department, ensuring high standards of financial integrity. With a commitment to employee development, the firm provides opportunities for further professional qualifications and career progression. Join a collaborative and inclusive environment where your contributions are valued and rewarded, and help shape the future of a leading investment management firm.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel Loans

Cycle to Work

Reward and Recognition Schemes

Group Life Assurance

Generous Family Leave Entitlements

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in Finance or Accounting is required.
• Good knowledge of basic accounting and confident in using Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support recurring fees and charges processes and data extraction.
• Cover purchase and sales ledger duties when needed.

Skills

Basic Accounting Knowledge

Microsoft Excel

Attention to Detail

Adaptability

Initiative

Collaboration

Eagerness to Learn

Education

Degree in Finance

Degree in Accounting

Job description

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 10 days at 23:59 BST.

About the Role

37.5 hours per week.

Work Pattern

8.30am – 5.00pm (typical)

Client Facing

No

Seniority

Graduate

Hybrid Working

As Redmayne Bentley enters its 150th year, we are delighted to have an opportunity for a talented graduate to join our Finance team as a Graduate Trainee Accountant.

Our firm has a long and proud history of providing development and growth opportunities for our colleagues, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to build the foundations of a long and successful career with us.

You would provide essential and valued support to the team, helping to ensure our Finance department is working effectively, efficiently and to the highest standards of financial integrity.

Your key responsibilities would be:

• Supporting our recurring fees and charges processes.
• Extract and manipulate data sets ahead of quarterly fee runs.
• Support production of MI and compiling ad-hoc and periodic reports.
• Covering for purchase and sales ledger duties when needed.
• Updating daily reconciliations, including bank reconciliations when required.

This is not a client-facing role; your main communications will be with your departmental colleagues and other stakeholders from across the firm.

What we’re looking for

• Hold degree-level qualification in Finance, Accounting or other related disciplines.
• Good knowledge of basic accounting.
• Confident user of IT software, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Eager to learn and take on responsibilities.
• Enthusiastic and willing to collaborate with others.
• Ability to adapt and use own initiative.
• Good attention to detail and proven accuracy skills.
• Interest in and willingness to undertake further professional qualifications.

What does the future look like?

Once you are settled into the role, you will be able to take on more responsibility within the team and develop your skills and experience further through CPD and other development opportunities.

Redmayne Bentley actively supports colleagues to achieve industry standard qualifications, if that is something they wish to do.

For someone who is keen to progress in this field, there will be developmental and coaching support provided for you to potentially progress into a more senior role in the future.

Who we are

At Redmayne Bentley, our goal is to provide excellent personal investment services that enhance clients’ wealth.

It is an exciting time to be part of our firm, having recently launched our new five-year business plan to improve, grow and accelerate. We will achieve this through seeking operational and productivity improvements, growing the investment management and financial planning services, leveraging and protecting existing income lines and considering new acquisition opportunities.

As one of the UK’s largest independent investment management and stockbroking firms, we are committed to building a modern and diverse workplace where our people are offered unique opportunities to learn, grow and develop across the financial sector.

Our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment rewards hard work with generous perks and benefits, and we are genuinely committed to your wellbeing through our industry commended &You wellbeing framework.

Our future looks more exciting than ever, come and share it with us.

Our Values

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

We are always continuing to improve our employee benefits to support our employees’ lifestyles, provide more flexibility and to reward and recognise excellence.

Benefits:

• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel Loans and Cycle to Work
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Hybrid Working
• Group Life Assurance
• Generous Family Leave Entitlements

Are you interested in this role?
Yes? That’s great! Find out more about our application process below and what to expect after applying.