Junior Accountant

Accountancy Elite; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a motivated Junior Accountant. The role includes preparing annual accounts, assisting with audits, and providing client support. Ideal candidates are newly AAT qualified with a minimum of 1 year of practice experience. The firm offers a competitive salary of £18,000 - £23,000, a flexible working schedule, and a comprehensive study support package.

Benefits

30 days holiday including bank holidays

Flexible working hours

Pension auto enrollment

Incentive scheme

Discretionary bonus scheme

Full study support package

Qualifications

• Newly AAT qualified with potentially ongoing ACCA/ACA studies.
• Minimum of 1 year of practice experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Preparing annual accounts for clients.
• Assisting with statutory audits.
• Producing management accounts and budgets.
• Meeting with clients to discuss accounts preparation.
• Assisting clients with accounting software.

Skills

AAT qualification

People-oriented

IT literate

Accounting software (Iris, Sage, Quickbooks, Xero)

Education

AAT completed

Studying ACCA/ACA exams

Job description

Overview

Market leading salary+benefits, study support provided, prominent Staffordshire employer

Junior Accountant in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - Job Ref: JO23702

Accountancy Elite are very pleased to be partnered with a highly regarded practice in Stoke-on-Trent. Due to their excellent reputation and networking activities they are now going through a period of expansion because of business growth and excellent client retention. The perfect candidate for this role would be a bright, ambitious, tech savvy, a very people orientated person. They would ideally have completed AAT and potentially be studying their first few ACCA/ACA exams, have a minimum of 1 years practice experience and be IT literate.

Responsibilities

• preparing the annual accounts of limited and non-limited company status clients
• assisting with statutory audits
• producing final draft accounts and tax computations for review
• producing management accounts, cash flows and budgets
• providing a full range of company secretarial services
• organising your workload so you can prepare accounts and tax returns efficiently within time and budget constraints
• checking-in clients records and notifying them of any deficiencies, whilst assisting the improvement of their bookkeeping systems
• meeting with the client manager and agreeing the approach to accounts preparation for each client
• assisting clients with their accounting software, including installation/training
• attending training workshops.

Candidates Attributes

• Be newly AAT qualified and maybe studying the first few ACCA/ACA exams.
• Minimum of 1 years practice experience.
• Have experience of software packages such as Iris, Sage, Quickbooks, Xero etc would be highly advantageous.

Salary: £18,000 - £23,000 + Study Support dependant on experience and value added.

Pension: Auto enrollment.

Benefits: Benefits package including incentive scheme and discretionary bonus scheme.

Working hours: 9am-5:00pm (FLEXIBLE WORKING BETWEEN 8AM-6PM)

Holiday: 30 days including statutory bank holidays increasing with length of service.

Study Support: Full Study Support Package Offered.

If this Junior Accountant role is of interest then please apply today and contact Jacob Vagg on 01788422186 / 07584307169 or via email on [e-mail].