Junior Accountant: Start Your Private Client Finance Career

Sedulo Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Sedulo Group in Manchester is seeking a motivated entrant to start their accounting career in the Private Client team. You will learn bookkeeping and VAT for a portfolio of clients, with study support to pursue a professional qualification (AAT typically, route to ACA/ACCA/CTA if desired).

This is a genuine first step on a career path within the team, offering full training, on-the-job guidance, and the opportunity to handle real client work as you build skills over time.

Qualifications

• Must be numerate with a genuine interest in building a long-term career in accountancy.
• Partway through AAT or looking to start this qualification.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail.
• Good organisational skills and willingness to learn.
• Confident and personable communicator who can pick up the phone after training.
• Comfort with or willingness to learn cloud-based software and apps, most clients work digitally.

Responsibilities

• Learning to post customer and supplier invoices using Dext and Xero.
• Reconciling bank accounts with full training and support.
• Learning to prepare and submit VAT returns under supervision.
• Reconciling supplier and customer ledgers and discussing with clients as confidence grows.
• Preparing payment runs for client approval.
• Posting monthly journals such as wages journals.
• Responding to client queries and developing communication skills.
• Supporting other departments where necessary.
• Additional bookkeeping duties as necessary.

Skills

Strong numeracy

Good organisational skills

Willingness to learn

Confident communicator

Attention to detail

Education

Interest in starting AAT qualification

Tools

Dext

Xero

Job description

Sedulo Group in Manchester is seeking a motivated entrant to start their accounting career in the Private Client team. You will learn bookkeeping and VAT for a portfolio of clients, with study support to pursue a professional qualification (AAT typically, route to ACA/ACCA/CTA if desired).

This is a genuine first step on a career path within the team, offering full training, on-the-job guidance, and the opportunity to handle real client work as you build skills over time.