Trainee Accountant

TN United Kingdom; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group is seeking a Trainee Accountant to join their Gloucester office. This role offers the opportunity to gain accountancy qualifications while delivering accurate financial reporting. The position involves supporting various accounting processes and requires strong analytical and communication skills. Join a purpose-led organization committed to personal and professional development.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private healthcare

Income protection

Life assurance

Annual personal grant to charity

Volunteering day per year

Employee Assistance Programme

Full study support for qualifications

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in education or work experiences.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly management accounting and analysis.
• Participate in statutory reporting and audits.
• Assist with annual corporation tax returns.

Skills

Numerical Ability

Analytical Skills

Communication

Planning and Prioritisation

Relationship Building

Education

A Levels or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

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Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 203874

About the role

Benefact Group, are looking for a Trainee Accountant to join our Gloucester office.

As Trainee Accountant you will be responsible for delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting for the group and its businesses. Whilst gaining accountancy qualifications with full study support.

Joining our rapidly expanding andinnovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career andbecome an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the monthly management accounting and analysis processes and internal reporting packs
• Supporting annual statutory reporting and statutory audit process
• Supporting with quarterly regulatory returns including solvency II and other industry regulatory reports
• Participating in the research and implementation of changes to accounting standards and business processes
• Monthly cash and investment reconciliations
• Monthly and quarterly performance reporting, financial analysis, commentary and dashboards
• Support preparation of annual corporation tax returns including tax analysis
• Provision of support to the wider Business Accounting team
• Ad hoc project work and support for other areas of the business
• Intention to develop career through experience and training, including professional accounting qualifications

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A Levels or equivalent in a numerate subject or in a discipline that demonstrates your analytical skills
• A track record of success and achievement in education, work experiences or extra-curricular activities/volunteering to date. We are looking for a demonstration of where you have taken on extra responsibility, delivered in challenging circumstances and shown your ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Strong numerical ability
• Analytical skills and critical reasoning
• Highly effective communication (both in writing and verbally) and organisation skills
• Propensity to learn and apply learning in the workplace
• Effective planning and prioritisation skills – balancing multiple deliverables to agreed quality standards
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to lead teams
• Proficient IT skills in MS Office and Excel

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating aninclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of usfeels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with arange of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interestsand we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applicationsfrom everyone.

If you need any additional support during therecruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26