Trainee Auditor

TC Group; Ashurst; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in the UK seeks a Trainee Auditor to join its growing team. You'll work towards a formal accountancy qualification while gaining hands-on experience and support. Responsibilities include conducting audits, preparing analysis, and ensuring compliance with regulations. We're looking for candidates with a positive attitude, strong communication skills, and the ability to work with numbers. This role offers a hybrid working model and a structured training program with full benefits including pension and life assurance.

Benefits

Full training package for AAT and ACCA / ACA

Pension scheme

Life assurance

23 days annual leave

Opportunity to purchase additional holiday

Hybrid working

Free car parking

Access to corporate reward scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Skill development opportunities

Qualifications

• GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grades 4 and above) is ideal.
• A-Levels in Mathematics, Business or Economics preferred.
• Candidate should have a logical approach and be good with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Conducting audits with a larger team before managing own client portfolio.
• Preparing analysis of accounting data from clients' books.
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements.

Skills

Dynamic attitude

Communication skills

Good with numbers

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Intermediate Excel skills

Education

GCSE in Maths and English

A-Levels in Mathematics, Business or Economics

AAT or similar qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Salary - competitive market rate

Hours - Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working

Holiday - 23 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)

About the Trainee Auditor role

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We're business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we\'ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.

Due to significant growth in the client base, our Steyning office has an opportunity for a full time Trainee Auditor to join the audit team.

Joining the team as an apprentice, you\'ll work towards a formal accountancy qualification and start your journey towards a fulfilling and rewarding career. With the benefits of on the job learning and structured training, you will be given all the skills and support you need to build a successful career in accountancy.

Responsibilities

• As a Trainee Auditor, initially you will be part of a larger team before taking on individual responsibility for your clients. In time you will have your own client portfolio
• conducting audits as part of a wider team, ensuring appropriate and sufficient documentation is obtained to support the audit opinion
• accounts preparation
• prepare analysis of accounting data from clients' books and records
• involvement in the planning, execution and finalisation of the audit assignment supporting the audit manager
• ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements
• identify and understand client needs, providing initial solutions to client challenges, then communicating these needs and solutions to the audit manager
• build strong relationships with new and established clients
• carry out ad hoc assignments as may be reasonably required
• travel to local and national clients on a regular basis

About you

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• We are looking for dynamic individuals with a positive 'can do' attitude
• Ideally you will have either GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grades 4 and above), A-Levels in either Mathematics, Business or Economics, AAT or similar qualification
• You will be highly personable with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• You will have a logical approach and be good with numbers
• In addition you will have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate Excel skills as a minimum
• Own car and full driving license

Full benefits for the Trainee Auditor

• full training package and support for AAT and ACCA / ACA
• pension scheme
• life assurance
• 23 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
• opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
• hybrid working - once established in the role, a mixture of office and home working
• 9 day working fortnight
• free car parking
• access to our corporate reward scheme
• employee Assistance Programme
• opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the Firm
• relaxed and friendly working environment

About us

TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We\'re an ambitious group of people with the same aim - to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing - we\'re supporting more and more of the UK\'s ambitious business owners, SME\'s and large Corporations and it\'s a real team effort. We\'re helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses.

We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.