About the role

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Part-Qualified Trainee Accountant – Banbury Office

We are looking for a new team member to join our growing team, to assist with our accounts and audit work.

You will provide support to Managers and Directors in providing professional accountancy and audit services to our longstanding clients.

The services will include financial reporting, corporate taxation, personal taxation, audit and assurance work and tax planning. Our clients are based in a variety of industries, this provides a varied role and gives you a wide range of experience.

You will take responsibility for completing tasks accurately, and meeting deadlines, in order to ensure the work is delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Your responsibilities will include

Preparation of Limited company accounts for a variety of clients to be reviewed by Managers / Directors
Preparation of Corporation Tax computations for review
Preparation of personal tax returns
Planning and delivery of audit assignments
Supervise and mentor junior staff
Manage client communication in an effective manner
Monitor your assignment budgets pro-actively

About You

You will be part-qualified ACCA / ICAEW with experience of working within practice. You will be self-driven, results orientated and with a positive outlook. As well as a desire to learn and develop yourself, you will be interested in supporting our trainees with their training and development. You must have good communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to take accurate and well-structured notes. You will have strong IT skills, ideally with a working knowledge of Sage, QuickBooks, Xero, and CCH but must also be competent in both Word and Excel.

We will offer you

The opportunity to join a strong, dynamic, professional business in Banbury. A company that takes pride in putting its staff first and in turn providing client excellence.

In addition to this, you will receive:

A competitive salary with 6 monthly salary reviews if under a training contract
A flexible working environment including flexitime
Training support for future study and / or completion of professional qualification at the Reed Business School to include paid time for study and exams
25 days annual holiday (after completion of studies) in addition to 8 Bank Holidays (20 plus 8 Bank Holidays if under a training contract)
Salary sacrifice pension scheme
Ability to join a PMI scheme after probation to include the benefits of the Vitality Programme, helping you to take control of your health and lifestyle
Health and Wellbeing Support
Regular staff social events and the opportunity to support charity events
Free onsite parking
Internal career progression (some of our current directors joined us as trainees)
Death in Service after probation

If this vacancy is of interest to you please send your CV and cover letter, including where you saw this job advertised to recruitment@whitleystimpson.co.uk

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When you work with us, you’ll be working alongside a partner and advisor who’s genuinely interested in your success – but it all starts with a conversation.

Whether it’s on the phone or over a coffee, we’d love to sit down and talk through any questions you have. Just give us a call, drop us an email, or fill in our contact form, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Part-Qualified Trainee Accountant

About the role