Location: Eastbourne

Hours: Full time

Duties and responsibilities

  • Trainee Accountants provide a high level of support to our Managers and Partners on a variety of accounts work for clients and administrative tasks. Trainees will study towards a AAT, ACCA or ICAEW qualification at Galloways, having either recently graduated or completed A Levels.
  • Client care
  • Drafting and sending client correspondence, such as covering letters and emails;
  • Maintaining data security throughout all interactions with sensitive information in accordance with our data protection policies and procedures.
  • Compliance oriented with strong attention to detail;
  • Supporting Client Managers / Senior Client Managers in providing bookkeeping support, including accurately recording financial transactions and maintaining up to date client records
  • Supporting Managers and Partners in preparing personal tax returns, partnership tax returns and companies tax returns;
  • Performing control accounts reconciliations, investigating and correcting any errors;
  • Preparation and administration of client payroll and statutory reports for Managers and Partners to review;
  • Reconciling wages transactions against payroll records;
  • Assisting Managers and Partners with month and year end processes and producing monthly reports;
  • Providing assistance to the specialist tax team with Personal Tax and Corporation Tax work;
  • Proving support and research on policies and procedures in line with legal requirements;
  • Bank reconciliations;
  • Keeping up to date with current legislation and complying with rules relating to post qualification education; and
  • High level of integrity and ethical approach to work.

Requirements

  • Personal effectiveness
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  • Well organised with the ability to work accurately under pressure and manage work deadlines;
  • High level of logical problem solving skills ;
  • Strong team working skills; and technically proficient in IT, highly competent in Excel and able to use on line accounting software.
  • Business skills
  • Able to confidently build relationships with both clients and the internal team; and
  • Flexible, positive and responsive to client business needs.
  • Minimum of a 2:1 degree or higher, if have a degree qualification
  • Minimum grades of A*, A or B / Distinction*, Distinction or Merit at A levels in relevant subjects, if no further study

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