Trainee Accountant

**The opportunity**

Are you an ambitious individual looking to start your career in accountancy?

TC Group would love to hear from you. We have an excellent career opportunity for a **Trainee Accountant **to join our Christchurch office.

You’ll be fully supported to study towards a formal ICAEW or ACCA accountancy qualification via an apprenticeship and start your journey towards a fulfilling and rewarding accountancy career. With the benefits of on the job learning and structured training, you will be given all the skills and support you need as well an impressive client list. Senior members of the team will support with training and our internal training will help you develop in the role.

The accounts team prepares accounts for a variety of external clients from organisations across the UK. You will learn the fundamentals of bookkeeping, accounts preparation, VAT returns, budgeting and financial performance, personal and corporate tax and building relationships with clients.

The personal tax team prepare tax returns for our personal tax clients and directors of the companies that we prepare their company accounts. You will assist in this department over the busy tax return period inputting key data into the tax returns for review and helping with their compliance work.

Key responsibilities of the role will also include undertaking high-quality accounts preparation services for a range of business clients, including sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies. Setting up new accounts files and assisting with VAT returns. Preparing personal tax returns for review.

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for dynamic, ambitious individuals with a positive ‘can do’ attitude who are looking for a challenge.

You will be methodical with pace, accuracy and understand the importance of excellent client service.

You will have confidence with numbers, great attention to detail and the ability to confidently talk to people to build client relationships.

Highly personable with a flexible approach and excellent verbal and written communication is also crucial.

Accountancy can be technically demanding with new concepts and regulatory changes to grasp. You should be adaptable, able to learn quickly and be at ease with grasping new concepts.

**Qualifications**

In addition, you will have an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate excel skills as a minimum.

**Package**

A generous remuneration package includes:

- competitive market rate salary
- study support on an apprenticeship scheme
- pension scheme
- life assurance
- 23 days annual leave (exc BH) - increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 28 days (once qualified)
- opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
- 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**

The most important component of a successful business is the people; without the intelligent, hard-working professionals at TC Group we simply couldn’t function.

We are is a highly innovative, leading edge firm of accountants and professional advisers.

Officially one of the fastest growing Top 40 UK firms with offices across the South West, South East, London, Midlands and the North, we are the first to offer a full range of complementary professional services in the areas of financial planning, legal and HR. We are also at the forefront of technology, having won Xero’s Emerging Partner of the Year, and shortlisted for Large Partner of the Year awards in recent years.

Our unrivalled levels of knowledge and experience, combined with a genuinely unique service offering, allow us to provide clients and the wider public with the highest level of quality, bespoke business solutions.

**Job Type**: Graduate

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Store discounts
- Wellness programmes

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Christchurch, BH23 1EF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)