Training and Qualifications Executive

5 months ago

Derby, United Kingdom PKF Smith Cooper Full time

**Location**: Derby, Nottingham or Birmingham - Hybrid working

**Salary**: Dependant on experience

Are you passionate about helping ambitious young people reach their full potential? Acting as a first point of contact for all things study and technical training, you will support our team in achieving their academic goals and building successful careers.

In a brand-new role for our company, your work will be fundamental to building and strengthening the fast-growing team behind PKF Smith Cooper’s award-winning accounting and advisory services in the Midlands.

The number of trainees joining PKF Smith Cooper in recent years has grown significantly, mirroring growth across the firm, and this is set to continue to grow.

This growth has given rise to an exciting opportunity for a newly-created role which will see the successful applicant support with the Firm’s trainee professional qualification programmes and technical training across the business.

This role will play a key role in supporting the Firm’s team, Managers, and Partners people development needs. Reporting to the People Development Manager, you will have the opportunity to interact with key stakeholders across the Firm to identify, propose, and implement solutions that are key to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly skilled and engaged workforce.

**The important work you will be doing**:

- Support our HR team and Line Managers with new starter onboarding - ensuring all graduates, school leavers, and part-qualified trainees hold the required qualifications to commence training at the Firm in the applicable qualification areas.
- Register all trainees with the applicable professional bodies and the Firm’s training providers, and liaise with the training providers for any queries or issues involving trainees and the Firm’s training accreditation.
- Enrolling trainees for the apprenticeship scheme.
- Assist with and present inductions for new trainees/starters.
- Monitor and share internally all records of trainees, apprentices, and qualifieds and share activities relating to the accountancy, tax, and any other applicable professional qualifications including pathways, course attendance, course performance, and exam results.
- Support with scheduling all professional qualification and apprenticeship requirements for each trainee in conjunction with resource requirements in the divisions and reflect this in the resource planners.
- Day-to-day point of contact and communication with all trainees of the Firm. This includes answering questions on materials, courses, and exam results.
- Have regular monthly meetings with the professional bodies and training providers and handle periodic inspections for ongoing training status approvals with AAT, ICAEW, and ACCA.
- Offboarding leavers in relation to all of the above.
- Review training records and CPD hours to ensure they are being kept up to date.
- Support service line teams with planning and ensuring delivery of technical training programme.
- Review and maintain training records and CPD hours to ensure they are being kept up to date.

**The skills and experience you will bring**:

- Qualified ACA or ACCA.
- Strong project and time management skills.
- Strong administrative skills (e.g. organisational, time keeping, and prioritising) as well as the ability to use initiative.

**Why PKF Smith Cooper?**
- Our company culture, built on our values - Engage, Empower and Excel - encourages initiative, personal growth, and collaboration. Every team member is appreciated and celebrated; a notion embodied in our Kudos Reward Scheme.
- The firm’s Partners, who remain actively invested in the development of employees, will both support and champion your professional development and progression.
- We work with ambitious businesses of different sizes across a variety of sectors, so no two jobs are the same.
- We are multi-award-winning accountants and business advisors, ranked the 12th biggest firm by UK fee income in the Accountancy Age Top 50+50.

**PKF International***:
As an active member of PKF International, we are part of a large global network of legally independent accounting firms.

Located in the 5 fastest growing global markets, we have ground presence in 150 countries and span across many jurisdictions.

An ambitious, future-focused network, PKF provides a comprehensive range of services. Operating in unison with member firms across the world, we are able to share our ideas, expertise, and specialist resources to better serve our clients, delivering highly-personalised services and global connectivity through our client-centric culture.

**What's in it for you?**:
Our benefits package has been designed around our people and shaped by our values. As part of Team PKF Smith Cooper, here are some of the things you can expect:

- A working environment that empowers you to perform at your best, through our flexible working policy and dress for your diary scheme
- Time to do what matter

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