Graduate Trainee Accountant

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**Graduate Trainee Accountant - Christchurch**

**Salary **- competitive depending on experience

**Hours** - Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week

**Holiday - **23 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing by one day per each year of service (up to 28 days once qualified)

**About the Graduate Trainee Accountant role**

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 Graduate Trainee Accountant to join our Christchurch office.

Officially, one of the fastest growing Top 25 UK firms with offices across the UK, we are a highly innovative, leading edge firm of accountants and professional advisers. 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.

Joining us, you will benefit from having a supportive employer who promotes within and encourages employees to grow and develop within the company. We provide study support, excellent career development opportunities and exceptional flexible benefits including:
**Package**

A generous remuneration package includes:

- competitive market rate salary
- study support package 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

You’ll be fully supported to study towards a formal ICAEW 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.

**Graduate trainee accountant key responsibilities**:
The audit team audits accounts for a variety of companies, charities, solicitors and other entities. You will learn the principles of audit and work as part of a wider team, ensuring appropriate and sufficient documentation is obtained to support the audit opinion.

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

Key responsibilities of the role will also include working with the audit team to audit accounts, undertaking high-quality accounts preparation services for a range of business clients, including sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies. Assisting with bookkeeping and VAT returns.

**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.