Trainee Accountant

**Trainee accountant**

We are a long-established firm of accountants located in Oxfordshire offering business advice and support to clients in a wide range of sectors.

We have an exciting new position for a trainee accountant to join our friendly and professional team. We offer an excellent study package and full support towards achieving an ACCA qualification. This is a great opportunity to join one of Oxfordshire’s leading accountancy practices.

This is a varied role and will offer exposure to all areas of accountancy and tax, which is essential for career development and to excel in your studies.

**What we offer**
- Full support and funding to study towards an ACCA qualification, including study leave
- Benefits package including pension and medical insurance.
- Option to request to work from home up to 2 days per week
- Regular team social events
- Your own mentor to help you settle into the role
- Great working environment
- Free onsite parking
- Full support from the team to provide guidance and assist with your development
- Incentive schemes for referral of new business
- Discretionary profit linked bonus
- Exposure to all areas of accountancy and tax

**Responsibilities**

As this role is for a trainee position, full training and support will be given to enable you to develop for a long-term career within accountancy. The following work will be included in the role:

- Producing full sets of accounts for limited companies and sole traders.
- Preparing working papers and reconciliations for the accounts file
- Preparing corporation tax computations
- Preparing personal tax computations
- Using client software for bookkeeping and reporting
- Preparation of VAT returns
- Payroll
- Preparation of management accounts
- Liaising with and building good working relationships with clients

**Requirements**:

- Relevant work experience would be great but not essential as full training will be given
- Must be seeking a career in accountancy
- Numerically minded and good with numbers
- Positive and confident individual
- Works well as part of a team
- Hard working and committed to supporting the firm and our clients
- Organisational and time management skills
- Highly motivated individual

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £19,000.00-£22,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person