Trainee Accountant

Davies Group is a specialist professional services and technology firm working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses, with a global team of more than 7,000 professionals operating across the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada & Bermuda.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Davies Resourcing as a Trainee Accountant. Your training will help you gain practical work experience and core skills that will enable you to build a long-term career in Finance & Accountancy roles.

Davies Resourcing will support you through your training, with you being able to choose between membership and study with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) with access to training and resources, as well as dedicated study leave.

Working as a Trainee Accountant, you will be an integral member of our Finance team. We will support you in your accountancy course, at the end of which you will receive a formal Finance accreditation.

You will work closely with colleagues in the Finance team within Davies Resourcing and will gain insight and exposure across a variety of functional teams across the Group’s Consulting & Technology division. You will support Davies Resourcing with most day-to-day and project activity, as well as transactional accountancy and, as you develop, will work toward supporting in Month End reporting.
- Understand the full accounts payable process
- Understand the full accounts receivable process
- Understand and input into banking processes used to settle outstanding balances
- Understand and complete daily bank account reconciliation
- Support month end accounting and reporting processes
- Support in project focussed accounting deliverables
- Develop knowledge of external audit process and support interim and final audit testing
- Continuously look for opportunities to improve processes
- Investigate issues/queries

**Essential skills and experience**

To be considered for this role, you must have a genuine curiosity to evaluate whether developing your career in a Finance role could be right for you. We expect that you be thoughtful in your approach to your work and thrive on the idea of working in a fast-paced environment while successfully completing your studies.

**Here are some of the other key skills we will be looking for**:
Diligence: You will have a high level of attention to detail and take pride in making sure things are done well and on time, working well both as part of a team and individually. You will be able to manage conflicting priorities effectively and confidently communicate updates to colleagues and clients.

Curiosity: You will be eager to learn about technology and won’t be afraid to ask questions, grasping opportunities to learn from colleagues and developing your skills and understanding.

Communication skills: You will have good communication skills and enjoy meeting and working with new people.

Client service: You will have a genuine interest in delivering for our business with efficiency and professionalism.

IT literacy: You will need to be comfortable with common software (including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint), and have the desire to build your capability in these areas.

Character: You want to work in a supportive environment where integrity, collaboration and dependability is expected.

**Qualifications**

**Preferred**:
Degree level qualification at 2:2 or higher

**Required**:
B-Grade at A-Level in Maths (either predicted or confirmed);
2 other A-Levels at a grade of C or higher (either predicted or confirmed);
7+ GCSEs at a grade of 9-5, which should include English, Maths & a Science.

**Assessment Process**:
**Job details**:
Location: Brighton, with (company funded) travel into London and available flexible/ hybrid working models once an initial training period has been completed.

Work schedule: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time.

Davies Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, or domestic partner status.

**Additional pay**:
Bonus scheme based on completion of training milestones

**Benefits**:

- Contributory Company pension scheme
- 25 days paid annual leave
- Life Insurance
- Flexibility/ Hybrid working from home on completion of Training Milestones
- Premium Headspace membership - teaching mindfulness, meditation and wellbeing
- Development programmes & institute memberships
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay

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**Salary**: Up to £28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Life insurance
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Brighton, BN1 6HA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

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