Job Description
Accounts - AAT Trainee – September 2023 Intake
Location: Manchester Office
About UHY Hacker Young
At UHY Hacker Young, we pride ourselves on being people focused, and we understand the importance of attracting – and keeping – the highest calibre of staff. From our Manchester office, our team of over 130 partners and staff deliver a first-class service to a diverse range of clients, locally, nationally and internationally. We are an ambitious and growing team, working across our audit and accounts, tax, corporate finance, bookkeeping, VAT and admin departments. UHY Manchester has Xero Platinum Status and are QuickBooks Online Elite partners which will give you extensive exposure to cloud accounting.
The Role
We are looking for non-graduates (or current AAT students with a couple of years’ experience in an accountancy setting) to join our training program which equips you to provide a range of accounts and business services to a diverse client base ranging from small businesses to substantial groups.
On-the-job training and studying towards your professional qualification will enable you to gain a full understanding of the technical aspects of accountancy and additional financial advisory services. During your contract, you will study towards the AAT qualification. You will be enrolled onto classroom tuition at our nominated training centre to complete the AAT qualification under the joint apprenticeship programme.
You will:
- Develop an understanding of our clients and their businesses
- Complete various tasks including book keeping, VAT returns, management accounts and other ad hoc assignments
- Complete year end accounts preparation assignments for review by a more senior member of the team
- Become familiar with our accounting software, corporation taxation software and accounts file software, as well as online cloud accounting software including Xero and QuickBooks.
From day 1 you will engage with our clients both from our offices but also visiting clients at their premises and you will be expected to:
- Work as part of a team to undertake a variety of accountancy tasks
- Discuss queries with client staff, obtaining relevant information and explanations
- Resolve queries
- Obtain an understanding of related services such as Corporate and Personal Tax through on-the-job and structured training
- Attend a range of internal training sessions including industry specific and soft skills training
- Communicate in a professional manner with clients
- Work as part of a team - this is essential to your role at every level and will also require self-management as your role develops
- Understand from your manager the scope of tasks allocated and objectives to be achieved
- Keep managers fully informed of any issues and problems
- Ensure work is completed to a level agreed with the manager and recorded clearly and concisely
- Prioritise tasks whilst monitoring time against budget
- Support department events and procedures and build relationships within UHY
To be successful in this role you must:
- Be proactive and committed to delivering first class professional client service
- Enjoy working effectively as part of a team
- Be dedicated and motivated to studying towards the AAT qualification
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- Have a high level of general commercial awareness
Preferred academic requirements:
- GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at a minimum of grade 5
- We do understand the challenge of achieving consistently high academic results so we are open to meeting applicants who believe they have what it takes to be successful at our firm despite having grades outside these requirements
Remuneration and Benefits:
- Standard hours 9:00am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday (37.5hrs/wk)
- Flexible working policy when working in the office
- 24 days’ holiday plus standard bank and public holidays
- Income protection scheme
- Payment of one professional subscription per year
- The option to purchase extra days leave via salary sacrifice
- The option to contribute into a pension scheme via salary sacrifice
- Commission for introducing new clients/work
- Commission for introducing new staff
- Life assurance (4 x salary)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Funded social events
- Discounted gym membership
- Member of AXA Employee Assistance Programme (health, financial, legal, consumer rights helpline)
- Monthly breakfast
If you are interested in this role, please visit our website and submit your application form as soon as possible.
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: AAT Trainee
Expected start date: 04/09/2023