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Darlington Bryony Gibson Darlington Bryony Gibson

Accounts Assistant Manager 

Darlington | £40-45,000 | Full-time | Permanent

A professional services firm in the heart of Darlington are looking to recruit an Accounts Manager following the retirement of one of their current Managers. Joining a very strong accounts team you will find a supportive and collaborative team led environment, perfectly suited to either a new Manager, Assistant Manager or a more experienced Accountant ready for a new challenge. 

£40-45,000 | Full-time | Permanent
darlington | BGC2372AC

The Firm:

A professional services firm in the heart of Darlington are looking to recruit an Accounts Manager following the retirement of one of their current Managers. Joining a very strong accounts team you will find a supportive and collaborative team led environment, perfectly suited to either a new Manager, Assistant Manager or a more experienced Accountant ready for a new challenge.

The Role:

Working alongside a team of Managers you will be jointly responsible for leading a strong accounts team in the delivery of client services.

Whilst being hands on with the completion of statutory accounts and review work for the team you will also be responsible for leading the delivery on all sole trader and partnership clients, ensuring that client queries are handled efficiently and accounts are with Partners for final review meetings on time with minimal changes required.

You will be expected to manage workflow, assist with planning work, coordinate with other departments including tax, and support more junior members in the team with their work and learning.

You will get to work with a broad range of sectors including professional services, manufacturing, retail, farming and charities.

For those seeking career progression this role is open to experienced Accounts Seniors who are ready to take their first step into management and can provide future career development. Similarly the more experienced Manager who enjoys operating at this level can contniue to do so without any pressure to step up a level.

Experience Required:

  • ACA/ACCA or qualified by experience

  • Minimum of three to four years experience working in an accountancy firm

  • Good technical knowledge in financial and statutory accounting standards

  • Strong attention to detail and analysis skills

  • Confident user of accounting software such as Iris, CCH, Quickbooks, Sage, Xero or similar

  • Organised and able to work with ease to deadlines managing multiple assignments at one time.

  • Exposure to supervisory or management experience

  • A genuine interest in wanting to work with clients and help them with their business accounts

  • Right to work in the UK

Benefits:

A competitive salary, flexible working, team social events, work life balance, pension additional holidays and much more.

 

If you can’t quite see what you are looking for, please get in touch so we can understand more about the best way to help you.

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Darlington Bryony Gibson Darlington Bryony Gibson

Accounts / Audit Assistant 

Darlington | £28-38,000 | Full-time | Permanent

A professional services firm based in the centre of Darlington are looking to welcome an Accounts Assistant or Accounts & Audit Assistant. As work continues to grow on the basis of their strong local reputation they are creating new opportunities.

£28-38,000 | Full-time | Permanent
darlington | BGC2371aC

The Firm:

A professional services firm based in the centre of Darlington are looking to welcome an Accounts Assistant or Accounts & Audit Assistant. As work continues to grow on the basis of their strong local reputation they are creating new opportunities.

The firm offer flexibility in the work day for their staff to start and finish around core hours but they are 90% of the time office based which creates an enjoyable sociable atmosphere as well as opportunity to learn from your peers.

The Role:

  • A varied role working with SME clients maintaining accurate financial records by reconciling client bank statements, invoices and other financial data.

  • Assisting with preparing financial statements, reports, and other financial documents. 

  • Gathering information, providing documentation and assisting with audit procedures including testing on client site. 

  • Providing advice to clients, dealing with their queries.

Experience Required:

  • Part or fully qualified ACCA/ACA or equivalent

  • Practical experience in accounting and or external audit gained from a UK accounting firm

  • Strong analytical and numerical skills

  • Communication skills- both verbal and written

  • Working knowledge of Xero, Iris, or similar accounting software

Benefits:

  • A competitive salary alongside full study support towards your professional exams.

  • Readily available opportunities for progression to Senior, Manager and beyond.

  • Flexible & compressed working hours available.

 

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Darlington Sara Mitchell Darlington Sara Mitchell

Tax Senior - Corporate or Mixed 

Darlington | £35-40,000 | Full-time | Permanent

A Darlington based accountancy firm with a strong network of local clients built on developing long-lasting client relationships are looking to appoint a Tax Senior to their firm to support on both compliance and advisory. 

£35-40,000 | Full-time | Permanent
darlington | BGC2370Tx

The Firm:

A Darlington based accountancy firm with a strong network of local clients built on developing long-lasting client relationships are looking to appoint a Tax Senior to their firm to support on both compliance and advisory. A modern firm, yet one with a long history makes this a great move for those who like to work with well established procedures in place and strong values at the heart of everything they do.

The Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for their own mixed portfolio of Personal & Corporate clients, whilst also providing ad-hoc support to the Partners on interesting advisory based projects.

The role can be accommodating for those with pure corporate experience and can also evolve into a mixed role for those keen to widen their tax experience.

The role will primarily consist of providing tax compliance services to an interesting mix of clients and gaining greater exposure to advisory and consultancy work.

It will also see you involved with R&D report submission, tax enquiries, group restructures, and personal tax matters such as IHT.

Experience Required:

  • The ideal candiadate will be ATT qualified and/or CTA part or fully qualified.

  • Minimum of 12 months relevant UK corporate tax compliance experience. This can have been gained in a mixed accounting role where you now wish to focus on pure tax.

  • Personal tax compliance experience is desirable, not essential.

  • An interest in gaining more advisory and planning experience.

  • Excellent communication skills – both written and oral with an interest to develop key client relationships.

  • Right to work in the UK.

  • Organised and able to manage multiple deadlines.

  • Practical experience working with tax software.

Benefits:

  • A competitive salary and great opportunity to develop a mixed background of knowledge in tax.

  • Great chance for the ambitious type to

  • Study support for those working towards ATT or CTA.

  • Flexible start and finish times with some hybrid working available.

  • Various work based social events organised, creating an enjoyable place to work.

 

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Darlington Bryony Gibson Darlington Bryony Gibson

Personal Tax Assistant / Manager 

Darlington | £Competitive | Full or Part-time | Permanent

An Independent firm in Darlington are seeking to appoint an Assistant Tax Manager or Tax Manager into their personal tax service line.  Joining a successful and growing firm this is an exciting time to be part of the team.

£competitive | Full or part-time | Permanent
darlington | BGC2367tx

The Firm:

An Independent firm in Darlington are seeking to appoint an Assistant Tax Manager or Tax Manager into their personal tax service line.  Joining a successful and growing firm this is an exciting time to be part of the team.

The Role:

Undertaking a managerial role in the personal tax team you will be responsible for ensuring timely delivery of tax compliance and advisory services for a portfolio of HNWI and Directors across the north east of England.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Review and preparation of income tax and partnership tax returns

  • Review of Tax Assistants work

  • Tax planning and research to support the senior management team drafting tax reports

  • Involvement in remuneration planning and capital gains tax, liaison with clients.

  • Office and client based role with meetings external

Experience Required:

The position at Assistant or Manager requires a qualified tax practitioner or accountant (CTA/ACA/ACCA/CA) with relevant tax experience gained working in a UK practice adhering to UK laws. You will be a confident tax preparer and able to liaise with clients well using all forms of technology as well as in person.

Advisory experience in IHT and trusts is desirable but a degree of training can be given so is not essential. It is important you can develop rapport quickly working with such a wide range of clients whilst also assisting leading the tax team.

Benefits:

The firm offer a comprehensive list of benefits that include additional holiday purchase scheme, enhanced health scheme, well-being support, flexible and agile working.

 

If you can’t quite see what you are looking for, please get in touch so we can understand more about the best way to help you.

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