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Launch Your Career Accounts Assistant / Trainee Accountant Location: Edinburgh City Centre Are you a recent graduate or early-career professional looking to build a future in accountancy? Established in 1995, our client has spent the past 30 years building an enviable reputation for delivering excellent advice and first-class service to both business and personal clients. While proud of their heritage, they are a business that continues to evolve and grow. Today, they remain committed to innovation, professional development, and expanding the value they offer to their clients. Joining them means becoming part of a forward-thinking team where your skills will be valued and your career can flourish in a supportive and dynamic environment. The Role This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with academic grounding or some practical experience in accountancy to gain hands-on exposure across a wide range of accounting functions. You ll assist in preparing accounts, processing VAT returns, handling bookkeeping tasks, and supporting the wider team while receiving full study support. You will also have the opportunity to gain experience in payroll processing and tax compliance work, supporting their payroll and tax teams as needed. This is a great chance to broaden your skill set and develop expertise across key areas of accountancy practice. Salary & Benefits Salary: £25 - 35k depending on experience Benefits Include: Full study support package Mentoring from experienced professionals Loyalty scheme - bonus and extra week holiday after 5 years Pension scheme Group Life Cover 29 days holidays (incl. bank holidays) City centre office with great transport links Why Join Our Client? Friendly and welcoming environment with a loyal, supportive team. Long-established firm with a varied and interesting client base. Strong focus on training, development, and career progression. Great central location with hybrid and flexible working opportunities. Who They're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience: A recent graduate with a degree in Accountancy and Finance (or a related discipline) OR some previous experience within an accountancy practice. Eager to learn and grow within a professional environment. Attention to detail. Good organisational skills. A team player who thrives in a collaborative environment. Desirable Experience: Preparation of year-end accounts and Corporation Tax Returns. Bookkeeping, VAT return preparation, and payroll. Exposure to tax compliance tasks (personal tax and/or corporation tax returns). Familiarity with software such as Xero, IRIS, or Sage. Personal Qualities They Value: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Conscientious and reliable. Good communication and interpersonal skills. A sense of humour is always appreciated! Interviews Our client is conducting interviews on a rolling basis don t wait to apply! Ready to take the first step in your accountancy career? Join a firm that values loyalty, learning, and laughter as much as professionalism. Apply now and complete a short questionnaire. Good Luck!

Assistant Management Accountant Salford £30-35K DOE Hybrid Study Support available We are exclusively partnering with our Salford-based client to recruit two Assistant Management Accountants for their market-leading and long-established global business. These roles will report directly into divisional Management Accountants and will provide immediate exposure to all aspects of preparing the monthly Management Accounts. The roles will suit proactive, inquisitive individuals with the confidence to share observations, insights and ideas. You will be keen to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be comfortable having involvement with presenting to the board. There is potentially the opportunity to flex the hours to meet a candidate's personal circumstances e.g reduced hours 4 days per week Duties: Assisting the Management Accountants to prepare the monthly accounting pack with the opportunity to prepare all aspects and build the pack, ready for review. Balance sheet reconciliations Bank reconciliations and balancing the cashbook Accruals and prepayments Check, verify and analyse large data sets from multiple sites to facilitate the monthly sales invoicing process. Liaise with clients direct regarding sales invoice details and queries Liaise with AP team and contribute to coding and posting of overhead invoices including detailed carriage invoices Payment runs Reconcile and post client cost of sales invoices against system values COS Assist in reviewing profitability of client contracts and work with the Commercial team in order to identify potential missing revenue Improving current financial processes and procedures, and constantly seeking efficiencies Assist in ensuring smooth new finance system implementation Involvement with budget setting and forecasting /re-forecasting Ad-hoc commercial Analysis Skills and experience: Part-qualified AAT or CIMA/ACCA studier Knowledge of double-entry, exposure to transactional finance and some previous experience assisting with aspects of Management Accounts preparation An inquisitive, pro-active, problem-solving nature is critical for this role Strong systems skills and attention to detail A focused, diligent and methodical approach to managing workload Comfortable consulting with all levels of the business both inside and outside Finance, and also external stakeholders A desire to see and understand the bigger picture of the department and business beyond that is offered by this role Benefits: 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing after 2 years, on-site parking/ public transport close by, Hybrid working (2 days wfh), 9-5 with poss flex to hours, Healthcare plan , DIS Life Insurance. Friendly, relaxed culture with a focus on good work life balance.