Part-Qualified Accountant
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6JY |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4716326_1755181884 |
Summary
Part-Qualified Assistant or recently qualified Assistant Manager job with a professional services firm based in modern, purpose-built offices near Bury St. Edmunds. This full-time role can be combined with an element of home-working under the firm's agile working policy, subject to the level of prior experience.
About the team
The Business Services team supports small and medium-sized businesses in a variety of sectors and business structures, including limited companies, partnerships, sole traders, not-for-profit organisations/charities, and professional firms.
The team provides a mix of services which cover bookkeeping, management accounts, year-end accounts preparation, personal & corporate tax, and other accounting matters.This means the role can offer you exposure to a broad portfolio of work.
About the role
This role provides great opportunities for personal and career development, growth and progression. The role will predominantly involve preparing financial accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies, along with corporation and personal tax compliance. You will liaise directly with clients to clear queries as well as meetings to discuss the financial statements, provide additional advice and guidance as they may require, and generally building relationships as a trusted professional advisor. At Assistant Manager grade you will also assist with the development of trainees, including reviewing their work and providing feedback.
Essential skills and experience:
- A minimum of 2 years of previous (recent) experience within a UK accountancy practice environment, in a role involving frontline contact with clients is essential.
- Assistant grade: You should be a minimum of AAT4 qualified and looking to study the ICAEW/ACCA qualification. Alternatively, you will already be in progress with ICAEW/ACCA study and/or due to qualify in the near future.
- Assistant Manager grade: you will be recently ICAEW/ACCA qualified and looking to develop your long-term career in a practice environment.
- A high level of IT proficiency and the ability to use various packages, in particular MS Office (Word, Excel), Xero, Quickbooks and Sage. Prior experience of CCH software would be useful.
- Previous involvement in accounts preparation work (including management accounts), tax returns for both unincorporated and corporate clients, understanding and experience of personal and corporate tax, preparing VAT returns and bookkeeping work.
- Excellent communication skills: confident and articulate in dealing with a wide range of clients.
- Tenacious, thorough and self-motivated attitude with an expert eye for detail, good organisational skills and the ability to identify and deal with potential issues.
- Competent in dealing with sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality.
- A proven track record of working to deadlines and effectively handling multiple priorities, with a positive attitude to problem-solving and working in a small team.
- Must have UK driving licence and own transport to facilitate visits to client sites.
Salary and benefits You will be offered an attractive salary and many benefits including;
- Free parking
- Flexible working
- Enhanced paternity/maternity
- Holiday purchase
- Health cash plan
- Sick pay
- Pension
- And many more
Interested? Please apply on line or contact Cara Whyte at Hays
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