Job description
Trainee Accountant – Croydon
Are you an ambitious individual looking to start your career in accountancy?
TC Group would love to hear from you. We have an excellent career development opportunity for a Trainee Accountant in our Croydon office.
Officially, one of the fastest growing Top 30 UK firms with offices across the UK, we are a highly innovative, leading edge firm of accountants and professional advisers. The most important component of a successful business is the people; without the intelligent, hard-working professionals at TC Group, we simply couldn’t function.
Joining us, you will benefit from having a supportive employer who promotes within and encourages employees to grow and develop within the company. We provide study support, excellent career development opportunities and exceptional flexible benefits including:
full training package and support for ACA / ACCA- competitive salary from £18,000 - £22,000 depending on experience
- full time with flexible working hours
- pension scheme
- life assurance
- 23 days annual leave (exc BH) – increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 28 days (once qualified)
- opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
- car parking
- health cash plan
- flexible benefits including workplace nursery scheme, technology scheme, gym benefit
- access to our corporate reward scheme
- employee Assistance Programme
- opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the Firm
- relaxed and friendly working environment
Key responsibilities of the Trainee Accountant will include:
assisting the team with accounts preparations- preparing management accounts
- preparing tax computations for internal tax department review
- VAT returns
- clearing tax and manager reviews
- assisting other trainees and accountants with queries
- drafting company projections
- liaising with clients on accounts and tax queries as required
- assisting with office administrative tasks
- pro-active dedication to professional growth through training and experience opportunities
- support the growth of the Croydon office
We are looking for dynamic individuals with a positive ‘can do’ attitude. We are considering candidates at different levels so you will have either GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grades A-C), A-Level in either Mathematics, Business or Economics, AAT or similar qualification or have a relevant degree at 2:1 or higher.
In addition, you will have an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate excel skills as a minimum, be highly personable with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and have your own car and full driving licence.