Your new firm This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a well renowned, top 20 firm based in greater Manchester with offices covering the whole of the UK. Due to their years of experience and range of partners, they specialise in services including accounts, audit, corporate finance, tax and more. This is the perfect opportunity to develop your current accounts knowledge and develop within a firm offering great training and development, working with a mixed bag of clients, from start-ups to OMBs to SMEs with turnovers in excess of £25 million. This accounts assistant job has arisen due to continuous internal growth within the firm. Your new role Your duties in this role will see you get involved in all aspects of accounts work, working within a team of accounts professionals to help you in your role and for you to learn from. Your day-to-day roles will include preparing both statutory and management accounts, completing corporation tax returns, VAT returns, and producing partnership and sole trader accounts, along with bookkeeping duties. You will be reporting into the seniors and managers daily, completing work for their review and making amendments from this. What you'll need to succeed In order to succeed in this job, you will need previous practice experience, a minimum of a year's experience in practice; you will need to be part qualified in your ACCA or ACA qualification. Experience in accounting software is required, Xero and IRIS are needed, any other software's will be considered. Other personal attributes will be required, this consists of being confident and having good interpersonal skills to maintain client relationships. Good communication skills and being naturally inquisitive is also required. What you'll get in return In return, you will be offered a competitive salary ranging between £24,000 to £28,000, partnered with study support package for your professional qualifications, including in person tuition, exam materials and more. Also, the opportunity to be a part of a thriving, vibrant and growing team is offered where you can personally and professionally develop is given to you in a leading firm. Other benefits will be offered upon employment, such as flexible and hybrid working. What you need to do now If you're interested in this accounts assistant job, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. However, if this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays