Graduate Accounts Trainee (ACA) - Peterborough - September 2025
Right now, we’re looking for graduates to join as an Accounts trainee studying the ACA qualification.
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Qualifying is not just about passing your exams; gaining valuable work experience is important.
You will work in a friendly and progressive environment in a client-facing, fast-paced role that includes advisory elements and often deals with high-profile clients.
The work is varied and includes typical year-end compliance, ad-hoc advisory, and project work. The client base is a mix of sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, limited liability partnerships, trusts, and smaller private charities.
The role includes (but is not limited to) the following, within agreed deadlines:
* Preparing management accounts, including reconciling all key account balances and tailoring the presentation specific to each client.
* Assisting and advising clients on issues in their accounting systems, including software migration.
* Agreeing and executing payment runs on clients’ behalf using various online banking platforms.
* Preparing VAT and Intrastat returns.
* Preparation of year-end financial statements.
* Carrying out and reviewing ad hoc tasks such as cash flows, budgets, and information for third parties.
* Maintaining relationships with clients and taking ownership of projects and tasks as appropriate.
* Processing work on Xero and other accounting software.
You will also receive excellent training and support for your studies. We use first-class tuition centres and organise our own off-site trainee programmes. You will get to meet and socialise with trainees across all offices.
What you'll need:
* 2:1 (expected or obtained) in any discipline.
* A minimum of 120 UCAS points in your A Levels (or equivalent).
* A minimum of 6 (or B) in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent).
About the qualification:
We offer a three-year ACA training contract, with a view to becoming a qualified accountant.
What we’ll offer you:
We provide a mixture of core and flexible benefits, all designed to save you money and make your life easier.
Core benefits:
* Annual leave allowance, which increases in line with length of service.
* A 35-hour working week with flexibility around our core hours of 10am-4pm.
* A contributory pension plan (we will contribute 5% of salary on a matched basis from the date you join).
* Life assurance cover based on 4 x annual salary.
* Working from home allowance of £25 a month.
* Profit-Sharing Plan, enabling you to share in the firm’s profits (usually c.£1,000).
* Paid overtime or time off in lieu.
* Agile working policy gives you the option to work from home for up to three days per week.
* Access to health assessments and GP support, cancer screenings, and our BUPA health cash plan.
* Critical illness cover, dental, and travel insurance.
* Techscheme, Cyclescheme, and Gymflex scheme.
* Workplace ISA.
* Paid travel expenses when working at offices other than your contracted office.
* Generous referral bonuses if you help bring in new clients or colleagues.
We are committed to being a fully inclusive employer and have a focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I).
Who we are:
Saffery is a partner-led and people-focused firm of chartered accountants, tax, and business advisers. Since 1855, we’ve built long-term relationships with our diverse, high-profile clients across varied and specialised sectors. We pride ourselves on our informal and inclusive culture, building an environment where people can be themselves and enjoy challenging, interesting, rewarding careers.
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