Overview
Make your career count
At Price Bailey, we provide exciting opportunities for training, personal growth and career engagement. We believe in fostering happiness and fulfilment in your work, whilst supporting and inspiring you to grow. We understand that your life extends beyond the workplace, which is why our Smart Working culture promotes flexibility, allowing you to choose when and where you work, whilst still providing excellent client care.
We are a well-established, independently owned firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, offering a comprehensive range of services including audit, accounting, tax, and corporate finance. We proudly support a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a strong focus on entrepreneurial, owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.
What do the team do?
Our Outsourcing department is rapidly evolving and has quadrupled in size over the past three years to meet the needs of its ever growing portfolio of clients. They typically work with moderately sized firms from a plethora of sectors that require our external expertise to help support them with operating their finance functions.
This can be on specific elements, such as data-entry and maintaining their books and records, support with VAT compliance, through to providing them with insightful management accounts. We can also offer a fully outsourced finance solution, which encompasses all aspects of an internal finance function.
We have a relationship centric approach and are trusted advisors to clients of all shapes and sizes, but they are typically owner managed businesses, giving you the opportunity to deal directly with the decision makers and to truly help shape the direction of their firm.
What will I be doing?
As an Outsourcing Assistant you will have ownership of the following tasks:
* Showing a good level of competence in maintaining the books and records of clients.
* Demonstrating thoroughness in carrying out analytical review of financial information and start preparing assignments to a trial balance position, needing minimal adjustments following review.
* Consistently show a good level of knowledge and progression in preparing basic VAT returns.
* Helping to train and brief junior trainees with basic job instructions, including delegating small tasks.
* Dealing with a varied workload: prove flexibility in skill range.
* Keeping senior members of the team informed of assignment progress and/or problems.
What experience do I need?
Whilst having the following experience is advantageous, we value passion and potential. If you meet the minimum criteria listed below and are eager to develop yourself, we would love to hear from you:
* Achieved AAT Level 3, studying AAT Level 4 or be qualified by experience (minimum criteria).
* Experience of bookkeeping and preparing VAT returns (minimum criteria).
* Confident, articulate and an effective communicator at all levels.
* Well-presented and professional.
* Team player with a flexible and proactive approach.
* Excellent IT skills, knowledge of cloud based accountancy software a significant advantage.
Whatsp on offer?
In addition to your salary, we also offer the following benefits:
* 23 days annual leave (with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday)
* Contributory pension scheme
* 4x life assurance
* All employee share scheme
* Family friendly policies e.g. paid time off for dependants
* 2 days paid for volunteering
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts
Price Bailey aspires to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their social background, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We are an equal opportunities employer and place inclusion at the heart of what we do. Our workplace is one where diversity is embraced and where everyone is empowered to be their authentic selves. Should you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in the appropriate section of your application. For candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria of the role, we also offer a guaranteed interview, which you can opt into as part of your application.
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