Trainee Accountant £30-£35k Sale (Office Based Monday - Friday) 23 days hol (BH) Fantastic Company, great opportunity! Our client based in Sale are looking for a Trainee Accountant to join their team in a fast paced accountancy firm. You would be joining a 50 strong workforce of a very well established business, that live and breath a very positive culture and have a thriving office environment. You will be working with a wide range of SME'sacross a variety of sectors. you will overseeing and assisting in the preparation of year end accounts and associated submissions for Manager review. This will include: * Accounts preparation and submission FRS105 and FRS102 (1A) * Tax computations (Personal and corporate) * Bookkeeping on a variety of software packages, predominantly Xero. * Managing a portfolio of clients * Holdings meetings with new and existing clients. * Plus other adhoc duties The Trainee Accountancy role also involves: * Co-ordinating with other departments of the firm, such as payroll and audit. * Proactively communicating and coordinating with the client * Planning your own workload, managing deadlines and effectively prioritising work * Ensuring that processes and services undertaken are conducted with a risk managed approach and to high standards * Ensuring integrity and completeness of supporting informationon the accounting records and on our internaldocument storage system, to provide a full audit trail and transparency. Required qualifications and experience of: * 4-5 years experience of working in practice (part-qualified or AAT) * Xero cloud software and related apps, accounts production software and tax software. * Microsoft Excel (including use of Pivot tables, Vlookups and SUMIFS) * Delivering a high level of customer service and building strong client relationships. * Mentoring and coaching junior colleagues. Key Skills: * Tech savvy and tech focussed * Self-starter with a positive, can do attitude * Excellent communication skills and high level of attention to detail * Customer focussed - understanding of customer needs and concerns * Able to develop relationships with other departments in the firm. * Risk based approach with clear waiting to areas of significant financial and operational risk. * Organised with good time management skills and ability to take responsibility for own actions * Willing to undertake the mundane as well as the exciting parts of the job