Accounts Senior / Assistant Manager Nottingham Accounts

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses. We have an exciting opportunity for an Accountant to join our team in Nottingham. We welcome applications from Senior up to Manager level, previous practice experience is essential as is finding the right fit to complement our existing team. We are looking for ambitious, results orientated individuals who strive to meet the highest standards in their work and provide a first-class service to our clients. You will be technically competent, a team orientated people person and have a desire to develop the knowledge of yourself and others.

Responsibilities – will vary depending on the level of hire:

• Controlling on an annual basis the professional work required on a range of accounts jobs ensuring that all internal, client and legislative deadlines are met.
• Ensuring the firm’s standard processes are used in the production of accounts work in all aspects.
• Ensuring technical standards are maintained at all times & technically proficient to answer questions from the team.
• Management of jobs within your portfolio & the staff working on those jobs.
• You will plan and review work to be undertaken on client matters by staff members and you will be responsible for each job's review and progress through the practice.
• Ensuring that the work planner is used and that jobs are recorded and staffed using it.
• Ensure that client handling partners are kept fully informed on the monthly progress of the work areas you are responsible for.
• Reviewing the work of others, having a detailed understanding of risks and issues, ensuring complete information is obtained to make effective decisions.
• Provide practical advice and solutions to clients and colleagues in a timely manner.
• Smooth relationships when difficult circumstances prevail.
• Develop a culture of trust with both the team and clients.
• Mentor, counsel, coach & support those of less experience, building morale & personal confidence & generally encouraging others to give their best performance.

About you – We are looking for the following skills and experience:

• Ideally ACA / ACCA qualified.
• Relevant experience of working in an accountancy practice.
• Good accounting, VAT & tax knowledge, in particular corporation tax.
• Experience with Iris & MWP beneficial.
• Proactive and energetic in every task undertaken.
• Seek direction from others when appropriate, achieve objectives, drive feedback, cope well with pressure and show genuine interest.
• Strong desire to exceed expectations and drive own career.
• Confident when dealing with negative situations and difficult conversations.
• Adopts calm and assured approach, makes time for people, shares knowledge.
• Ability to juggle a number of jobs, demonstrating excellent time management skills to ensure all deadlines and expectations are met.
• Provides the best possible solution to problem solving and have the courage to make a difficult decision quickly.
• Creates a culture of continuous improvement, convinces others to have ideas, as well as encouraging and enthusing them to come up with imaginative solutions to difficult problems.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Show initiative, exercise judgement, takes ownership of tasks from start to finish.

Full benefits available:

• Group life assurance 4 x salary.
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays).
• Group income protection.
• Car parking.
• Regular functions and events.
• Access to our employee benefits portal – cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Referral Bonus – we’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team.
• Regular training and development - continuous development and support for your professional qualifications and for your personal goals and aspirations.

About us TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We’re an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing – we’re supporting more and more of the UK’s ambitious business owners, SMEs and large Corporations and it’s a real team effort. We’re helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses. We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.

Hours 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Standard benefits across all offices. Please refer to the advert for the full benefits available. Holiday entitlement, Pension scheme, Group life assurance, Access to our corporate reward scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the firm, Regular training and development.