QBE Practice Accountant in Warrington

If you've built up solid general practice experience and enjoy seeing client work through from start to finish, this could be a great next move. A well-established, family-run firm of chartered accountants in Warrington is looking for an experienced QBE Practice Accountant to join its close-knit accounts team, offering genuine ownership of your work rather than just one part of the process. It's a role built for someone who wants genuinely interesting technical work and a settled, long-term home.

This Role Is Ideal For a Practice Accountant Who:

• Has several years' general practice experience (QBE, or has stopped studying after AAT) and is confident taking a set of accounts from source records through to completion.
• Wants to work directly with clients and apply real technical judgement, rather than just processing what the software produces.
• Is looking for a stable, local role with a firm they can settle into for the long-term.

About the Firm

This is a well-established, family-run firm of chartered accountants in Warrington, with a loyal client base built on long-standing relationships, including a number of high-net-worth UK and offshore clients. It's a genuinely small team, a handful of director-accountants alongside a close-knit accounts and tax function, with an open-door culture where everyone pitches in, and staff who've stayed for decades rather than years. The role has opened up because the directors have been absorbing extra work as long-serving colleagues have moved on or retired, and they've now reached the point where they need a capable pair of hands to take some of that on. It suits someone who wants to do accountancy properly — understanding the numbers, not just running them through software — at a firm that values consistency and offers a supportive, professional and friendly working environment.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Preparation & Compliance: Prepare financial statements for limited companies (FRS102 1A/FRS105), sole traders and partnerships, from source records through to completion. Complete quarterly loan interest calculations, and prepare and submit VAT returns. Handle Companies House filings and related statutory work. Trust accounts exposure is a bonus, not a requirement — full training given.
• Client Relationships: Respond directly to client queries and build long-term relationships with a loyal, largely HNW client base. Attend client meetings (occasionally taking minutes) and travel to clients across the North West, North Wales, Shropshire and Derbyshire.
• Supporting the Team: Assist the directors with ad hoc work, such as preparing documentation for client finance applications. Prepare cashflows and budgets, and contribute to the firm's AML checks on new and existing clients.

Requirements

• Several years' hands-on general practice experience, ideally gained in a small or independent firm.
• Comfortable preparing accounts from start to finish, not just reviewing software-generated output.
• Working knowledge of VAT returns and general compliance; Xero and Taxcalc experience useful but not essential — training provided.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car, for travel to client sites.
• Confident working directly with clients, including face-to-face meetings.
• Looking for a stable, long-term role rather than a fast-track career move.

Benefits

• Salary: £35,000 – £40,000, depending on experience.
• Benefits: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, workplace pension, free on-site parking, and flexibility considered for the right person (one day a week from home, or school-hours working).
• Progression: This is a settled, long-term role in a small team — ideal for someone who wants stability and genuinely interesting technical work.