Recently qualified accountant seeking a position to begin their career required for our established client.
The company
Our client is an independent firm of Chartered Accountants, Auditors & Business Adviser who aim to provide a complete range of services tailored to meet the needs of their wide ranging client base. Their approach is based on building partnerships with clients, which they combine with sound skills in accounting, taxation and business matters, resulting in a service that meets the requirements and exceeds the expectations of their clients.
The role

• Managing the need of clients
• Liaising externally and internally
• Handling all aspects of accounts
• Audit
• Reporting directly to partner level
• Responsible for mentoring and supervising others

The person
• Must be fully ACA or ACCA qualified
• Ideally some practise
• Some general practise experience
• Ideally audit experience art a supervisory level

Benefits to you
Lovely working environment
Small practise giving you the chance to learn and progress in all fields
Competitive salary up to £28k
Fantastic career opportunities

Immediate vacancy for experienced Assistant Accountant required for a fast expanding company based on the outskirts of Colchester.

The Company
Our client has an extremely strong HSE culture. The company, crew and technicians are respected and acknowledge for the way they work and report back to their clients.

The Role
• Project costing
• Preparing management accounts
• VAT
• PAYE
• Adding invoices onto the system
• Managing a busy work load and time efficiently
• Manage a small team

The person
• CIS an advantage but not essential.
• AAT qualified as well as proven experience or QBE
• Must be fully conversant with Sage 50 Accounts Professional.
• Strong reconciliation skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Benefits to you
• Negotiable salary
• 9am – 5pm (1/2 hour lunch)
• Free parking
• 28 days holiday

We are currently recruiting a high calibre Financial Controller to operate as part of the senior management team for our client based in Sudbury. The successful individual will ensure the effective provision of accurate, timely financial support to the business. 

The Company
Our client is an established family company who have been established since 1878 and are on of Europe’s leading importers and distributors of their products.

The role
● To control the operation of the general accounting function, the production of management and financial information and analysis and reporting on the commercial performance of the business
● Contribute to improving business performance in terms of profitability and cash generation through the continuous development of quality, meaningful and relevant (business) reporting
● Support the senior management on financial elements of strategic planning and decision-making support to ensure achievement of business objectives
● Take a leading role in the detailed preparation, analysis and provision of monthly financial results, annual budgets and periodic forecasts as appropriate
● Ensure compliance with internal controls and all regulatory requirements
●   Undertake ad hoc projects as and when required
●   Seek and implement continuous improvement in the business by
     proactively working with other internal departments on risk management
     and continual improvement issues
●    Satisfy all statutory and legislative financial obligations not limited
      to but including Payroll, VAT, Inland Revenue and Intrastat.
 
The person
● Preferably qualified ACA / ACCA/ CIMA with strong hands-on financial
   and management accounting experience
● Well developed commercial abilities and previous experience of setting
   up management information systems and processes.
● Previous exposure to SME companies is desirable
● An outgoing well rounded individual with excellent communication abilities
  and management skills
● A good understanding of Information Technology with a track record of
   using Accounting and Office applications.
●  Strong attention to detail and ability to see things through to completion
●   Experience of managing a small finance team and happy to work at
     both the Macro and Micro levels.

Benefits to you
• The opportunity to work for a well established ever growing leading company
• Competitive salary between £30-40k
• Free parking 
• Friendly working environment

Our client a business-led consultancy and software developer, serving the mid-market who operates out of seven offices in the UK and Ireland with its main two support centers being on the Essex /Suffolk border are seeking a First line support executive. Working from their beautiful offices you will become part of a dedicated team supporting customers with any issues regarding their software products. The company specialises in financial products and sell direct to the consumer. As first line support you will be there to offer technical support to these customers regarding any issues they may have. This could range from a simple support call that can be resolved in a 3 minute conversation or may be an issue that requires a more complex investigation. For this position you need to possess a high level IT literacy in particular SQL scripting and ideally experience of SQL views, triggers and stored procedures.
The company
With more than twenty years' experience of developing business software in the UK our client has won various industry awards both for their products and as a company.  The expertise they’ve gained gives them an unbeatable ability to accurately assess the client’s needs and deliver maximum impact with ease and confidence.
The Role

• Provide telephone and remote support for the company’s software products.
• Respond to enquiries from customers received by telephone, email and other media, and offering solutions in an efficient and pleasant way whilst maintaining high levels of professionalism and confidentiality. Sometimes more detailed investigations will require you to work with other members of the team to identify and resolve problems.
• You will be part of a highly skilled team of support professionals that have a focused approach to delivering exceptional customer service.
• Handle every support situation in the same way that you would expect if it were you calling in for assistance, plus a little more.
• Be part of a larger group of support staff who cover the wider range of business applications supplied by the company.

The Person
• Knowledge of relational databases & ODBC linking desired
• Experience with SQL scripting essential, knowledge of views and triggers desired 
• Accomplished user of Microsoft Office
• Very IT literate
• Understanding of day to day business processes
• Basic understanding of accountancy or bookkeeping desired
• Effective communication via telephone, email and letter
• Effective customer service skills
• The ability to plan and self-organise
• The ability to share knowledge with team members to improve overall effectiveness

What’s in it for you:

• Beautiful working environment
• Fantastic career opportunities
• Free parking
• 22 days holiday per annum with incremental entitlement to 27 days within 5 years
• Healthcare scheme
• Matched contribution pension scheme
• Life cover
• Performance related bonus