Assistant Accountant
Location
Leyland
Salary
£40000 - £55000
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
JO 31/03/26_1774944569
Assistant Accountant
Salary Range – £30,000 – £35,000
Qualified – £35,000 – £40,000
Location – Leyland Area
Permanent Position
Job Overview
Assistant Accountant opportunity with a minimum of three years’ experience in accountancy practice.
Key Experience:
- Bookkeeping and VAT returns using accounting software (we use Xero, but experience with other software is fine).
- Accounts preparation up to review stage (our Lead Advisors review all work completed by assistants).
- Personal tax returns, primarily for directors and shareholders, though this isn’t essential, as we can provide training.
- Iris Accountancy Suite for accounts and tax, and our workbook is managed in Excel.
- A young and dynamic team of 11, creating a great office environment.
Working Arrangements:
- Hybrid working: In-office 5 days out of 10, with a structured calendar to ensure at least three team members are in daily.
- Mondays in-office: Required for workflow meetings with Lead Advisors.
- First Thursday of the month: Required for team meetings.
Hours & Benefits:
- Monday to Thursday: Flexible start between 8am – 10am, finish between 4pm – 6pm.
- Friday: 9am – 2pm (half-day!).
- Lunch break: 30 minutes.
- Free parking at the office and nearby.
- Free tea & coffee provided.
- Dress code: Smart/casual (smart attire required when meeting clients).
- Tax Free Life insurance: Provided through the wellbeing app Yulife, access to a fun app where employees earn coins to spend on Amazon vouchers, donate to charity, and more.
- 24 days holiday, plus bank holidays, including 4 over Christmas as a minimum. There is no fighting for holiday at Christmas and New Year, as the office is closed.
- Working opposite a beautiful park with café.
- We’ll contribute to your pension scheme.
- Team events. Some previous events have been bowling, crazy golf, lazy lunch, and curling.
- Training and support (technical and personal development)
- Full transparency in how the firm is performing, and how you contribute to that.
- Games room (including darts, pool, xbox) and bar in the office.
- Bottomless tea, coffee and soft drinks
- Lots of onsite parking
- Personal development training (we’re not just about the technical CPE)
- Payment of professional subscriptions
Your Accountancy and Finance point of contact is:
Senior Consultant - Accountancy & Finance
Email
jake@platinumrecruits.co.uk
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