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Accounts Trainee 2025 (ACA training contract)

Employer
JS2 Limited
Location
Woking
Salary
£28,500 plus study support
Closing date
5 Mar 2025
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Job Details

Are you a bright, articulate and motivated individual with the desire and ability to learn quickly and looking for a career in a fast-paced rewarding environment?

This is an ideal opportunity for someone to start their professional career. You will be a recent graduate with strong academics looking for a role where you can develop your skills and study towards a professional qualification.

JS2 is a unique and innovative firm of Chartered Accountants working almost exclusively with the social enterprise and not for profit sector, providing outsourced finance solutions. We act as Finance Directors for many clients and provide payroll and management / statutory accounting services.

The company has grown consistently on the back of its market reputation and now has a team of about 36 staff.

We are looking for Accounts Trainees to join our team in March 2025 and August 2025 (please state preference on application)

The Accounts Trainee will embark on a structured training programme combining study with working for Client Supervisors / Client Managers in our busy accounts team. Graduates will join the 3.5 year apprenticeship track to ACA qualification.

Duties of the Trainee role are as follows:

Technical – on-the-job training and studying towards your professional qualification will enable you to gain a full understanding of the technical aspects of audit and accountancy

Develop an understanding of our clients

Assist the Client Managers in preparation of management and statutory accounts and audit files

Highlight issues and problems for the attention of Client Managers

Become familiar with our accounting and payroll software

Client liaison –

Obtain information and resolve queries with client staff, building relationships with key contacts

Professional communication and (self) management – your ability to work as part of a team is essential to your role at every level

Work as part of a team to undertake a variety of accountancy tasks for our diverse client base

Understand from your Client Manager the scope of tasks allocated and objectives to be achieved

Keep Client Managers fully informed of any issues and problems, ensure work is completed on time and to a level agreed with the manager and record clearly and concisely work done

Accounts Trainee Person Specification:

  • Minimum of an upper second class degree Degree (any discipline)
  • Minimum 3 A levels (A-C grade)  with a minimum of 120 UCAS points (General studies excluded)
  • GCSE Maths and English Grade 6 or above (or B on previous grading system )
  • Good Excel skills
  • Positive, can-do attitude
  • Flexible approach
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to multi-task and work with different members of the team
  • Enthusiastic and willing to learn

Applicants must be local to Woking, Surrey or demonstrate both a knowledge of the local area and plan to relocate in their cover email.

What we can offer you:

·Paid study package for ACA using the government apprenticeship scheme

·3.5 year contract

·A small friendly team environment

·The opportunity to work with a broad range of clients across the charity and not for profit sector

·Potential for career progression within our growing firm

·Working closely with other staff to gain cross discipline skills and to play a role in the continued development and success of the firm

We are looking forward to meeting you if you can demonstrate the skills and abilities necessary for this position. Please get in touch today if you fit the profile above!

Company

JS2 is a unique and innovative firm of Chartered Accountants working almost exclusively with the social enterprise and not for profit sector, providing finance support and outsourced finance solutions. We act as Finance Directors for many clients and provide payroll, finance support, and management / statutory accounting services. The company has grown consistently on the back of its market reputation. The firm was founded in 1997 to provide quality director-led accounting services to the not for profit sector. Our staff are largely based in our Woking office, meaning our overheads are lower than practices offering similar services based in London. This enables us to pass savings onto our clients by way of more competitive fees. However, our office is 30 minutes by train from Central London and based close to the M25 and Heathrow, allowing us to readily visit clients’ premises throughout Central London and the rest of the UK. We have a team of 30 staff who are dedicated to providing services to our charity and not for profit clients. Our size allows us to present a flexible and personal service, and enables our directors and managers to provide a significant amount of face time. In order to allow us to work closely alongside senior management and the Board as part of their team, we have elected not to provide audit services to avoid potential conflicts of interest. This allows the auditors to carry out a truly independent review at the best possible price and with the minimum amount of disruption to our clients. We believe this enables us to provide a better service and also allows the Trustees to demonstrate best practice in governance. Overall our structure and location ensures that our clients receive a high quality service at a sensible cost. We are able to present a personal service that our clients value, which has been the foundation to JS2’s success and development.

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