Job Description

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Salary

- between 20,000 - 24,000

Hours

- Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working

Holiday

- 20 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)

About the Audit Trainee role

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.


Our Letchworth office is ideally looking for a school/college leaver or university graduate to join them as an Audit Trainee.


With a keen interest in accounting and audit, you will be committed to studying, either starting with AAT or straight onto ACA.

Brief description of the role

We are looking for someone who is up for a challenge, is well organised, accurate, enjoys working as part of a team and is great at building relationships. You will be primarily responsible for assisting audit seniors in the planning and completion of audit work and to assist on audit fieldwork on a variety of clients. It is anticipated that you will study for a professional qualification whilst working in the audit department. This study will be paid for by TC Group, and you will be provided with external tutoring as part of a student training contract with TC Group.

Key responsibilities of an

Audit Trainee

will include:

checking a client's financial information, purchase and sales invoices. controls review and walkthrough testing. calculating sample sizes, and choosing samples for audit testing. checking bank balances and bank statements. performing bank reconciliations and other balance sheet reconciliations as appropriate. reviewing client payroll records for accuracy. ensure sound knowledge of a client and its industry by researching background of clients and other useful information. attend stock takes at client sites. develop and apply technical knowledge gained from studies and on the job experience and suggest improvements to existing systems and processes. respond to client enquiries in line with company policy. being able to communicate at all levels contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. dealing with general office admin and emails when required. working as a team to continuously deliver the agreed level of service.

About you

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

minimum 5 GCSE's grade B/6 and above 3 A level's with a minimum of 3 B's or equivalent. an interest in accounting and studying for an accountancy qualification enthusiastic, self-motivated and self-responsible able to work quickly and accurately under pressure an eye for detail an ability to work to deadlines an ability to perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism good computer skills, outlook, excel and word an ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, in English

Full benefits available for the

Audit Trainee

study support for professional qualifications (AAT / ACA) pension scheme group life assurance x 4 salary birthday day off and Christmas shutdown flexible working social events car parking access to our employee benefits portal - cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases employee Referral Bonus - we're always looking for talented individuals to join our team employee Assistance Programme regular training and development - continuous development and support not only for your professional qualifications but also 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, SME's 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.