Job Description

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Salary

- 29,000 per annum plus discretionary annual bonus, increasing with exam success

Hours

- Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, 9.30am - 5.30pm

Holiday -

20 days of annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing with service period

Study support

- full ACA study support provided

Closing date - Friday 19

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September 2025

About the Trainee Accountant/Auditor role

We are TC Group, ranked as a top 20 accountancy firm in the UK, as well as being the fastest-growing top 40 firm, 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 and individuals.


We have an exciting role for a

Trainee Accountant/Auditor

in one of our London offices. TC Citroen Wells has 10 partners and around 50 employees, affording the benefits of training with a medium-sized firm, whilst enjoying being part of the top 20. As an ACA training office, we take on 3 - 5 trainees a year. We are looking to recruit two graduates who aspire to become Chartered Accountants for our

January 2026

intake. We are looking for personable candidates with excellent academic qualifications as well as drive, ambition and a hunger for success. The academic requirements are, a good standard and spread of GCSEs including English and Mathematics, three A levels (120 UCAS points), together with the expectation of at least a 2:1 class degree.


Selection for interview is based on the completion of our online application assessments.

About the role:

A fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to start their career, working towards an internationally recognised qualification (ACA) and gaining valuable on-the-job experience with a highly respected accountancy firm.


You will join a dynamic team and work with a range of different businesses and rapidly gain responsibility whilst at the same time completing your qualification with us.


You will have a dedicated people manager and work within a team of like-minded individuals at various stages in their studies. Every six months, your progress is formally monitored and reviewed by the firm's training team. Your study records, both of work experience and examinations, will be discussed with you and targets set for the future. The variety and level of work provided by the firm is planned in conjunction with the progress made in academic studies and previous experience.


Signing up as a trainee accountant is a big commitment and we support our trainees as much as we can to help them with their studies. This includes paying for the costs of these studies and allowing paid for time away from the office for study. We also provide excellent on-the-job training and all of our trainees are given a wide range of work to enable them to learn and develop. It is our belief that each trainee has a chance of becoming a partner in this firm and we give them every opportunity to push themselves forward. And it does happen - five of our current partners trained with the firm.


Our offices are based in Blackfriars in central London but you will spend part of your working time outside the office working at clients' premises. Most of our clients are based within the Greater London area. A typical assignment might last a couple of weeks, some more, some less. You will start as a junior member of a team of two to four people.


Key responsibilities will include:

initially supporting audit teams with audit testing and other audit work, developing into leading audits by the end of the training contract accounts preparation work carry out ad hoc accounting and client service tasks

About you:

Successful candidates for this role will be personable and hard-working. As well taking your first steps in a great career you will find your role with us to be enjoyable and fun, working in a team that is warm, sociable and supportive.



We will provide you with meaningful support as you undertake your exam training and the exams themselves.



As you gain experience and seniority, you will be given the opportunity to start leading audit teams and take on additional responsibilities. By the time you reach the end of your final year of training with us, you will have a well-rounded set of practical and personal skills and a clear idea of how you want your career to develop beyond your training contract.

We are looking for the following skills and experience:

at least 4 GCSEs at grade 9-4 (A-C), including English and Maths
three A levels (120 UCAS points) at least a 2:1 class degree (or expectation thereof) excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, ideally with intermediate Excel skills highly personable, organised with excellent communication skills able to work as part of a team and ask for help analytical skills and attention to detail and ability to think laterally to be capable of identifying potential problems and providing solutions show initiative, exercise judgement and take ownership of issues from start to finish willing and able to work under pressure and cope flexibly with demanding deadlines, and balance work and study motivated and enthusiastic able to reliably commute to the office

Full benefits available for the

Trainee Accountant/Auditor

interest free travel season ticket loan pension scheme group life assurance x 4 health insurance benefit (after probation period) quarterly functions and events access to our employee benefits portal - cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases employee Assistance Programme employee Referral Bonus - we're always looking for talented individuals to join our team

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.

Recruitment process

Closing date

- 19th September 2025

Online assessments

- beginning of October

Interviews

- mid / end of October

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.