Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person looking for your next challenge? If you are, and you’re looking to join a national operation with international reach, then we have a great role for you, based at our London office near Tower Bridge in an Audit Associate role.
Our firm
The UHY Hacker Young Group is a leading UK network of chartered accountants with 20 offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 330 offices in all major global business jurisdictions.
We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community.
We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you’re with us, to have fun in the workplace, work with like-minded individuals, and deliver great services.
Are you looking to join a team that
- is values driven?
- believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
- provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
- understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
- delivered 20% growth in the last 12 months?
If so we would love to hear from you.
Role overview
This role will primarily focus on learning and developing the basic audit and accounting skills through studying towards an ACA professional qualification where you can expect to hit the ground running in your studies, whilst gaining practical experience in the workplace with the benefit of early responsibility to reach your maximum potential.
Over the duration of your studies, which typically lasts 3 years with first time passes, your professional exam training is provided by BPP. Our experienced Technical and Training team work closely with the professional tutors to monitor your progress and offer great support and guidance that you will need to pass your exams. Alongside the professional qualification, we offer in-house training to complement your studies but develop core skills that are needed in the workplace to succeed.
You will primarily support the audit assistant managers and managers on audit assignments. You will also be expected to demonstrate strong communication skills and professionalism when attending the client site. Once qualified you will have further opportunities for development, including and not limited to technical updates, personal development and management training but the opportunity to continue to engage in stimulating work across varied sectors.
Job description
As a Trainee Chartered Accountant, your typical daily duties will include;
- Show commitment to training, college and keeping up to date with the training materials and step ladders required by the study provider, including webinars;
- Study towards completing the certificate and professional level exams in line with the UHY exam timetable;
- Checking a client’s financial information, purchase and sales invoices;
- Checking bank balances and bank statements;
- Reviewing client payroll records for accuracy;
- Ensure sound knowledge of a client and its industry by researching background information and useful publications;
- Develop communication skills and build relationships with key stakeholders; • Utilise audit software;
- Develop and apply technical knowledge gained from studies and on the job experience;
- Attend in-house technical training as required;
- Ensure timesheets are completed on a weekly basis.
Working arrangements
The working week: 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday) to be worked from 09:30-17:30 with flexibility of hours to meet specific work demands.
Location: Your principle work based is our London Office. All employees are required to complete their probation period working full time in the office, once passed employees are required to do a minimum of 3 days in the office per week. However, you will be required to spend time working at client premises and studying for your professional examinations.
Training
The firm provides full support, study leave and tuition costs, for the first attempts at all the exams and assessments that go towards the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) qualification. With first time passes, it takes three years to complete your studies. Tuition is given by one of the leading external providers.
At UHY it’s all about you – Our benefits
- Study Package, including TOIL (Time off in Lieu) (TOIL up to AM, Study support only if agreed)
- 31 days holiday (including bank holidays & Compulsory Christmas shutdown counted as part of holiday entitlement )
- The ability to ‘purchase’ extra days leave in salary sacrifice
- Private medical insurance at discounted rates
- Private medical insurance (Assistant manager and above)
- Private dental cover at discounted rates
- Subsidised corporate gym membership at Fitness First
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Season ticket loan (for travel)
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
- Pension Scheme arrangements
- Employee discount platform – UHY Plus
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric car scheme
Person specifications - Desirable experience and skills
Academic requirements
- 2:1 Degree or above;
- Minimum A-levels, B,B,C grades (or equivalent and excluding general studies);
- Grade B or above in GSCE Maths and English Language (GSCE or equivalent).
People skills
- Be approachable to members of the audit team;
- Be responsive to the audit senior and managers requests whilst on assignments;
- Engage in client meetings and social activities.
Client Service
- Maintain objectivity, professionalism an independence in client relationship.
Team Player
- Be an integral member of the audit group by participating in group activities.
Understanding of the profession and the job
- Well researched, enthusiastic and knowledgeable on the work and role of the auditor, the challenges of the exams and UHY.
Our core values and behaviours run through everything we do and support our purpose of helping you prosper. They set the tone for our team to work by and we are looking for people who value the same things as us: living empathy, making progress, being present and enjoying it!