December 2020 | Alexander Knight & Co | Accountants for entrepreneurs based in Hale
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Bookkeeper vacancy in Hale

We are looking for a bookkeeper to join our team of accountants in Hale, Greater Manchester.

Our clients are entrepreneurial businesses mainly based in Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a portfolio of clients to ensure their day to day bookkeeping requirements are met ✅
  • First port of call in assisting clients with bookkeeping queries ✅
  • Preparing and posting journals including accruals, prepayments, depreciation ✅
  • Assisting the accounts team with the preparation of annual statutory accounts ✅
  • Preparation of client VAT returns ✅

The ideal candidate will have solid experience working within a similar role, experience with Xero and Sage will also be preferable, you will also have good IT and communication skills. We offer very flexible working practices – currently a mix of office-based (in our Grade A office space in Hale village) and home-working.

APPLY NOW TO BE OUR NEW BOOKKEEPER.

Send your CV and a covering letter to:

alison@alexanderknightaccountants.co.uk

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WANTED: Apprentice Accountant to join our team in Hale

  • Do you want to launch your career in accountancy? 
  • Perhaps you have recently left 6th form, college or University? 
  • Join our growing practice in Hale as an apprentice accountant

The role: Apprentice Accountant 

Alexander Knight & Co is a leading accountancy and audit practice based in Hale, Greater Manchester. We have a strong, positive and entrepreneurial culture, reflected in our impressive client base.

We are growing and we’re hiring now. We pride ourselves on recruiting the best people so that our clients can be assured they’re in safe hands. We are now looking for an apprentice accountant – at either L3 or L7 – to join our team at the start of 2021. We have a good track record of helping the next generation of accountant develop in their career.

Jack joined us as an apprentice and is now progressing in his career as an accountant.

Read Jack’s story here – he joined us as an apprentice and he’s now progressing a successful career in accountancy at Alexander Knight & Co.

What you’ll get if you join us as an Apprentice Accountant:

  • Supportive, friendly and flexible working environment.

  • Grade A office in the heart of Hale village.

  • Regular training and career development.

  • Competitive salary + flexible benefits.

The successful candidate’s duties will be varied, and office/client based. Our clients are spread across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire area and in some instances the apprentice will be expected to travel to see clients independently.

Key responsibilities will include:

• General accounting and office duties – and checking and analysing client invoices
• Drafting financial statements
• Assisting with personal and business tax
• Credit control
• Updating and creating spread sheets and using computerised accounting software
• Basic costing duties

Desired skills

• High level of numeracy and literacy essential
• Computer literate with experience of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus excellent keyboard skills
• Accurate and analytical approach, paying attention to detail
• Strong communication and organisational skills, plus effective time management and attention to detail

Personal qualities

• Must be professional with a smart appearance
• Punctual, hardworking and keen to learn and progress within a professional environment
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated but conscientious and able to work both independently and as part of a team

Desired qualifications

The successful candidate must have achieved:

  • A minimum of 5 good GCSEs to include Maths & English (ideally at the highest level A/A* or 8/9)
  • A minimum of 2 A-levels (or equivalent)

plus 

  • A degree (or equivalent for Level 7 of the Apprenticeship)

APPLY NOW TO BE AN APPRENTICE ACCOUNTANT AT ALEXANDER KNIGHT & CO.

Send your CV and a covering letter to:

alison@alexanderknightaccountants.co.uk

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