Audit And Accounts Semi Senior at Sterling Partners, Manchester

Develop your audit expertise, broaden your accounts experience and work towards your professional qualification with a firm that invests in your future.

Audit and Accounts Semi Senior Accountant

Sterling Partners | Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DR
£25,000 to £32,000 per annum, depending on experience
Full time, permanent | Full AAT or ICAEW/ACCA study support

Sterling Partners is looking for an Audit and Accounts Semi Senior Accountant with accountancy practice experience to join its growing Manchester team.

You’ll work on statutory audits across different industries and client sizes, alongside accounts preparation and tax assignments. With direct client contact, support from experienced colleagues and comprehensive study support, you’ll build your technical confidence and develop a rounded accountancy career.

What we offer

• Full AAT or ICAEW/ACCA study support, covering tuition, exam fees, study days and membership fees.
• Varied audit, accounts and tax work, broadening your experience across different clients and sectors.
• Career development within a growing practice, where your skills are valued and your progress is encouraged.
• 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, alongside three self care days per year.
• Free parking on site, at our Didsbury office close to shops, cafés and parks.
• A supportive team, with monthly lunches, quarterly team building and annual events across our offices.
• Long service awards recognising your contribution and commitment.

The role

You’ll contribute to audit assignments from planning through to completion, alongside preparing accounts and tax returns accurately and within agreed deadlines.

Audit

• Assist with statutory audit planning, fieldwork and completion across a range of industries and client sizes.
• Carry out substantive and analytical audit procedures, testing areas including revenue, payroll, stock, fixed assets and bank balances.
• Prepare clear audit working papers and document supporting evidence.
• Discuss accounting and audit issues with the audit senior or manager, attend client premises where required and support junior colleagues.

Accounts and tax

• Prepare accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies, applying FRS 102 and FRS 105 where appropriate.
• Prepare management accounts and year end adjustments, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Prepare corporation tax computations and company tax returns, with self assessment and VAT work where required.
• Liaise with clients to obtain information, resolve queries and keep assignments moving.

About you

You’ll have previous experience in an accountancy firm or practice, including both accounts preparation and audit work.

You’ll bring strong attention to detail, good organisation and a proactive approach to meeting deadlines. You should be comfortable communicating with clients, collaborating with colleagues and taking responsibility for accurate, well documented work.

Proficiency in IRIS, Xero, Sage and Microsoft Excel is required.

About Sterling Partners

Sterling Partners is a progressive firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers based in Didsbury, Manchester, providing accounting, taxation and audit services to clients globally.

Ready to build on your practice experience? Apply with your CV for a role combining varied client work, full study support and opportunities to develop your career.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK.