Accounts Associate

Department: Business Advisory

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Norwich

Description

Take the next step in your accountancy career with an exciting opportunity at Scrutton Bland, a forward-thinking and well-established practice, and part of the wider Sumer Group.

This role offers a strong combination of hands-on experience, structured training, and professional development, and would suit candidates with prior experience in an accountancy or finance environment who are ready to build on their existing knowledge.

If you are detail-oriented, eager to develop, and looking to grow within a supportive and collaborative team, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and collaborative team, where they will have the opportunity to combine their existing accounting experience with a fresh, innovative approach to client service. You will be responsible for undertaking and reviewing accounts preparation work as directed, while playing a key role in delivering a high standard of service to a varied client portfolio.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements, ensuring work is accurate and completed in line with relevant accounting standards and guidance.
• Support the preparation of management accounts, including basic analysis, reconciliations, and contribution to commentary and financial reporting outputs.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with clients, responding to routine queries and escalating more complex issues appropriately.
• Work effectively as part of the wider team to meet deadlines, share knowledge, and contribute to a collaborative and professional working environment.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

The successful candidate will:

• Be AAT qualified or studying towards this
• Have work experience in a similar environment
• Be able to analyse and interpret information
• Be personable and enjoy building and maintaining client relationships
• Be able to demonstrate their ability to use their initiative in the application and use of technology
• Be competent using Microsoft Office and ideally, have experience of Xero and other cloud accounting software packages.

Personal tax knowledge is desirable but not essential to the role, as all technical training will be provided upon joining.

Job Benefits

We offer an attractive reward and flexible benefits package which you can tailor to suit your needs.

• Flexible working alongside a culture that promotes work life balance
• Commitment to continued learning & development
• 36 days holiday (including 8 bank holidays and 3 days Christmas closure)
• Option to purchase a further 5 days holiday
• Life Assurance up to 4x salary and contribution towards the Firm's pension scheme
• Access to our health cash plan (Health Shield) day one, where you can claim towards your dental, optical, health and wellbeing expenses - we believe health and wellbeing is so important
• Employee referral scheme, paying up to GBP 5,000 for a successful referral
• Regular social and informal events within the organisation