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About us

Elsby & Co is a growing regional firm of Chartered Accountants. We believe that by recruiting great people, we can deliver a superior service to our clients whilst providing an enjoyable work environment. We offer excellent career development opportunities along with a highly competitive remuneration package, including an excellent profit sharing bonus scheme.

The Role

Elsby & Co has an opportunity for a motivated and talented individual who is looking to further their professional career as a Client Manager.

The role primarily involves managing a portfolio of clients with responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of the day to day service provided to clients and reporting directly to Partner level. The role will largely involve dealing with the accounting and tax requirements for SMEs, together with ad-hoc projects from time to time.

Elsby & Co are keen to make the most of modern technology and this is reflected in the internal working practices and how the firm works with clients. The role will also involve providing timely management information in keeping with the firm’s pro-active business advisory service, which is a service we are seeking to develop, along with systems improvements, so experience in these areas would be an advantage

The role will provide you with significant client contact and you will be required to supervise and support junior staff members therefore strong technical and communication skills are essential.

There is no limit to career progression to Partner level for the right candidate.

Requirements

• Qualified ACA or ACCA with at least 2 years PQE
• Previous experience as a Client Portfolio Manager within practice
• Previous experience of training and developing junior staff
• An openness to use modern technology, both for internal efficiencies but also to assist clients in their business practices
• An interest in networking and developing new contacts and business referrals

If you think we could be the firm for you and you have got what it takes to join our team, then we would like to hear from you. Apply using our application form below.

About us

Elsby & Co is a growing regional firm of Chartered Accountants. We believe that by recruiting great people, we can deliver a superior service to our clients whilst providing an enjoyable work environment. We offer excellent career development opportunities along with a highly competitive remuneration package, including an excellent profit sharing bonus scheme.

The Role

Elsby & Co has an opportunity for a motivated and talented individual who is looking to further their professional career as a Senior Accountant.

The role primarily involves supporting the Client Manager with looking after the day to day compliance aspects for a client. The role will largely involve dealing with the accounting and tax requirements for SME’s and you will be responsible for the training of more junior accounts staff, including appraisal of their work.

Elsby & Co are keen to make the most of modern technology and this is reflected in the internal working practices and how the firm works with clients. The role will also involve assisting in providing timely management information in keeping with the firm’s pro-active business advisory service, a service we are seeking to develop, along with systems improvements, so experience in these areas would be an advantage.

The role will provide you with an opportunity for direct client contact therefore strong technical and communication skills are essential.

There is no limit to ultimate career progression to Partner level for the right candidate.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Senior Accountant within practice
• Previous experience of training and developing junior staff
• An openness to use modern technology, both for internal efficiencies but also to assist clients in their business practices
• An interest in developing new contacts and business referrals

If you think we could be the firm for you and you have got what it takes to join our team, then we would like to hear from you. Please apply using our application form below.

About us:

Elsby & Co have an exciting opportunity for a SENIOR CLOUD BOOKKEEPER to join the team in our Rushden office. This is a great opportunity for a commercial professional looking for a progressive full-time role in an ambitious and growing firm.

Elsby & Co is a growing regional firm of Chartered Accountants. We believe that by recruiting great people, we can deliver a superior service to our clients whilst providing an enjoyable work environment. We offer excellent career development opportunities along with a highly competitive remuneration package, including an excellent profit-sharing bonus scheme.

Overview:

The successful candidate will be able to provide a complete bookkeeping service to clients or supplement tasks they already do themselves, whilst ensuring that client records are accurate and simplified for business advising purposes.

You will have a thorough understanding of accruals, stock, VAT, fixed asset record keeping, depreciation, accounting for loans, HP interest and wages control accounts and be able to resolve queries and issues, as they arise and reconcile balance sheet balances.

What sets this role apart?

As a firm we have embraced Cloud technology and have won awards from XERO for our pro-activity. We would therefore look to develop this role so that the successful candidate would be:

• Advising clients on accounting systems and apps
• System set ups and migrations
• Generally keeping up to date with the latest products and training / developing our teams in their use
• Assisting with the roll out of MTD to clients
• Helping to supervise and train our cloud bookkeeping team
• Some bookkeeping work
• Involvement in our own internal systems, developing them and keeping up to date

Skills Required:

• Organised and efficient, used to working to budgets
• Self- motivated and able to set up and work independently on bookkeeping tasks
• IT literate, including use of computerised bookkeeping platforms – ideally Xero & Sage, Quickbooks, FreeAgent
• Strong internal and external communication skills ie confident and professional communications with clients and working with all levels of staff internally to ensure an efficient and quality service
• Friendly and approachable
• Driving Licence and Car Owner

There is an opportunity to develop your career by being at the forefront of an exciting digital service which we expect to expand significantly.

If you think we could be the firm for you and you have got what it takes to join our team, then we would like to hear from you. Please apply using our application form below.

About us:

Elsby & Co is a growing regional firm of Chartered Accountants. We believe that by recruiting great people, we can deliver a superior service to our clients whilst providing an enjoyable work environment. We offer excellent career development opportunities along with a highly competitive remuneration package, including an excellent profit sharing bonus scheme.

Overview:

Elsby & Co has an opportunity for a motivated and talented individual who is looking to further their professional career as a Semi-Senior Accountant.

As a Semi-Senior we would expect you to be moving away from task-based work to more on-going client management throughout the year. The role primarily involves supporting the Client Manager and Senior Accountant with looking after the day to day compliance aspects for a client. The role will largely involve dealing with the accounting and tax requirements for SME’s and you will be assisting in the training of more junior accounts staff, including appraisal of their work.

We appreciate that not everyone will have accounts and tax experience and therefore we will provide training so that you can develop in new areas and become a more “rounded” accountant.

Elsby & Co are keen to make the most of modern technology and this is reflected in the internal working practices and how the firm works with clients.

The role will provide you with an opportunity for direct client contact therefore strong technical and communication skills are essential.

There is no limit to career progression and ultimately could lead to Partner level for the right candidate.

Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Semi-Senior Accountant within practice, ideally 3 - 5 years
• AAT qualified and either ACCA/ACA studier
• An openness to use modern technology, both for internal efficiencies but also to assist clients in their business practices
• A friendly “can do” attitude and an ability to communicate well.

If you think we could be the firm for you and you have got what it takes to join our team, then we would like to hear from you. Please apply using our application form below.