QBE Practice Accountant

If you've built up solid general practice experience and enjoy seeing client work through from start to finish, this could be a great next move. A well-established, family-run firm of chartered accountants in Warrington is looking for an experienced QBE Practice Accountant to join its close-knit accounts team, offering genuine ownership of your work rather than just one part of the process.

It's a role built for someone who wants genuinely interesting technical work and a settled, long-term home.

• Has several years' general practice experience (QBE, or has stopped studying after AAT) and is confident taking a set of accounts from source records through to completion
• Wants to work directly with clients and apply real technical judgement, rather than just processing what the software produces
• Is looking for a stable, local role with a firm they can settle into for the long-term

This is a well-established, family-run firm of chartered accountants in Warrington, with a loyal client base built on long-standing relationships, including a number of high-net-worth UK and offshore clients. It's a genuinely small team, a handful of director-accountants alongside a close-knit accounts and tax function, with an open-door culture where everyone pitches in, and staff who've stayed for decades rather than years.

The role has opened up because the directors have been absorbing extra work as long-serving colleagues have moved on or retired, and they've now reached the point where they need a capable pair of hands to take some of that on. It suits someone who wants to do accountancy properly — understanding the numbers, not just running them through software — at a firm that values consistency and offers a supportive, professional and friendly working environment.

Accounts Preparation & Compliance

• Prepare financial statements for limited companies (FRS102 1A/FRS105), sole traders and partnerships, from source records through to completion
• Complete quarterly loan interest calculations, and prepare and submit VAT returns
• Handle Companies House filings and related statutory work
• Trust accounts exposure is a bonus, not a requirement — full training given

Client Relationships

• Respond directly to client queries and build long-term relationships with a loyal, largely HNW client base
• Attend client meetings (occasionally taking minutes) and travel to clients across the North West, North Wales, Shropshire and Derbyshire

Supporting the Team

• Assist the directors with ad hoc work, such as preparing documentation for client finance applications
• Prepare cashflows and budgets, and contribute to the firm's AML checks on new and existing clients

• Several years' hands-on general practice experience, ideally gained in a small or independent firm
• Comfortable preparing accounts from start to finish, not just reviewing software-generated output
• Working knowledge of VAT returns and general compliance; Xero and Taxcalc experience useful but not essential — training provided
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car, for travel to client sites
• Confident working directly with clients, including face-to-face meetings
• Looking for a stable, long-term role rather than a fast-track career move

Salary: £35,000 – £40,000, depending on experience

Benefits: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, workplace pension, free on-site parking, and flexibility considered for the right person (one day a week from home, or school-hours working)

Progression: This is a settled, long-term role in a small team — ideal for someone who wants stability and genuinely interesting technical work

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