Accounts Semi Senior

If you have a few years general practice experience under your belt and you're ready for a firm that will actually teach you the 'why', not just hand you software to run, this is an opportunity to consider.

A well-established, family-run firm of chartered accountants in Warrington is looking for a Semi Senior to join its close-knit accounts team, working directly alongside experienced directors on a varied, high-net-worth client base.

It's a genuinely hands-on role — you'll get involved from bank analysis right through to draft accounts — with study costs funded in full, whether you're continuing towards ACA or ACCA.

• Has around at least 4 years general practice experience already (this isn't a first job in accountancy) and is studying, or about to start studying, towards ACA or ACCA
• Wants genuine breadth — handling a client's accounts from source records through to completion — rather than one narrow slice of a bigger process
• Values hands-on mentoring from experienced directors and a firm that funds study

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 another capable pair of hands. It's a firm that genuinely invests time in developing people properly — real technical understanding, not just software output — and is looking for someone who wants to build a long-term career.

Accounts Preparation & Compliance

• Get involved in the full process of preparing financial statements for limited companies (FRS102 1A/FRS105), sole traders and partnerships — from bank and portfolio analysis through to draft accounts
• Assist with quarterly loan interest calculations, and the preparation and submission of VAT returns
• Support with Companies House filings and related statutory work
• Exposure to trust accounts as you progress — full training and support given

Client Exposure

• Respond to client queries under guidance, building confidence working with a loyal, largely HNW client base
• Get involved in client meetings (occasionally taking minutes) with opportunities to travel to clients across the North West, North Wales, Shropshire and Derbyshire

Development & Support

• Assist the directors with ad hoc work, such as preparing documentation for client finance applications
• Help prepare cashflows and budgets, and learn the firm's AML processes for new and existing clients
• Work closely with experienced directors who will teach the reasoning behind the numbers, not just the software steps

• At least 4 years general practice experience
• Studying, or about to start studying, towards ACA or ACCA
• Comfortable getting involved in accounts preparation from source records through to draft accounts
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car, for occasional travel to client sites
• Confident communicating with clients, and keen to build on that with support from the team
• Looking for a firm to settle into and build a long-term career with

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000, depending on experience and study stage

Benefits: Study costs funded in full, 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: Genuine technical breadth and hands-on mentoring from experienced directors in a small team.

The above vacancy is only one of many that I am handling. Vaisto Recruitment specialises in contract and permanent vacancies within the practice market, including:

• Audit Partner / Audit Director / Audit Associate Director / Audit Manager / Audit Senior / Audit Associate / Audit Semi Senior
• Business Services Partner / Business Services Director / Business Services Manager / Business Services Associate / Accounts Senior / Accounts Associate
• Tax Partner / Tax Director / Tax Manager / Tax Senior Manager / Tax Senior / Tax Semi Senior
• Accounts Partner / Accounts Director / Accounts Manager / Accounts Senior / Accounts Semi Senior
• Corporate Finance Partner / Corporate Finance Director / Corporate Finance Manager / Corporate Finance Executive / Corporate Finance Senior M&A
• Payroll Bureau
• Practice Managers