Our firm

UHY Hacker Young is a Top 20 firm of Chartered Accountants based in Nottingham. We are ambitious people, united in our mission to be exceptional accountants and business advisers delivering seamlessly integrated client service. Through our UHY network we harness global intelligence and combine this with local presence and knowledge to share technical and commercial insight.

Role overview

Are you a self-motivated, driven individual looking for a new challenge in a growing and ambitious team? If you are, then we have a great role for you at our Nottingham office because we are looking for someone to join us as an Accounts Supervisor with a view to progressing to a manager role in the short term. You can join a talented group of individuals, in a growing and dynamic department, offering a range of services to our clients to enable them to prosper.
You will be building great relationships with clients, including limited companies and sole traders, operating in a wide range of business sectors. Whilst this vacancy is for an Accounts Supervisor, we are looking for someone with the technical ability, interpersonal skills and personal drive and ambition to move into a full managerial position within the near future. An Accounts Supervisor at UHY has a hybrid role – including management of a portfolio of clients reporting directly to the partner as well as still having the opportunity to prepare accounts and gain an in-depth understanding of our clients’ businesses. A Supervisor also has a great opportunity to take a leading role in training and driving the development of the wider team.

The Head of the UHY National Cloud Group works from our Nottingham office and we are looking for someone to join an ambitious accounts team to support our continued Cloud accounting growth strategy.

Job description

• The primary focus of the role will be collaborating with our manager team in a variety of areas, for example by helping with training needs within the team, tackling more complex accounts work and getting involved with various client-related tasks.
• To have a very strong focus on the benefits to our clients of cloud accounting, specifically Xero, and to help champion the use of technology for the Nottingham office 
• Someone who is passionate about helping UHY clients prosper through building profitable and successful businesses
• The successful applicant will have the skills to help clients interpret their accounting data and provide innovative and long-lasting solutions to their accounting problems
• We are looking for someone who understands the benefits that cloud products, particularly Xero, can bring to our clients and who has the enthusiasm and drive to help develop the range of Xero-based services we offer
• Proven ability to train and mentor junior members of staff in bookkeeping and accounts (whether from Xero, Sage or manual records)
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to proactively engage with clients
• A strong team player who has the ability to work under minimal supervision and work closely with the manager team in driving projects forward
• All applicants must have substantial accounting experience in practice, to include preparation of statutory and management accounts, VAT and bookkeeping 
• In order to meet the above criteria we would expect candidates to hold a professional qualification or to be qualified by experience

Working arrangements

The working week: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) to be worked from 9.00AM to 5.30PM with some flexibility of hours. Our teams is office-based but there is the flexibility to work from home where appropriate (following successful completion of the probation period).

Location: Your principal work base is our Nottingham Office. However, you may be required to spend time working at client premises

Benefits

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown not counted as part of holiday entitlement
• The ability to ‘purchase’ extra days leave in salary sacrifice
• Private medical insurance at discounted rates
• Private dental cover at discounted rates
• Subsidised corporate gym membership at Fitness First
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Season ticket loan (for travel)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
• Pension Scheme arrangements
• Employee discount platform UHY Plus
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Electric car scheme coming soon

Person specifications - Experience/skills that are desirable

Professional qualifications

• A recognised accountancy qualification (AAT/ACA/ACCA) and/or qualified by experience

Professional experience

• To be considered for this role you must have experience in an accountancy practice and an enthusiasm for working with a variety of client businesses

System experience

• Experience in Sage and/or QuickBooks
• Experience using Xero (Essential)
• Experience using cloud software (Essential)
• Experience using CCH

Understanding of the company and the Job - Well researched, enthusiastic and knowledgeable on;

• The open Job Vacancy
• UHY