Job Description

Company DescriptionEvelyn Partners is a top ten UK accountancy and advisory firm. Since 1881, we've worked with our clients to unlock opportunities and navigate the challenges of a changing world. As a trusted partner, we bring clarity to clients with complex requirements, shaping solutions that make a difference. Offering a broad range of services spanning business and private client tax advice, assurance and business services and a suite of advisory and digital services, we work with clients to understand their needs, uncover value and support every stage of business and of life. We believe this is how we can best support our clients' growth.It's our vision to be the go-to professional services firm for sophisticated businesses and private clients with complex needs and our success hinges on our people. We are a team of highly skilled and passionate professionals, who are empowered to achieve their career aspirations, as we continue to build our business.It has been announced that the group's professional services business will be re-branded to S&W in Q1 2025.What you will be doing ?Our Financial Reporting team is currently looking for a talented Associate - Financial Reporting to join their team in Birmingham. The Financial Reporting team is a part of the wider team of Audit and Assurance, which will give you a great opportunity to collaborate with other teams across Audit. In your role, you will focus on accurate processing of clients' financial data, preparation of annual financial accounts and associated outputs within the timeframe agreed with the client or required by statute. You will also be liaising with the audit team to ensure that financial statements are prepared to a high standard and on a timely basis to allow audit procedures to be completed and key deadlines met.As an Associate - Financial Reporting, your responsibilities will include among others

• Preparing annual financial statements including statutory accounts, predominately under FRS102. This includes consolidated financial statements for our group clients.
• Interacting with clients to undertake accounting work as required - both over telephone/e-mail and potentially occasional on-site client visits.
• Working closely with the audit and business tax teams to provide a seamless service to clients and ensure deadlines are met.
• Sharing ideas about how best to operate the accounts preparation process in order to improve efficiencies for the firm.

QualificationsTo be successful in this role, you should

• Be studying towards ACA qualification
• Having previous relevant experience gained within a professional services firm.
• Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.
• Being able to organise self and others, such that you can work on several different assignments at one time.

Additional InformationAs a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.

Evelyn Partners