Financial Outsourcing School Leaver Apprentice - Leicester- September 2024

At Mazars we have a wide range of opportunities for you to gain experience in a firm that truly cares about your aspirations. Our business is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, and we are known for giving ambitious people early responsibility and exposure.Are you a School Leaver with strong analytical skills and attention to detail looking for a great start to your career? Do you enjoy building trusted client relationships? If you are committed to self-development and learning, this is a great opportunity to gain an excellent technical grounding and real responsibility.About the roleThe role of a trainee is to ensure accurate and timely preparation of financial records, management accounts, VAT returns and other financial information for a range of clients. You will be a key point of contact for your portfolio of clients, providing high quality advice on their month end accounting and year-end compliance process, and you will work with other teams to deliver an excellent client experience.We are now operating a hybrid working model, so as a trainee you will split your time between working from home, visiting the office, client sites when required or studying for your professional exams.During your first two years you will:- Learn how to use accounting software and systems in order to prepare financial statements for clients' year end requirements;- Develop an understanding of financial statements as they relate to sectors in which your clients operate;- Join client meetings and therefore enhance your understanding of our clients' needs;- Co-ordinate with other service areas to deliver all round client experience; andDuring your third year you will:- Take greater responsibility for the production of client deliverables, such as management accounts, VAT returns and year end files;- Self-review your own-work, ensuring minimal review points are raised by managers; and- Gain increasing confidence working with accounting standards that are relevant to clients with whom you work.In your final year you will:- Take responsibility for the junior members of your team;- Manage your workload and portfolio of clients; and- Train more junior members of the team and review their work.About the teamOur Accounting and Outsourcing team works to support our clients to better run their finance functions, understand their financial position and performance, and to ensure they are compliant with changing accounting and tax legislation. With the relentless pace of technology change you will need to be able to advise clients in areas such as process and digitalisation, business performance and financial reporting, while building enduring relationships that positions Mazars as a trusted adviser. Our successful team of more than 250 professionals is growing across all areas including cloud accounting, payroll, financial reporting and company secretarial.The Financial Outsourcing team is a national team that works with a range of different types of clients, from fast-growing UK owned businesses, the UK subsidiaries of global groups and financial services institutions.About youWe are looking for exceptional candidates to join our team who demonstrate the following:- Interpersonal skills; the ability to build client relationships with a foundation of trust and responsibility.- Analytical skills; the ability to think critically, research and solve problems.- Attention to detail and strong time-management skills.- Commitment to self-development & learning.- Affinity with our values; in particular, respect for individuals, diversity and integrity.Strong academic performance is important; however, we understand that things don't always go to plan. Our recruitment process looks at your whole self – academic achievements as well as other experiences in which you have grown and developed. We balance your academic results alongside the aptitude assessment within our recruitment process to ensure that you will be successful in your role with us.Inclusion and diversityBeing inclusive is core to our culture at Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond, is fully supported to be their unique self and provided with a level playing field. To read more about our approach click here.