Trainee Chartered Accountant, Kingston Smith LLP

What we offer
24 excellent opportunities for graduates to train as Chartered Accountants. Our graduates train as general practitioners and not specialists and therefore receive a wider range of experience across audit, accountancy and taxation. Kingston Smith’s wide range of clients means that our trainees benefit from working with an interesting mix of industries, types of business and size. We encourage early responsibility and ensure that as they progress, trainees are given the opportunity to work on all aspects of an assignment (not just one small area).

The first class training and supportive environment we offer helps our trainees to succeed in both their work experience and the ACA exams. Our ACA pass rates are exceptional and are consistently well above the ICAEW’s average, highlighting our success at training and supporting graduates through the ACA qualification (see the website for more information on graduate pass rates). Our trainees all study together in the same class at college (regardless of their base office) so they build up strong relationships with their peers and can help support each other through studying and exams.

As you can see we are comfortably big enough to offer a wide variety of experience but we’re still the kind of place where personality is valued and individual achievement gets recognised. Our personal approach means you will get to know all of our Partners, who will be accessible to you and will be genuinely committed to your training and development.

There is always plenty going on in our friendly offices, with a wide variety of social activities. We have a firm wide social committee with representatives from every level within the firm, who are always looking for suggestions and volunteers to help organise events.

The Future
After qualification, the continuing growth of the firm means that there are opportunities for rapid career progression if you can offer the commitment and dedication that we look for. Once qualified you can be promoted to manager level within two years. Promotion is based purely on merit. There are opportunities at partnership level; a number of our current partners began as trainees and have progressed to Partnership. You may decide to stay in general practice or you may choose to specialise after qualification in areas such as Taxation, Corporate Finance, Litigation Support or Corporate Recovery. Once you have qualified we recognise the need for you to continue your training and will keep you updated on technical changes within the profession; this is provided through our in-house training programme.

Entry Criteria
2.1 Degree in any discipline300 UCAS points or equivalent (based on top 3 A levels and excluding general studies)

Vacancy location (s)
City – Hayes – Redhill - Romford – St Albans – West End

Start date
September 2010

Salary details
Up to £23,650 (to be reviewed/increased in July 10 in preparation for the September 10 intake)Competitive bonus and salary increase package related to joining, exam passes, anniversaries and annual salary reviews.

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