Semi Senior Accountant

Company Overview

At Adaptive Accountancy, we help ambitious business owners understand their numbers, save tax, and grow their businesses.

We're growing quickly and looking for a Semi Senior Accountant who wants more responsibility, more client interaction, and a clear route towards managing their own portfolio.

If you've completed just completed your ACCA (or working towards it) & have practice experience, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.

Why Join Adaptive?

Most trainee and semi-senior roles focus purely on producing accounts.

We do things differently.

• You'll work directly with clients, build relationships, develop commercial awareness, and gain the experience needed to eventually manage your own portfolio.
• You'll be supported by experienced managers and surrounded by a team that genuinely wants to see you succeed.
• We don't have timesheets.
• We don't do audits.
• We focus on helping business owners make better decisions.
• And we invest heavily in our people.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll prepare accounts and tax returns for a portfolio of clients while developing the technical and communication skills needed for the next stage of your career.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparing Limited Company Accounts
• Preparing Corporation Tax Returns
• Preparing Sole Trader and Partnership Accounts
• Preparing Self Assessment Tax Returns
• Managing workflow and deadlines across a portfolio
• Communicating directly with clients
• Supporting business owners with routine accounting and tax queries
• Ensuring work is completed accurately and on time

You'll gradually take on more responsibility and client ownership as your experience develops.

Our Clients

You'll work with:

• Sole Traders & Partnerships
• Limited Companies up to £5m turnover
• Owner-managed businesses

No large corporate bureaucracy.

Just interesting clients and meaningful relationships.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• 2–5 years' experience within an accountancy practice
• AAT qualified, studying towards ACCA, or newly qualified
• Experience preparing Sole Trader and Micro-Entity accounts
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Excellent communication skills
• Start - September

This Role Probably Isn't Right For You If:

• You have no accountancy practice experience
• You have had little or no client contact
• You do not intend to continue studying ACCA
• You are looking for part-time work

What You'll Get In Return

Career Development

• Full ACCA study support
• Bespoke learning and development plans
• Clear progression opportunities as the business grows
• Increasing client responsibility and portfolio ownership

Benefits

• Paid gym membership
• Private healthcare
• Dental cover
• Life insurance
• Professional membership fees paid
• Annual accounting conference attendance - fully funded, including first class travel (Grace got the penthouse last year)
• Quarterly fancy team meals, think The Ivy Asia, Tattu, Miller & Carter etc.
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
• No timesheets
• No uniform

Team Culture

We're serious about professional development, but we enjoy what we do.

Recent team events have included:

• Feeding giraffes
• Quad biking
• Escape rooms
• Ice skating
• Bowling
• Go Karting

Twice a year we bring the whole team together for dedicated away days focused on growth, learning and having fun.

Location Requirements

• Hybrid working (2 days per week in our Goole office)
• Must live within a 60-minute commute
• Full UK driving licence required

The Bigger Opportunity

We're building a modern accountancy firm that combines great people, technology and exceptional client service.

If you're looking for somewhere to simply process accounts, we're probably not the right fit.

If you're looking for a place to build a long-term career, develop real client relationships, and become a trusted adviser to business owners, we'd love to hear from you.

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