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    A great place to work

    We are always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing business. Harwood Hutton is a great place for you to start and build your career. We take great pride in assisting professionals and seeing them flourish under our stewardship.

    We have roles as broad and as varied as the services we offer. If you are new to accountancy and finance, or if you are someone looking to take the next step in their career, we can provide the opportunities and professional development for you to excel and succeed.

    If you are considering your next career move, here’s what we have to offer:

    Vacancies
    What we offer

    Vacancies

    Harwood Hutton is a growing firm with now almost 70 employees, and we have expanded significantly since we were formed back in 1957. Our size of firm means you get to know everyone and feel part of the Harwood Hutton family, and we are of a size where growth is supported and progression is encouraged, if this is a path you wish to follow.

    Audit and Accounts Manager

    The role: The Audit and Accounts Manager will provide accounting, auditing and taxation services to clients, and be responsible for compliance with policies and procedures to enable the Audit and Accounts Department to work productively and efficiently They will allocate work appropriately to ensure the team is fully utilised and their skills developed They will provide professional coaching and support where required, and address areas for improvement.

    Key responsibilities:

    • Provide professional coaching and support to seniors and trainees in respect of technical matters
    • Attend weekly planner meetings, having prepared accordingly to ensure the team is fully utilised and their skills developed
    • Recommend areas for policy and efficiency improvement and changes for adoption
    • Complete delegated administrative responsibilities by required deadlines
    • Carry out staff appraisals
    • Build professional client relationships
    • Complete client service requirements to the required standards
    • Plan and delegate client related work to internal, external and/or statutory deadlines
    • Ensure compliance with assignment budgets and deadlines
    The successful candidate will:

    • Hold either ICAEW or ACCA qualification with a strong academic background.
    • Possess a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience in a similar practice based role.
    • Have experience managing staff, including trainees and seniors.
    • Undertake technical research and other training as required.
    • Have a high level of personal pride in own work; responsibility and initiative would be expected.
    • Where appropriate, this should be balanced with the need to report back to Directors to keep them informed of job progression and additional client requirements and ensure their agreement.
    • Possess a high degree of autonomy, whilst still operating within expected firm procedures and processes.
    • Proven experience of reviewing and overseeing a wide variety of accounting assignments.
    • Have a degree of exposure to group/consolidated accounts.
    • Have proven experience of reviewing and overseeing a variety of statutory audit assignments.
    • Have proven experience in reviewing and ensuring accuracy of corporation tax computations for a variety of companies.
    • Have an exceptional level of personal organisation and a proven ability to manage staff time and meet deadlines.
    • Have exceptional technical competence and experience.
    • Demonstrate strong analytical and logical skills.
    •  Be technically up to date with awareness of relevant regulatory frameworks.
    • Have unquestionable integrity, with excellent communication skills and a flexible, adaptable and committed attitude.
    • Have very strong planning skills to provided high standards of client care within tight deadlines. Assessing staff needs and preparing budgets.
    • Have the ability to work well within a highly professional team environment.
    • Be able to train junior staff, assess and meet their training needs to develop well rounded, highly skilled seniors.

    What we offer:

    • Competitive remuneration package based on experience.
    • Pension
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • Private Medical Insurance
    • Travel Insurance
    • AA breakdown cover
    • Life assurance
    • Employee Assistance Support Programme
    • Our full-time working week is 37.5 hours, and should additional hours need to be worked, they are given back and can be taken through our ‘Time Off In Lieu’ system.
    • Upon agreement and after successful probationary period, we offer a flexible home working policy.
    • Employee referral bonus
    • Client referral bonus
    • Variety of work; different industries, size of company and lengths of audit
    • Possibility to be involved in more specialised work; SAR’s, ARLA’s, Charity audits.
    • Pathway to progression, if desired.

    To apply for this position, send a copy of your CV along with a letter of application to Jo Phillips by email to jophillips@harwoodhutton.co.uk

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    Audit Senior

    The role: This role encompasses responsible planning and completion of audit to a high standard of technical competence, and delivered with a good degree of autonomy, within budget and client expectations. The Audit Senior will work directly with clients and other staff, including directly with Directors.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Take responsibility for achieving agreed budgets and meeting deadlines
    • Setting objectives for more junior staff members and supervise, review and coach on the job where necessary
    • Ensuring review points are cleared and addressing follow up queries until the audit report is signed. Subsequently ensuring file is complete and close down within 60 days of signing.
    • Acting as first point of contact for clients, ensuring queries at dealt with in a prompt manor.
    • Maintaining technical ability and tracking CPD.
    • The majority of our audits do not require an overnight stay so there will not be any substantial time will be spent away from home.
    • The successful candidate will join our team of driven professionals and will help to service our well-established, and ever strengthening, client base.
    • We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:
    • Pro-active communication with Audit and Accounts (“A&A”) Managers and Directors to enable consistent work flow and effective work planning;
    • The ability to train and supervise more junior team members, supporting their growth as they move through the firm;
    • Professional and friendly communication with clients and fellow colleagues; and a dedication to technical competence and your own continuing professional development.

    The successful candidate will:

    • hold either an ICAEW or ACCA qualification with a strong academic background;
    • have proven experience working within an accounting practice environment,
    • have led ISA-compliant Statutory audits on behalf of clients
    • proven experience acting as a senior and overseeing junior work
    • display unquestionable integrity, excellent verbal and written communication
    • demonstrate strong logical and analytical skills;
    • be flexible and organised in managing their own time to deadlines; and
    • be able to work in a highly professional team environment.

    What we offer:

    • Competitive remuneration package based on experience.
    • Pension
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • Private Medical Insurance
    • Travel Insurance
    • AA breakdown cover
    • Life assurance
    • Employee Assistance Support Programme
    • Our full-time working week is 37.5 hours, and should additional hours need to be worked, they are given back and can be taken through our ‘Time Off In Lieu’ system.
    • Upon agreement and after successful probationary period, we offer a flexible home working policy.
    • Employee referral bonus
    • Client referral bonus
    • Variety of work; different industries, size of company and lengths of audit
    • Possibility to be involved in more specialised work; SAR’s, ARLA’s, Charity audits.
    • Pathway to progression, if desired.

    To apply for this position, send a copy of your CV along with a letter of application to Jo Phillips by email to jophillips@harwoodhutton.co.uk

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    AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS SENIOR

    The role: This role encompasses responsible planning and completion of both audit and accounting assignments to a high standard of technical competence, and delivered within budget and client expectations. The successful candidate will join our team of driven professionals and will help to service our well-established, and ever strengthening, client base.

    The majority of our audits do not require an overnight stay so there will not be any substantial time will be spent away from home.

    We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

    • Pro-active communication with Audit and Accounts (“A&A”) Managers and Directors to enable consistent work flow and effective work planning;
    • The ability to train and supervise more junior team members, supporting their growth as they move through the firm;
    • Professional and friendly communication with clients and fellow colleagues; and
    • A dedication to technical competence and your own continuing professional
    • development.
    • Pathway to progression, if desired.
    • The A&A Senior will work directly with clients and other staff across all departments, including directly with Directors.

    The successful candidate will:

    • hold either an ICAEW or ACCA qualification with a strong academic background;
    • have proven experience working within an accounting practice environment,
    • have led ISA-compliant Statutory audits on behalf of clients
    • display unquestionable integrity, excellent verbal and written communication
    • demonstrate strong logical and analytical skills;
    • be flexible and organised in managing their own time to deadlines; and
    • be able to work in a highly professional team environment.

    What we offer:

    • Competitive remuneration package based on experience.
    • Pension
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • Private Medical Insurance
    • Travel Insurance
    • AA breakdown cover
    • Life assurance
    • Employee Assistance Support Programme
    • Our full-time working week is 37.5 hours, and should additional hours need to be worked, they are given back and can be taken through our ‘Time Off In Lieu’ system.
    • Upon agreement and after successful probationary period, we offer a flexible home working policy.
    • Employee referral bonus
    • Client referral bonus
    • Variety of work; different industries, size of company and lengths of audit
    • Possibility to be involved in more specialised work; SAR’s, ARLA’s, Charity audits.
    • Pathway to progression, if desired.

    To apply for this position, send a copy of your CV along with a letter of application to Jo Phillips by email to jophillips@harwoodhutton.co.uk

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    Corporate Finance & Forensic Services Executive

    The role:This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of driven professionals helping to service our client base. This role encompasses timely and cost effective completion of Corporate Finance and Forensic assignments, mainly consisting of ad hoc projects as instructed by the Corporate & Forensic Services Partner.

    This is a permanent full time position, based in our Beaconsfield office.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Work on transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, corporate restructurings, due diligence, valuations, fund raising and other ad hoc projects.
    • Preparation of forensic accounting reports, for example, loss quantification, business valuation and matrimonial disputes.
    • Research and preparation of corporate finance bid/proposal documents and related documentation for Partner review.
    • Build good rapport with the clients, with a clear understanding of client expectations.
    • Attend training courses, keeping technical knowledge up to date.
    • Ensure compliance with internal procedures.
    • Agreement of assignment budgets with the Partner as work commences, regular monitoring of progress against budget and feedback to the Partner.

    The successful candidate will:

    • Demonstrate responsibility and initiative, as far as experience allows, balanced with the need to keep the Corporate & Forensic Services Partner informed of actions and ensure his agreement.
    • Possess the ability to understand complex challenges faced by clients and explain the solutions.
    • Analytical and logical skills to understand key client and business issues and interpret financial data, understand complex business models and produce meaningful and concise reports
    • Technical competence and experience: attention to detail in technical matters is a prerequisite
    • Good communication skills (both in writing and orally)
    • Technically up to date with awareness of relevant regulatory frameworks
    • Professional and ethical skills, displaying integrity at all times
    • Organised and able to manage own time and deadlines
    • Good IT skills
    • Ability to cope with pressure on projects sometimes requiring work beyond usual hours
    • Flexible, adaptable and committed attitude

    Education and Training:

    • Finalist or newly qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent.
    • CPD to be maintained as required.
    • Technical Research and other training will be available as required.

    What we offer:

    • Competitive remuneration package based on experience.
    • Pension
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • Private Medical Insurance
    • Travel Insurance
    • AA breakdown cover
    • Life assurance
    • Employee Assistance Support Programme
    • Six weeks company sick pay
    • Our full-time working week is 37.5 hours, and should additional hours need to be worked, they are banked and can be taken later through our ‘Time Off In Lieu’ system.
    • Core hours between 10am – 4pm and employees can choose their regular start and finish time around those hours (e.g. 8am-4pm with 30 min lunch, or 9am-5.30pm with an hour for lunch)
    • Upon agreement and after successful probationary period, we offer a flexible home working policy covering up to two days per week
    • Dress for your day – smart/casual dress code when not seeing clients.
    • Employee and client referral bonus
    • Social and sports activities including summer and Christmas parties, and payday drinks.

    To apply for this position, send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter to Jo Phillips by email to jophillips@harwoodhutton.co.uk

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    What We Offer

    Learn

    Harwood Hutton is recognised by the Association of Chartered Accountants as a Platinum Approved Employer for trainee development and an Approved Employer for professional development. You will learn skills that will put you in the top tier of your chosen profession. And because of our relatively small size –around 70 of us - you will work alongside our most senior people, getting an incredible insight into what it takes to get to the top.

    Earn

    You will receive quality salaries and be rewarded for outstanding performance. We also reward successful introductions to the business, for both clients or employees. On top of that, you will get an attractive package of benefits including 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, private medical and travel insurance, pension and life assurance, and AA breakdown cover if you’re a car owner. If you are a trainee, you will get 20 days holiday but that is coupled with an excellent study package and support for professional exams.

    Grow

    You will quickly get to know everyone and feel part of the Harwood Hutton family. We will nurture your career and encourage your progression if that’s the path you wish to follow. We will work with you to build and implement development plans, checking in to keep it on track, and help you develop at your own pace. For inspiration, look no further than our managing director Keir Singleton, who started with us as a trainee.

    Enjoy

    You know what they say about all work and no play… You won’t find that at Harwood Hutton because we like to organise plenty of out-of-office activities, including payday drinks, summer socials and a rip-roaring Christmas party. We have always been advocates for work-life balance and, subject to agreement, we have a flexible work-from-home policy.

    Toil Away!

    No, not that kind of toil – we’re talking about Time Off In Lieu, which is available for several roles in our business. Our full-time working week is 37.5 hours and, for relevant roles, should you rack up extra hours in the course of urgent work - and have recorded them properly - you can take them off when the time is right for everyone.

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    Connect

    If you like the sound of what we have to offer, then Harwood Hutton could be the right place for you to shine.

    We would love to hear from you.

    Send us a letter or email telling us all about you – what skills you have in and out of the workplace, what you’ve done so far and where you want to go.

    Talk to our colleague Jo Phillips today for more information on any roles we have: jophillips@harwoodhutton.co.uk

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    Client Testimonials

    • I always get quick, clear and definitive responses from the Harwood Hutton tax team – commercial answers to commercial issues.

      Robin Berry – Morgan Management

    • Right from the outset Harwood Hutton gave us direction and great advice – and that advice has evolved over the years as we’ve grown. We’re both medium-sized companies providing a bespoke service – one furniture, one accountancy – and the relationship works.

      Andy McCarron, McCarron and Co

    • I’m deeply impressed with Harwood Hutton’s extensive knowledge of tax arrangements for residential and commercial property landlords.

      Qadeer Ahmed, MD, ABA Finance

    • They really took their time to understand what was important to us and our business and the expertise we required. Whoever we speak to at HH, we get the same fantastic response and technical input. It’s a real partnership.

      Edward Finch, group MD, MRIB insurance brokers

    • I have worked with the directors at Harwood Hutton on a number of mutual client matters over many years. The reassurance of their clear, commercial and focussed advice is one of the main reasons I regard this as one of my most valuable professional relationships.

      Frank Wessely, Partner, Quantuma LLP

    • Harwood Hutton never seem to rest on their laurels. They are always seeking out new avenues and ways to improve their offering. A very forward-thinking company with staff who are always well briefed and who approach each task with drive.

      Karl Austen, MD, Surefoot Communications

    • We have engaged Harwood Hutton in several areas of structuring, including VAT issues, decoupling an SPV from a group structure and HMRC clearance for a transaction. The team have exceeded all expectations by being proactive, measured and very thorough.

      Adam Fawsitt, Director, FHT Limited

    • We moved to Harwood Hutton as they delivered a succinct and professional proposal. If anything, we have been more impressed post-move. They are a fantastic company to work with. They do truly differentiate. They have the skills and capabilities of a mega firm but with a personal service.

      Edward Finch, group MD, MRIB insurance brokers
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