Sheffield Hallam student placements
Trainee Financial Accountant
An example of one years student experience
"Brealey Foster is a local Accountancy Practice where I was solely responsible for the preparation of 306 Personal, Partnership & Limited Companies tax returns, working directly with clients and reporting to the Office Manager. I was also responsible for covering Peter Brealey in his absence abroad and in London, totalling 40% of the year and personally assisting with his expert work, coalfield regeneration projects and his clients projects.
Responsibilities:
- 306 Tax Returns
- Spreadsheet Analysis
- Interview & Training candidates
- Quarry Income Analysis over 14 years
- Continuous Client contact
- Research new tax changes
- React to clients' needs/problems
- Company Valuation Report
Accountancy software used:
- Taxcalc
- IRIS | SAGE Accounting and Tax | - Freeagent | Xero
- ARKEN Estate Planning
This year we had this particular Project Work: IAS29 Account Restatements
Working with international correspondent firm, AEBB, using cloud based Audit software I provided Account Restatements for multi-billion dollar clients, including banks, a hospital and pharmaceutical company operating in hyperinflationary economies.
- Creating an 8 page IAS29 Spreadsheet
- Posting Clients Trial Balances to IRIS
- Custom IRIS Chart of Accounts
- Financial Statement Production"
Mon, 31 Oct 2022, 11:32
to me
Hi Luke, Debbie & Ian,
Hope everything is alright with you all.
It’s been a pretty hectic start getting back into the university lifestyle after such a long time away. This paired with the crazy job application process.
I just I thought I’d drop you a line to say that I have accepted a job offer from PWC. I’ll be working in their Newcastle office in the Audit department.
I can’t express enough how much my placement year at Brealey Foster & Co helped me with the job application process, so thank you again for the opportunity.
Luckily, having secured a job there’s one less thing to have on my mind during an extremely busy run in to Christmas.
Kind regards,
Nathan Stewart
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Brealey Foster & Co. Chartered Accountants
Brealey Foster & Co. has been based in the centre of Hinckley since 1961, we are a small family run business headed by Peter Ian Brealey who is a Chartered Accountant well as Company Director for several other businesses.
Life at Brealey Foster is very varied, we have clients from a small trader to a PLC, all who we pride ourselves in giving a fast turnaround as well as excellent customer service. We have clients who have been with us from when they started their business (When Ian’s Father Peter Brealey ran the Practice) through to retirement. Today Ian's son George works in the business.
We have had 1-2 students a year from SH for twenty years and find it benefits the practice as well as helping a Student to grow into an Accountant by the time they leave us.
The Student gets one to one teaching and therefore learns quickly how to understand and produce a set of accounts. We look for a student who has curiosity and likes to solve problems as well as a spark that we feel is needed. You must be able to listen, learn and ask lots of questions; we like a student who enjoys a challenge and who is not a shrinking violet. You will have to be robust as well as a self-starter.
Have a look at our website and see if we are what you are looking for. Several of our Students have achieved a First Class Degree, of which we are very proud and many find employment with firms of Chartered Accountants. If you are curious, please send your CV in to Debbie Collings as soon as possible as we only have one to two placements on offer.
www.brealeyfosterlimited.co.uk
01445 612000
Key Information:
Salary: £18,000
Placement Duration: 13 months (1st July 2023– 31st July 2024)
Annual Leave: 20 days
Tasks centre around our services of preparing:
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Management Accounts.
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Accounts.
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Self-Assessment Tax Returns.
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Business Tax Returns.
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VAT Returns.
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Payroll.
as well as assisting with both Bookkeeping and Tax Advice.
Software we use is IRIS:
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Accounts Production.
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Business Tax.
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Personal Tax.
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VAT Filer.
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OpenSpace.
Experience of which is not necessary, as training will be given.
