About Hall Morrice
Hall Morrice is a well-established independent audit and advisory firm based in Aberdeen. With a dedicated team of over 85 skilled professionals, we have built a strong reputation for excellence, delivering tailored solutions to a diverse client base while maintaining the highest technical standards.
Our success is rooted in our values. We pride ourselves on building strong relationships with our clients and each other, fostering a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to grow and succeed. We treat one another with respect, collaborate through true teamwork, and demonstrate a genuine commitment to delivering exceptional service in everything we do.
As a forward-thinking firm, we embrace being innovative—continually improving our processes, adopting new technologies, and encouraging fresh ideas from across the team. Alongside this, we offer personalised development plans to ensure every individual has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
As we continue to grow, we're looking an individual who is ambitious, motivated, and eager to develop their careers in a supportive and forward-thinking environment. If you're passionate about building strong client relationships, embracing new ideas, and delivering high-quality work, we'd love to hear from you.
The Opportunity
- Manage a portfolio of accounts and compliance assignments independently from planning through to near-completion, with full accountability before manager review.
- Manage VAT compliance requirements, including the preparation and review of VAT returns, while identifying opportunities to provide practical advice and support to clients.
- Deliver reliable, accurate statutory accounts, management accounts and related compliance work for a varied client base, with practical advisory awareness built naturally into the client relationship.
- Develop people skills through coaching and reviewing the work of seniors and trainees.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Delivery
- Manage accounts assignments from planning through to near-completion, including an initial check of tax computations where appropriate.
- Prepare and review management accounts and statutory accounts for a range of clients.
- Prepare and review VAT returns for a range of clients, ensuring compliance requirements are met and opportunities for advisory support are identified.
- Review tax computations at the appropriate level where required, recognising that broader exposure to tax work is beneficial but not essential to the role.
- Identify technical issues and escalate clearly to the manager.
- Where applicable, coordinate outsourced bookkeeping or accounts elements: track status, review returned work and maintain quality before passing to the manager.
Technical & Compliance
- Maintain working knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102).
- Ensure all work meets regulatory and quality requirements.
- Support AML and GDPR compliance.
Review & Supervision
- Review work produced by seniors and trainees; give clear, constructive feedback.
- Support junior development through consistent coaching.
- Escalate quality concerns to the manager promptly.
Client Engagement
- Manage day-to-day client communication professionally.
- Attend client meetings alongside or representing the manager.
- Build working relationships with client finance contacts and business owners, providing practical guidance and identifying opportunities to add value through advisory support.
Planning & Coordination
- Plan and resource assignments efficiently in line with Retain.
- Monitor WIP and act promptly when overruns are developing.
- Manage own time effectively across concurrent assignments.
People Leadership
- Coach and support seniors and trainees on assignments day-to-day.
- Create an environment where questions and different approaches are welcomed.
Commercial Awareness
- Understand billing targets and efficient delivery. No external BD expectation at this grade.
Systems & Digital
- CCH, Retain, Microsoft 365 and Teams proficiently.
- Cloud accounting platform awareness: Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent and Sage Online.
- Experience of desktop accounting software, including Sage 50.
- Developing Power BI awareness.
Quality & Standards
- Ensure assignments meet quality standards before passing to the manager.
- Maintain consistent attention to detail.
- Maintain CPD post-qualification.
Qualifications & Experience
- ACA/ACCA/CA — qualified. Typically two to three years post-qualification accounts and advisory experience.
- Strong UK GAAP (FRS 102) knowledge.
Technical Skills
- Technical review capability across statutory accounts, management accounts, VAT compliance and related advisory work.
- UK GAAP (FRS 102) across a range of entity types.
- CCH, Excel, cloud accounting platforms and Sage software proficiency.
Communication Skills
- Professional and confident in client and manager communication.
- Skilled at giving clear, fair feedback to juniors.
- Handles client queries proactively.
Personal Attributes
- Takes ownership of assignments and quality.
- Organised and reliable.
- Genuinely invested in junior development.
- Accessible and collaborative.
Professionalism
- Maintains integrity and confidentiality.
- Committed to high-quality delivery.
- Dedicated to CPD.
Pay: From £1.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Work Location: In person
