Accounts Associate - Business Outsourcing Services

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881—helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a talented Associate to join our Business Outsourcing Services team in Newcastle. Here you’ll be working with clients and their finance teams or bookkeepers, helping them with their year-end accounts, management accounts, bookkeeping, VAT returns and cloud accounting software support. This means providing services, advice and solutions that really make a difference. You will also have exposure to working with Associate Directors and Directors, gaining invaluable experience with senior members of staff.

Progression within this team is fast, with responsibility from an early stage. As your experience grows, you may have opportunities to experience other ad hoc assignments that our clients request our help with such as: one-off software implementation projects, cloud accounting software 'health-checks' or client secondments to assist their finance function. You will also receive internal training from the professional services learning and development team.

Business Outsourced Services is a fast growing specialism across the country and we are looking for an ambitious individual to join our team. We offer a fast paced work environment, with no barriers to growth and development. We conduct a hands on approach with our clients and really look to develop long lasting relationships internally and externally to provide a fantastic service.

With a beautiful, open plan office in the centre of Newcastle, the option of hybrid working, and an exciting new brand with our recent S&W launch, now is a great time to join the team.

As an Associate, your responsibilities will include among others

• Working as part of a team to provide clients with a range of services including statutory accounts, bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT returns, software implementation and 'health-checks' of their systems
• Developing an understanding of our clients and their businesses
• Keeping your manager fully informed of any issues and problems, ensuring the work is completed to a level agreed with the portfolio holder and recording clearly and concisely the work carried out
• Becoming familiar with our internal accounting software as well as other cloud accounting technologies
• Providing advice and solutions to clients in response to their accounting queries
• Using automation to improve efficiencies for our clients' finance function
• Prioritising tasks for your own portfolio of clients, whilst monitoring time against budget

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you should have experience

• Have demonstrable experience working in professional practice
• Experience working on statutory accounts preparation, VAT returns, management accounts
• Be committed to completing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification (or ACA where study has already commenced)

Desired

Experience of the following software is desirable:

• Xero
• Sage
• Quickbooks
• Excel

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.