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Calling all Accountants who feel like every day is the same…

There is another way.

At MAP we strive to make a difference, far from being the traditional reactive accountant of the past with little communication with clients, we work closely with our clients to support them with all areas of their business. We are proactive, making clients aware of when a statutory requirement or service comes due and are always looking at and addressing ways to further support our clients to develop their financial maturity whether it’s taking over their credit control or supporting them with due diligence when they are ready to sell their business. Communication with clients is front and centre and takes place regularly via email, over the phone and face-to-face, our approach builds a stronger deeper partnership with clients to better understand them and support them on their journey.

Not only do our clients benefit from our new way of doing things, but so do our people, we live and breathe our values; Be Brave, Be Caring, Be a Team Player and Be Dependable, whether it’s hosting a live community radio show on a quarterly development day or presenting at our weekly team meeting, providing daily real-time feedback to colleagues or coming up with a new service we can provide to clients, we push the norm to create highly skilled, caring advisers who can support clients and who are supported to feel challenged and fulfilled throughout their journey at MAP.

From day 1, you'll get to work with some of the UK's most exciting, and fastest-growing businesses as part of an outsourced finance function.

Our unique approach to your career development (which includes paying for your exams and tuition), sets us apart from other accountancy firms so you can be confident that you're getting the best training and experience to ensure you’re ready for any accountancy challenge that comes your way. The benefits of being a mapper don't stop there – as one of our team, you’ll also have access to our supportive leadership team who are dedicated to helping you accelerate your career in accounting or expand into other roles within the business.

At MAP

• There are no ties or smart suits – it’s smart casual every day.


• You will work on a MacBook and fully utilise the latest accounting technology to streamline how you work.


• You’ll work in a paperless environment.


• You’ll be appreciated and thanked by both clients and the team alike.


• You’ll have autonomy with scope to make your mark.


• Whatever your role, your opinions and ideas will always be valued.

What You Can Expect

Your salary will be between £27,000 and £35,000 depending on your experience and qualification progress.

You’ll get 20 days of holiday (plus bank holidays) and an additional day off for your birthday even if it falls on the weekend. You will be part of a holiday bonus program so you will gain an additional day's holiday for each year spent at MAP for up to 5 years. If you complete your professional qualification (ACCA, ACA) during this time you will jump to 25 days holiday. You will be able to fully recharge and enjoy the festivities with friends and family from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day, and as a bonus, you won’t need to use any annual leave entitlement for this period.

There is some flexibility as to when you work AND, because all our clients are fully cloud-based, we offer hybrid working where up to 60% of your working month can be spent working remotely.

We offer gym memberships and to further assist with having a healthy mind and body, we offer a private health plan which covers you and any dependants and can be used towards everyday medical expenses and provides 24/7 access to counselling support and a GP. Supporting the wider MAP family is really important to us, so you will be covered for 4x of your annual salary and you will have access to thousands of retail and lifestyle discounts through perks.

As if that wasn’t enough, after one year of working at MAP you will benefit from an increased employer pension contribution of 5% to match your 5% statutory contributions.

After three years working at MAP, you will have the option to submit an application to spend up to a month working in the Philippines where some of our MAP team are based.

After 5 years of working for MAP, your pension will be increased further as the employer pension contributions are increased from 5% to 10%, if you continue with your 5% contributions that's 15% going into your pension every month. Last but by no means least, after 7 years working for MAP you will have the option to get an electric car on a business lease and a business phone contract, both of which can be used for business and personal use.

MAP lives every day by its ethos of becoming financially mature, so along with our Core Value of 'Be Caring' we work with B1G1 to give to different projects around the world on the back of every day for example when a new client chooses to work with us, we donate to provide 15 days of bookkeeping skills training to women in Malawi. Even something as small as for every set of year-end accounts filed, we donate to provide 15 meals to nursery school children in Ethiopia.

What you will be responsible for

This is a flexible role covering all areas of General Practice to help support the finance function of our clients. The work means you will gain a much broader deeper understanding of how to support modern businesses.

Typical Daily Activities Include

• Building and maintaining relationships for a portfolio of sole traders and small business clients which will include regular contact to independently understand and support their needs.

• The opportunity to plan your own workload to manage jobs to ensure great service outcomes and peace of mind for the client.

• Timely and accurate preparation of accounts and corporation tax returns

• Timely and accurate preparation of VAT returns

• Preparation of management information for clients

• Timely and accurate preparation of self-assessment tax returns

• Providing Bank Reconciliation and Supplier Payments services for your clients

• Company secretarial duties including filing confirmation statements

• Onboarding new clients to the practice by setting them up on the systems and explaining our processes and requirements

• Maintaining the Dext & Xero subscriptions and helping train clients on these platforms

• Keeping up to date on the latest tax and accounting legislation by attending MAP Development days and using Croner-i.

Skills

• You are accurate and detail-oriented, great at finishing detailed jobs


• You can take responsibility and make decisions, great at organising your own work schedule with little or no guidance


• You have an understanding of accounting principles


• Strong written and verbal communication skills

This Exciting Opportunity Will Suit You If

• ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW or equivalent qualified or ACCA Part Qualified


• 2 years minimum Accountancy Practice experience


• Exposure to cloud accounting software such as Xero and Dext (Desirable to be certified on both or another Cloud Accounting Software)


• Experienced in maintaining client relationships


• Passionate about financial control and reporting


• Committed to running robust finance functions


• Have a positive ‘can do’ mindset.


• Are curious and eager to continually learn and develop new skills.


• Revel in building relationships and communicating daily in a jargon-free way with clients so that you have a deep understanding of them and their business to create the best working partnership


• A strong multi-tasker with excellent self-organisational skills and great attention to detail


• Able to remain resilient when faced with challenging situations


• Are able to adapt to changes in systems, technology and process

Why This Opportunity Might Not Be For You…and That’s Ok!

• If you are not UK based - Our office is in Manchester and this is a hybrid role which requires 40% of the time to be spent in the office


• If you enjoy flying solo


• If you are just looking to tick the boxes and have an easy life


• If you find getting to grips with new technology is always extremely challenging


• If you get frustrated by supporting others learning and development


• If you dislike receiving real-time feedback from anyone across the team


• If you struggle to cope with change

If you’re ready to get ahead in your career by taking advantage of the professional growth opportunities and all the amazing benefits that come with joining MAP – then don’t wait any longer. Take charge of your future and join us today!