Current Vacancies

Agricultural Services Senior Manager
Location: Gloucestershire
Salary: £65,000

This is a brilliant opportunity to assist with the growth and development of the Agricultural team. Existing clients range from family farming units through to large landed estates and agribusinesses.
Our Client is looking for applicants that are able to manage their own portfolio and co-ordinate all services provided to those clients. The role offers both an exciting opportunity to work with agriculturally related clients and the potential for progression to partnership.

The opportunity offers variety and scope including:

Manage a mixed portfolio of clients; including farms with estate work attached.
Provide advice on business strategy together with constructive input into succession and retirement planning.
Build and maintain good relationships with clients, being first point of contact for most issues that arise
Work closely with the existing partner and tax team.
Contribute to business development and build own profile in the business community.
Manage the existing team of accounts staff.
Review accounts and act as point of reference to the team with regard to complex issues.
To deal with ad hoc & special assignments

Skills:

A leader, a team player, and above all a confident senior manager.
Ideally you will already have a good base of contacts, (not essential) and be able to leverage your new team into the market and lead them to success.
ACA/ACCA qualified with experience of both Corporate and Non Corporate work.
With a background in, or knowledge of, agricultural clients, perhaps as part of a mixed portfolio to date
Knowledge of tax issues relevant to the sector
Networking & Business Development skills.
Managing/motivating a team to deliver results.
Proven track record of client management
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build rapport.

Director / Senior Manger - Rural Services
Salary: £35,000 - £60,000 + Bonus Scheme
Location: Exeter

This is a brilliant opportunity for an individual with a background in Accountancy Practice to join a leading provider in the Accountancy arena.

Our client is seeking an individual with a good understanding and keen interest in Rural Services and Farming.

As a Senior Manager/ Director you will have responsibility for continuing to grow the business and delivering high quality service and advice to your clients.
You will need a proven record of delivering excellence and be committed to your own career development and that of your team.
You will manage your own portfolio and be actively representing the practice in the local rural community whilst developing new business opportunities.

Skills:

ACA/ACCA qualified ideally from a progressive accountancy practice
Proven experience of forging successful business relationships
Up to date accounting knowledge - including accounting standards
Current knowledge of CGT and IHT planning for the agricultural sector
Experience in audit, accounts preparation, and tax with a Rural Services bias
Experienced people manager, with the ability to coach and develop a team
Innovative approach to problem solving
Pro-active communication style
Be capable of providing strategic leadership

Senior Manager / Director / Partner - Rural Services
Location: Canterbury
Salary: £45,000 - £80,000 Negotiable

Our client is a well established firm of Chartered Accountants looking to add a Senior Manager to their progressive team with prospects of becoming a Partner.
This position is immediately available for somebody with a proven record of delivering excellence and is committed to your own career development and that of your team.
You will manage your own portfolio and be actively representing the practice in the local rural community whilst developing new business opportunities.

The role also offers a possibility of progression up to the role of Partner. There is paid car parking, private medical insurance and a contributory pension scheme as well as 4 weeks holiday and 3 additional days off over Christmas for the ideal candidate.

Responsibilities:

Managing audit assignments including group audits
Review of audit planning including agreeing budgets and timetables with client
Allocating work, briefing and controlling the team, and ensuring compliance with timetables
Responsibility for the financial aspect of managing a portfolio, including raising fees, and control of recoveries
Arrange, plan and run client account finalisation meetings
Training, appraisal and recruitment of staff
Maintaining and developing excellent client relationships

Skills:

Background or interest in farming and rural communities
Current knowledge of CGT and IHT planning for the agricultural sector
Experience in audit, accounts preparation, and tax with a Rural Services
ACA/ACCA qualified
Background in public practice

Senior Manager / Director (Agricultural Services)
Location: Gloucestershire
Salary: £65,000

This is a brilliant opportunity to assist with the growth and development of the Agricultural team. Existing clients range from family farming units through to large landed estates and agribusinesses.
Our Client is looking for applicants that are able to manage their own portfolio and co-ordinate all services provided to those clients. The role offers both an exciting opportunity to work with agriculturally related clients and the potential for progression to partnership.

The opportunity offers variety and scope including:

Manage a mixed portfolio of clients; including farms with estate work attached.
Provide advice on business strategy together with constructive input into succession and retirement planning.
Build and maintain good relationships with clients, being first point of contact for most issues that arise
Work closely with the existing partner and tax team.
Contribute to business development and build own profile in the business community.
Manage the existing team of accounts staff.
Review accounts and act as point of reference to the team with regard to complex issues.
To deal with ad hoc & special assignments

Skills:

A leader, a team player, and above all a confident senior manager.
Ideally you will already have a good base of contacts, (not essential) and be able to leverage your new team into the market and lead them to success.
ACA/ACCA qualified with experience of both Corporate and Non Corporate work.
With a background in, or knowledge of, agricultural clients, perhaps as part of a mixed portfolio to date
Knowledge of tax issues relevant to the sector
Networking & Business Development skills.
Managing/motivating a team to deliver results.
Proven track record of client management
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build rapport.

Agricultural Accountants and Tax Consultants
Salary: £28,000 - £70,000
Locations: Somerset & Gloucestershire

Heat Recruitment is currently recruiting for numerous well respected Accountancy Practices that are interested in individuals that specialise in Accountancy & Taxation for Rural Services and Agricultural Clients

We are currently seeking individual for the following positions:

Senior Tax Manager/Director Private Client (Trusts)
Accounts Director - Rural Services and Agricultural Clients
Senior Managers - Rural Services and Agricultural Clients
Partner - Rural Services and Agricultural Clients
Director / Senior Manger - Rural Services
Accounts Seniors - Rural Services
Accounts Senior / Assistant Manager - Rural Services
Accounts Manager - Rural Services
Accounts Technician - AAT qualified
Estates and Trust taxation specialists

If these details are not relevant to you, we would be grateful if you could forward them on to Friends and Colleagues who can benefit or would be interested.

To discuss these opportunities further please contact Jack Wood at Heat Recruitment

Agriculture and Private Property Solicitor
Location: Somerset or Hampshire
Salary: £50-80,000
Reference: RD-2455

Our client has an excellent reputation within the region and would now like to expand the already well established Agricultural and Private Property Group by the recruitment of a practitioner with substantial expertise in agricultural and landed estates law.

This is a unique opportunity to join a successful and growing UK law practice and significantly contribute to the growth and success of the firm and in this work sector

Duties and Responsibilities:

To Provide high Level advice to clients across the Agricultural sector
Sales and Purchases of estates, farms and land
Commercial tenancy agreements
Provide legal support for Quota payments
Provide professional service to managed clients such as insurers and other large scale commercial businesses

Skill:

Exposure to and working knowledge of agricultural law,
Lead and develop more junior members of staff
High level client management skills
Ability to market the practice in a proactive and professional manner
Excellent Communication, Negotiation, Litigation and IT Skills

Intelligence Fraud Analysts - Milton Keynes - Legal
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: £25,000 - £40,000 D.O.E

A top legal firm is expanding its counter fraud team within their regional office by looking to add 2 Analysts.
Reporting to the Senior Analyst you will have a proven ability to research, analyse and report on data of a highly sensitive nature. Having a keen analytical mind and a background as an analyst, you will be responsible for providing analytical support for file handlers as well as the production and dissemination of intelligence reports to external clients, within the framework of the National Intelligence Model. You will have excellent communication skills and previous experience of i2 Analyst's Notebook.

The ability to work under pressure as part of a busy team is essential, as are excellent IT skills.

Senior Helpdesk Analyst
Location: Harrogate
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a leading and successful company in its sector. You will be working as part of a dedicated team and with a passion for providing high quality customer service at all times, the Senior Help Desk Analyst is the main point of contact for our customers requiring anything from general advice on our product set through to in-depth assistance as a specialist for select products

Duties and Responsibilities:

Inbound telephony/email reception of Help Desk calls
Information gathering, qualification and prioritisation of new calls
Logging of all calls within our Help Desk application
Manage and pro-actively ensure that timely and appropriate updates are communicated back to customers
Ownership of all Help Desk calls for the product specialisation, throughout the calls lifecycle.
Interacting with other Service Management disciplines where necessary to investigate and resolve Help Desk calls
Helping to maintain FAQ's for the support of our product suite
Performing QA on products/fixes where required

Skills:

General IT and troubleshooting skills
Excellent Customer Service Skills, Excellent Organisation Skills
Experience in a Help Desk Environment
Knowledge of maintaining and running queries on MS SQL 2000/2005
Knowledge of Finance applications
Knowledge of maintaining IIS 6/7

Duties & Responsibilities

Intelligence Fraud Analysts
Salary: £25,000 - £40,000 D.O.E

A top legal firm is expanding its counter fraud team within their regional office by looking to add 2 Analysts.
Reporting to the Senior Analyst you will have a proven ability to research, analyse and report on data of a highly sensitive nature. Having a keen analytical mind and a background as an analyst, you will be responsible for providing analytical support for file handlers as well as the production and dissemination of intelligence reports to external clients, within the framework of the National Intelligence Model. You will have excellent communication skills and previous experience of i2 Analyst's Notebook.

The ability to work under pressure as part of a busy team is essential, as are excellent IT skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

Senior Helpdesk Analyst
Location: Bristol
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a leading and successful company in its sector. You will be working as part of a dedicated team and with a passion for providing high quality customer service at all times, the Senior Help Desk Analyst is the main point of contact for our customers requiring anything from general advice on our product set through to in-depth assistance as a specialist for select products

Duties and Responsibilities:

Inbound telephony/email reception of Help Desk calls
Information gathering, qualification and prioritisation of new calls
Logging of all calls within our Help Desk application
Manage and pro-actively ensure that timely and appropriate updates are communicated back to customers
Ownership of all Help Desk calls for the product specialisation, throughout the calls lifecycle.
Interacting with other Service Management disciplines where necessary to investigate and resolve Help Desk calls
Helping to maintain FAQ's for the support of our product suite
Performing QA on products/fixes where required

Skills:

General IT and troubleshooting skills
Excellent Customer Service Skills, Excellent Organisation Skills
Experience in a Help Desk Environment
Knowledge of maintaining and running queries on MS SQL 2000/2005
Knowledge of Finance applications
Knowledge of maintaining IIS 6/7

Duties & Responsibilities