Current Vacancies

Accounts and Audit Senior, Part qualified or newly qualified
Salary: Dependent on experience
Location: Yeovil

This is a brilliant opportunity to join an up and coming practice. Due to internal promotions and career moves of key staff within their established and talented corporate team, they have an outstanding opportunity for a part qualified or newly qualified accountant who is seeking to strengthen their audit experience

Duties and Responsibilities:

You will provide support to the audit manager and a diverse range of services to clients including tax
Auditing roles will include client contact during field work, ensuring completion of audits within agreed time allocation, drafting final documents and participating in transaction support engagements
Planning, budgeting and carrying out assignments
Delegating and supervising work of more junior members of the team
Reviewing work and carrying out job appraisals
Dealing with client queries whilst on site
Awareness of client affairs and identifying opportunities to provide additional services
Liaison with other departments within the business
Preparation and/or review of personal and corporate tax returns

Skills:

ACA/ACCA part qualified finalist or newly qualified.
Some experience in audit, accounts preparation and tax
Up to date knowledge of current accounting standards
Client focused with a commercial mind
Pro-active communication style with drive & energetic approach to your career

Banking Solicitor
Location: Bristol
Salary: £40,000 - £80,000

A Leading law firm has a vacancy for a Banking Solicitor to work in their Corporate team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior Solicitor seeking a role with great potential.

Responsibilities:

Your role will be to undertake work for a range of lenders and borrowers
This work is primarily transaction based
Project managing a multi disciplinary team
Providing coaching to others in the team

Skills:

Ability to handle all aspects of secured lending, including drafting and negotiation of facility letters, standard and bespoke security documents, ranking documents and loan notes.
Proven project management and supervisory skills
Commercially aware and client focussed to understand, anticipate and fulfil the needs and expectations of clients

Branch Manager
Salary: £40,000 - £47,000 + Company Car and Bonus
Location: Somerset

Our client is seeking an ambitious and driven Branch Manager to develop their Commercial Insurance Brokerage. Your role will be to oversee the Branch operations whilst managing and developing an existing book of business.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation with a successful history and the chance to shape its future in the Commercial Insurance market

Duties and Responsibilities:

To oversee the branch operations and ensure the success of the business
Manage and develop an existing book of business vastly dealing with Commercial Insurance products
Ensure staff are fully motivated and focused
Provide training to junior staff where necessary
Work closely with associated brokers to ensure the best value policies are available

Skill:

A sound understanding of the Commercial Insurance market and experience within a Commercial Broker is essential
A proven ability to manage and motivate a team of people
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Able to manage and develop a book of business

Job Description
Personal Lines Broker
Salary: £16,000 - £20,000 + Bonus
Location: Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an aspiring Insurance Brokerage as a Personal Lines Broker. You will be responsible for the sale of the companies' insurance policies to new and existing customers, whilst ensuring an impeccable standard of customer service at all times.

Responsibilities

Drive sales averages through the provision of Personal Lines Insurance Policies to new and existing customers
Make any necessary alterations to existing customer policies, including Mid-term adjustments
Ensure customer retention through the effective renewal negotiation
Maintain the organisations service standards through unrivalled customer service
Establish and develop relationships with Insurers and a portfolio of existing customers

Skills

A proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets is essential
Experience in the Insurance Industry dealing with Personal Lines policies would be beneficial
Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
Able to work within a team environment

Duties & Responsibilities

Personal Lines Broker Manager
Location: Somerset
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 Negotiable D.O.E

Are you seeking a new opportunity within an organisation that can provide career prospects within a driven environment? Look no further as we are currently recruiting for one of the South West's top independent brokers. Our client is on the look out for experienced Personal Lines Assistant Branch Managers and Broker Branch Managers to develop their existing members of staff within their regional High Street Brokerages.

Responsibilities:

Ensure the smooth running of the brokerage
Maintaining Company sales targets
121's on a monthly basis
Ensure staff are fully motivated and focused
Dealing with disciplinary issues and recruitment
Regularly make presentations at Seminars and Managers' meetings
Provide training to junior staff where necessary

Skills:

Previous experience of managing and motivating a team of people
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Proven ability to successfully role out and pilot new insurance schemes
It is essential to have experience of Personal Lines Insurance or Commercial Insurance

Branch Manager
Location: Somerset
Salary: £40,000 - £47,000 + Company Car and Bonus

Our client is seeking an ambitious and driven Branch Manager to develop their Commercial Insurance Brokerage. You will be directly responsible for the well being, development and performance of support, sales and administration staff through motivation, appraisal and where necessary, discipline.

You will make sure that you and your team are maximising all opportunities to develop new business through lead generation, networking and cross selling, and make sure that retention rates are maintained by maintaining successful client relationships.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation with a successful history and the chance to shape its future in the Commercial Insurance market with of one of the Largest European Brokers supporting your operation.

Responsibilities:

To oversee the branch operations and ensure the success of the business
Security and maintenance of client & company information
Administration in accordance with business & FSA guidelines
Effective communication at all levels
Relationship building with Insurers, clients & underwriters
Buildings & Facilities maintenance and security
Ensure staff are fully motivated and focused
Provide training to junior staff where necessary
Work closely with associated brokers to ensure the best value policies are available

Skill:

A sound understanding of the Commercial Insurance market and experience within a Commercial Broker is essential
A proven ability to manage and motivate a team of people
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Able to manage and develop a book of business

Business Manager - South West
Location: Bristol
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000

We have a fantastic opportunity for an insurance professional join a unique brokerage that has gone through exceptional sustained growth. You will be working with full underwriting empowerment meaning you can work directly for your clients making risk and pricing decisions without referral to the insurer in most cases

Operating in a highly focussed and targeted sales environment, your role will be dealing direct with the end user to grow a predominantly Commercial Insurance Account from zero

This will be achieved by winning new accounts and retaining them and will be supported by having fully delegated underwriting empowerment, full market exposure including Lloyds and a variety of exclusive schemes, and support of dedicated office based Business Associates.

Responsibilities:

Working to deadlines, prioritise and manage work effectively to achieve business plan
Maximise time in front of the client paying close regard to geography
Provide excellent customer service
Be able to generate new premium income from new clients, through own sourcing, and through Company provided leads
Maintain and grow own account
Work from home
Be professional, overcome objections and make the sale
Incorporate all underwriting principles within new business generation on behalf of the insurer on delegated written business

Skills:

ACII qualifications or willingness to work towards professional qualifications
Excellent presentation, negotiating, verbal and written communication skills
A level of business acumen including profitability and expense analysis and preparation of annual business plan
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
Previous experience of working with Commercial Insurance is essential
Multi disciplined General Insurance underwriting
Broking experience is beneficial

Professional Risks Development Executive
Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £42,000 +Bonus + Car + Benefits

Our client is an innovative and progressive regional broker with a reputation for excellence. They are now seeking a driven and professional Development Executive to spearhead the growth of the professional indemnity division.

Duties & Responsibilities

The purpose of the role is to achieve new business growth plans, by identifying, developing and converting business leads, which will be generated by a variety of methods.

Skills:

Knowledge of the local market would be highly advantageous, but is not essential, as drive and ambition are the key attributes. In return for hard work the successful applicant will hold a senior role within a flourishing division and the ability to expand the division and careers within it.

Business Services Senior
Location: Leeds
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000

This a very good chance to a Qualified Accountant to join a leading company and assist with the Business Services

Duties and Responsibilities:

Preparation of in house Business Services work
Client on site assignments - conducting Business Services work
Preparing incorporated and unincorporated accounts of clients
Using Sage/Excel

BAA Account Manager
Location: London
Salary: £35,000 - £55,000

This is a good opportunity to manage a key portfolio of clients, ensuring that budgeted targets are met through existing clients and a network of business referrers

Duties and Responsibilities

Lead client relationships on a mixed portfolio of audit and non audit clients, providing a principle point of contact and all round business advice
Lead the planning and delivery of audit assignments and accounts preparation engagements for a portfolio of clients and other specialist assignments coordinating all relevant input to meet client needs, compliance standards and budget
Review complete audit and accounts preparation files and hold clearance meetings with the client as appropriate, ensuring finalised accounts are issued promptly and in line clients' requirements
Identify additional business opportunities from existing clients, obtain referrals and deliver projects to achieve income targets
Create good working relationships with other departments to generate new business opportunities and ensure client needs and budgets are met

Skills:

ACA or equivalent and continuing CPE
Skills, knowledge and competencies, Client focus, Self managing, Results focused, Commercial Awareness, Team player, Attention to quality, Self development, Initiative and Technical