Associate - Business Outsourcing Services

S&W; Beaconsfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Beaconsfield is seeking an experienced Associate to join their Business Outsourcing Services team. The role involves working with clients on year-end accounts, VAT returns, and bookkeeping. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in a professional practice and a commitment to pursuing ACCA qualifications. The firm offers competitive benefits, including private medical insurance and a generous holiday package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Eye care support

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working in professional practice.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts, VAT returns, and management accounts.

Responsibilities

• Provide statutory accounts, bookkeeping, and management accounts.
• Develop understanding of clients and their businesses.
• Keep manager informed of issues and task completion.
• Familiarize with internal accounting software and cloud technologies.
• Provide advice and solutions to accounting queries.

Skills

Statutory accounts preparation

Management accounts

VAT returns

Bookkeeping

Client advisory

Education

Commitment to ACCA qualification

Tools

Xero

Sage

QuickBooks

Excel

Job description

Associate - Business Outsourcing Services

Location: S&W Beaconsfield, England, United Kingdom.

Company Description: 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.

Job Description

We are seeking a talented Associate to join our Business Outsourcing Services team in Beaconsfield. In your role, you will work with clients and their finance teams or bookkeepers, helping them with year‑end accounts, management accounts, bookkeeping, VAT returns and cloud accounting software support. You will also gain exposure to working with Partners and senior members of staff.

This is a permanent full‑time role based at our Beaconsfield office (5 days per week).

Responsibilities

• Provide statutory accounts, bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT returns, software implementation and “health‑checks” for clients.
• Develop an understanding of our clients and their businesses.
• Keep your manager fully informed of any issues, ensuring the work is completed to the agreed level and recorded clearly.
• Become familiar with our internal accounting software and other cloud accounting technologies.
• Provide advice and solutions to clients in to their accounting queries.
• Use automation to improve efficiencies for clients’ finance functions.
• Prioritise tasks for your own portfolio of clients, monitoring time against budget.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working in professional practice.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts, VAT returns and management accounts.
• Commitment to completing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification (or ACA if already commenced).

Preferred Software Experience

• Xero
• Sage
• QuickBooks
• Excel

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• 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 are delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. We are committed to providing a workplace where all colleagues feel respected and supported. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate your needs throughout the application process. Please let your recruiter know.