Trainee Auditor

About The Trainee Auditor Role

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.

Due to significant growth in the client base, our Steyning office has an opportunity for a full‑time Trainee Auditor to join the audit team. Joining the team as an apprentice, you’ll work towards a formal accountancy qualification and start your journey towards a fulfilling and rewarding career. With the benefits of on‑the‑job learning and structured training, you will be given all the skills and support you need to build a successful career in accountancy.

• Initially part of a larger team before taking on individual responsibility for your clients; later you will have your own client portfolio.
• Conducting audits as part of a wider team, ensuring appropriate and sufficient documentation is obtained to support the audit opinion.
• Accounts preparation.
• Preparing analysis of accounting data from clients’ books and records.
• Involvement in the planning, execution, and finalisation of the audit assignment supporting the audit manager.
• Ensuring compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements.
• Identifying and understanding client needs, providing initial solutions to client challenges, then communicating these needs and solutions to the audit manager.
• Building strong relationships with new and established clients.
• Carrying out ad‑hoc assignments as reasonably required.
• Traveling to local and national clients on a regular basis.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Dynamic individuals with a positive "can do" attitude.
• Ideally you will have either GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grades 4 and above), A‑Levels in either Mathematics, Business or Economics, or an AAT or similar qualification.
• Highly personable with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Logical approach and good with numbers.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate Excel skills as a minimum.
• Own car and full driving license.

• Full training package and support for AAT and ACCA/ACA.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• 23 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays).
• Opportunity to purchase additional holiday days.
• Hybrid working – once established in the role, a mixture of office and home working.
• 9‑day working fortnight.
• Free car parking.
• Access to our corporate reward scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the Firm.
• Relaxed and friendly working environment.

TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We’re an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high‑quality experience for our clients. Our client list is expanding, and we’re supporting more and more of the UK’s ambitious business owners, SMEs, and large corporations. It’s a real team effort. We help them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses.

We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution‑focused, and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop, and evolve. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship.