Client Adviser

Grasp Accountants is a forward-thinking accounting, tax, and business advisory firm based in Poole, Dorset. We are dedicated to fostering strong relationships and providing comprehensive support to ambitious business owners. With a focus on proactive advice, we go beyond compliance to help clients make smarter decisions. Our team is committed to empowering businesses and driving their success.

We’re hiring a Client Adviser to produce accurate, review-ready company accounts, company and personal tax returns, engage with ad-hoc client queries, and gain early exposure to advisory work. If you enjoy the pace and variety of a start-up and want to help shape how we work as we grow, you’ll fit right in.

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Note:

We don’t do VAT, bookkeeping or payroll in-house — we focus on accounting, tax and advisory.)

• Take trial balances through to FRS 105/FRS 102 statutory accounts, including notes and tagged accounts.
• Prepare corporation tax returns with supporting computations.
• Prepare self-assessment returns and related schedules.
• Keep workflows up to date (statuses, due dates, file notes); maintain tidy working papers and reconciliations.
• Handle client information requests and straightforward technical queries.
• Have an involvement in recurring & ad-hoc advisory assignments and sit in on client check-ins to learn the advisory craft.
• Suggest improvements to templates, processes and checklists whenever you spot opportunities.
• Want to learn and grow with Grasp, we want to see and support your development as a professional.

• Practice experience essential (typically 2–5+ years producing statutory accounts and corporation tax).
• Comfortable with FRS 105/102accounts and tax computations i.e. you know what “review-ready” looks like.
• Clear, professional communicator who wants to understand clients and build relationships with colleagues.
• Naturally tidy: you document assumptions, reconcile properly and leave files easy to review.
• You enjoy start-up energy: proactive, resourceful and keen to shape better ways of working.
• Aligned to our values: passionate, honest, caring, innovative and dynamic and you like turning data into clarity for our clients.
• Qualifications:
  
  flexible: QBE, part-qualified or qualified (ACCA/ACA). Capability, attitude and reliability matter most.

• Flexible hours (part-time or full-time) and autonomy.
• Early advisory exposure and direct access to clients.
• Modern tooling/software, minimal admin friction and time to do great work.
• Competitive salary (pro-rated), pension, paid CPD, plus your birthday day off.
• Office-first in modern, shared office space in central Poole (with WFH when the senior team is out), occasional client visits.