Jobs at Larking Gowen LLP

Lead the private client tax team, providing tax advisory, compliance, and planning services. Manage client relationships, review high-risk tax returns, oversee team planning and development, ensure regulatory compliance, and support business growth through proposals, referrals, presentations, and seminars. The role also involves risk management, mentoring, recruitment, deadline management, and collaboration with firm partners and departments.

Manages a portfolio of clients, leads and develops the business team, oversees resource deployment, reviews complex work, and supports recruitment and performance management. The role also drives business development through networking, proposals, presentations, and client relationship management. It requires a professional accounting qualification, significant post-qualified practice experience, team leadership, coaching, portfolio management, strong communication, and the ability to manage changing priorities while delivering excellent client service.

Assists the Private Client Trust and Probate team with preparing tax returns, tax computations, Capital Gains Tax returns, HMRC forms, and client accounts. The role involves liaising with HMRC and professionals, maintaining client records, supporting tax advisory projects, identifying client service opportunities, and meeting compliance and workload deadlines. Candidates need previous tax experience, basic accounting and spreadsheet skills, strong organization, accuracy, communication, and customer service abilities.

Entry-level accounting intern supporting account preparation, bookkeeping, cloud accounting, VAT returns, client documentation, administration, and client relationships. The role provides mentoring and practical experience within a business advisory team, with potential progression to an AAT Level 3 and Level 4 apprenticeship.

Join an accountancy and business advisory firm as an apprenticeship trainee. Gain practical client experience, receive structured mentoring and paid study support, and work toward a recognized professional qualification. The role develops technical, commercial, communication, and professional skills while providing meaningful client responsibilities and flexible working arrangements. Positions are available in Norwich, Ipswich, Diss, Colchester, and Fakenham, with start dates in September 2027 and limited January 2027 opportunities.

Join Larking Gowen’s Graduate Trainee Programme to gain practical client experience while studying toward a professional qualification such as ACA or CTA. Responsibilities include working with diverse clients, completing structured training, developing technical and commercial skills, receiving mentoring, and taking on meaningful professional responsibilities. The programme offers funded study support, paid study leave, and flexible working arrangements, with positions available across several UK offices.

Prepare accounts, tax returns, VAT returns, bookkeeping, reconciliations, management accounts, and financial records for businesses and individuals. Communicate with clients, maintain compliant working papers, use accounting software, and support high-quality client service. The role offers training and support toward ACA or ACCA qualifications.

Assist with statutory audit planning and completion, perform audit testing, prepare working papers and financial statements, analyze accounting records, communicate with clients, and support compliance with audit standards and firm policies. The role also involves reporting to senior audit staff, participating in professional development, and supporting less experienced team members.

Manage bookkeeping, VAT compliance, month-end processes, management accounts, cashflow reporting, and financial insights for a portfolio of clients. Review colleagues’ work, ensure accuracy, improve finance systems and reporting, support Making Tax Digital requirements, and act as a trusted client contact. The role also involves mentoring junior staff and helping develop the Fractional Finance service line.

Prepares accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies; assists with bookkeeping, reconciliations, VAT returns, digital record keeping, management accounts, and financial reporting. Communicates with clients, maintains accurate working papers, uses accounting software, and supports colleagues during busy periods. The role requires AAT Level 4, attention to detail, organization, communication skills, and willingness to learn.

Manage a portfolio of trust, estate, and personal tax clients, preparing and reviewing tax returns, delivering trust tax planning advice, and supporting trustees, executors, and beneficiaries. The role also involves advisory projects, client relationship management, business development, process improvement, mentoring colleagues, meeting deadlines, and supporting team growth within a private client tax practice.

Lead audit assignments from planning through completion, prepare and review audit documentation, assess risks, and produce statutory financial statements. Manage client relationships, communicate findings, and ensure compliance with professional standards. Supervise, coach, and develop junior staff while managing budgets, deadlines, quality procedures, and technical requirements. The role also involves maintaining knowledge of UK GAAP, FRS 102, and ISAs, with travel to other East Anglia offices as required.

Designs, develops, and improves Power Platform automation and AI-assisted solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate workflows, Copilot Studio copilots, Power BI integrations, APIs, and SQL services. The role involves engaging business users to identify inefficiencies, supporting existing solutions, testing releases, and contributing to governance, controls, DLP policies, and environment management.

Assists with statutory audit planning and completion, audit testing, substantive procedures, working papers, financial statement preparation, and analysis of accounting records. The role involves client communication, regulatory and quality compliance, risk management, and supporting team development. Candidates should have strong numerical, analytical, organizational, communication, and Microsoft Excel skills, with opportunities for training and professional qualification support.

Join a specialist Farms and Rural Business team serving agricultural clients across Suffolk and Essex. The role involves managing a client portfolio, building trusted relationships, supporting farming businesses, driving growth, and contributing to the development of a leading accountancy practice. Further responsibilities will be discussed during the application process. The employer offers career development, professional support, pension, insurance, healthcare, leave, and other benefits.

Lead audit assignments from planning through completion, prepare and review audit documentation and statutory financial statements, identify risks, and ensure compliance with professional standards. Manage client relationships, communicate findings, supervise and mentor junior staff, and support quality control and continuous improvement. The role requires ACA or ACCA qualification or equivalent, strong UK GAAP, FRS 102 and ISA knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines. Travel to other East Anglia offices may be required.

Prepare company, sole trader, partnership, VAT and corporation tax accounts and returns; support bookkeeping, reconciliations, financial reporting, and accurate record keeping. Communicate with clients, gather information, resolve queries, maintain quality working papers, and use accounting software to support digital filing. The role also involves assisting colleagues, managing workloads independently, and contributing to office operations while developing technical accounting knowledge.

Manages a portfolio of key clients while leading, coaching, and developing a business team within an accounting practice. Responsibilities include client relationship management, resource deployment, complex special work, performance reviews, recruitment, training, business development, proposal support, networking, and delivery of high-quality client service. The role also contributes to strategic business aims, regulatory advice, marketing events, risk management, and firm-wide development.

Assist the Private Client Trust and Probate team with preparing tax returns, tax computations, Capital Gains Tax returns, HMRC forms, rental income accounts, and basic self-employment accounts. Liaise with HMRC, clients, and professionals; maintain client databases; support tax advisory projects; identify service opportunities; meet deadlines; and follow ethical, risk management, and compliance procedures.