Jobs at Moore Kingston Smith

Two-year Audit Apprenticeship supporting corporate audits for private, listed, and private equity-backed clients. Responsibilities include audit planning, financial testing, reviewing records, preparing financial statements and working papers, liaising with clients, and supporting audit completion. The apprentice will study for Level 3 and Level 4 AAT qualifications, receive structured training and paid study leave, and may progress to the ACA pathway. The role requires regular office attendance and travel to client sites.

Provide administrative support to the Tronc Services team: manage shared mailboxes, prepare client documents, maintain Excel trackers and electronic filing, support client onboarding, AML administration, payroll calendars, and assist with ad hoc projects while ensuring accuracy and meeting deadlines.

Entry-level audit apprentice supporting audit planning, testing, financial statement preparation, tax computations, client communication, working papers, and accounting software updates. The role includes paid study leave and training toward the AAT Level 4 Diploma, with potential progression to the ACA pathway. Candidates need strong motivation for audit, reliability, professionalism, ethical standards, relationship-building skills, and eligibility to work in the UK for at least two years.

Two-year Level 4 AAT audit apprenticeship supporting nonprofit-sector audits. Responsibilities include audit planning, financial testing, financial statement preparation, tax computations, working-paper maintenance, client communication, and audit close-out activities. The role combines paid study, structured training, client-facing experience, and progression opportunities toward the ACA qualification.

Complete a two-year AAT audit apprenticeship while gaining hands-on experience in audit, accounting, tax, financial reporting, and client service. Responsibilities include audit planning, testing financial records, preparing statements and tax computations, maintaining working papers, liaising with clients, and supporting audit close-out activities. The role includes structured tuition, paid study leave, and progression opportunities toward the ACA qualification.

Entry-level audit apprenticeship involving audit testing, financial statement preparation, tax computations, client liaison, working-paper maintenance, and accounting software updates. The two-year programme includes Level 3 and Level 4 AAT study, paid study leave, structured training, and client-site experience. Candidates need 112 UCAS points from three A Levels or equivalent, no degree, UK work permission for at least two years, strong motivation for audit, reliability, professionalism, ethical standards, and willingness to learn.

Prepare production accounts, payroll journals, reconciliations, royalty and profit distribution statements, VAT returns, accounting schedules, and financial analysis for theatre and production clients. Monitor costs against budgets and forecasts, investigate variances, support year-end accounts and tax relief workings, and communicate with clients and colleagues. The role requires accuracy, deadline management, strong Excel skills, accounting software experience, and occasional travel to London client premises.

Lead cybersecurity architecture and engineering across identity, cloud, data, endpoints, applications, networks, and third-party services. Design and validate Zero Trust controls, conduct architecture reviews and threat modeling, oversee detection and incident response, improve vulnerability management, and secure AI technologies including Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI agents. Automate security processes, support compliance obligations, advise senior stakeholders, and coach technology teams in secure engineering practices.

Complete a two-year Level 4 AAT accountancy apprenticeship while supporting SME clients with management accounts, bookkeeping, financial analysis, dashboards, KPIs, budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and financial models. The role includes process improvement, finance-system support, client meetings, relationship management, and communicating commercial insights. Apprentices receive structured tuition, paid study leave, mentoring, and practical experience across business growth advisory services.

Support Chartered Financial Planners with paraplanning, technical analysis, cashflow modelling, suitability reports, client onboarding, annual reviews, client meetings, fee discussions, and business development while ensuring regulatory compliance and progressing toward Chartered status.

Lead and grow the Employment Law practice, advising employers, executives, and owner-managed businesses on contentious and non-contentious matters. Manage complex disputes, investigations, restructurings, TUPE, transactions, senior exits, and employment documentation. Oversee client relationships, business development, profitability, risk management, quality assurance, and lawyer development. Drive collaboration across advisory teams and implement legal technology and AI-enabled service improvements.

Leads CASS audit engagements for FCA-regulated financial services clients from planning through completion. Responsibilities include assessing risks and controls, reviewing client money, custody and safeguarding arrangements, designing audit testing, evaluating deficiencies, preparing reports, supervising teams, managing budgets and deadlines, maintaining client relationships, supporting business development, and staying current with FCA regulations and professional standards.

Provide client-facing administration for financial planning advisers: prepare meeting packs, process new business, maintain records, implement recommendations, handle enquiries, support compliance with FCA/TCF standards, and contribute to process improvement and office administration.

Deliver hands-on penetration tests across web applications, APIs, and network infrastructure, plus Cyber Essentials Plus and wider technical security reviews. Identify and validate vulnerabilities, explain business risk, and provide remediation. Produce reports, present findings, manage engagement scope, and contribute to advisory work, business development, and continuous improvement of methodologies and tooling.

Deliver hands-on cyber and information security assessments, audits, and control reviews. Identify control weaknesses, articulate risks, and provide pragmatic recommendations aligned to frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, CIS, Cyber Essentials). Produce client-facing reports, support certification audits, collaborate with stakeholders on security control design, and contribute to business development and internal methodology improvements.

Provide administrative support for group risk and employee healthcare schemes: implement new business, process joiners/leavers, handle client and claims queries, liaise with insurers, prepare policy documents and quotations, maintain records and compliance, support consultants, and contribute to process improvement and quality control.

Advise clients on corporate and business law including company law, group reorganisations, capital investments, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, M&A and Employee Ownership Trusts. Work collaboratively with advisory, tax and accountancy teams to deliver joined-up, high-quality legal advice on complex transactions.

Provide secretarial and administrative support to Partners, Directors and the Heathrow team: manage diaries, meetings, documents, client onboarding/admin, financial processing, reception cover, travel and office coordination to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

Lead delivery of tax advisory and compliance services for charities and nonprofits, act as trusted advisor on complex tax matters, provide specialist technical guidance (charity reliefs, Gift Aid, creative reliefs, structuring, restructurings), pursue advisory opportunities, contribute to thought leadership and BD, deliver training, and mentor and develop junior colleagues.

Provide technical tax advice and due diligence on UK M&A transactions (circa £5m–£100m). Manage transaction workflow, prepare advisory and due diligence reports, liaise with clients and advisors, and coach junior staff.