GRADUATE PROGRAMME

Shanahan Kinirons Marsden are continually looking for suitable trainees, part qualified and qualified accountants to join their experienced team of accountants.

We run a full graduate programme for college leavers interested in pursuing a career as a Chartered Accountant and take on at least three trainees annually to pursue their professional exams with The Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Shanahan Kinirons Marsden on annual basis has between 6-9 staff members pursuing CAP 1, CAP 2 and the Final Admitting Examinations with the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

We offer comprehensive training in Auditing, Accounting, Taxation and Company Secretarial compliance. Our internal structure provides specialist training to new recruits thus enhancing the future career opportunities of our recruits as we offer exposure to many areas of the professional spectrum whilst training within our firm. We believe in trainees setting high targets in exam achievement and also from a career development perspective.

We offer a comprehensive training package to trainee chartered accountants and successful applicants will receive training and practical experience in four main areas under the supervision of Staff Training Partner Pat Fitzpatrick ACA :-

Accounting:

Trainees will be exposed to all practical aspects of accounting for business's ranging from books of original entry to preparation of sole trader accounts, partnership accounts and Limited Company Accounts and client and in-house computerised accounting packages.

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Audit & Non Statutory Audit:

The trainees first year will consist of a combination of audit and in the office of audit and audit exempt work of small companies under the guidance of a senior (mentor) and forming part of an audit team carrying out work on site regarding our clients audit and non statutory audit work.

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Taxation:

The training in general practice will, as part of the preparation of an audit file, audit exempt file and sole trader accounts, include responsibility for the preparation of the tax computation for each client and a draft tax return. All our current taxation compliance is computerised using sage personal tax and sage corporate tax.

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Company Secretarial:

Trainees will prepare annual compliance documentation and compliance documentation with regard to changes in the company for lodging with the Company Registrar the Companies Registration Office.

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Graduate Programme Application:

Recruitment for Trainee Chartered Accountants to commence Training Contracts in 2010 commences in January 2010 with interviews being held in January / February 2010.

Applications are also welcome through out the year under our graduate programme.

To apply for a trainee chartered accountants position with our practice please forward your Curriculum Vitae to Pat Fitzpatrick, Staff Training Partner or email same to patf@skm.ie.

If you have any further queries regarding our graduate programme please contact Pat Fitzpatrick or email patf@skm.ie.

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