Advisory - Insolvency Administrator Graduate (ACCA) - Leeds (0562)

PKF Littlejohn is one of the leading challenger firms in the UK with offices in London, Leeds and Manchester. We are also an active member of PKF Global, an international network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.

We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. We are particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organisations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.

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Advisory 

PKF Littlejohn Advisory Limited is a specialist restructuring, advisory and insolvency practice and part of the PKF network with offices in Leeds, London and Manchester.  We provide advice and solutions to a wide variety of stakeholder groups across a broad range of industry sectors.  Our professionals include:

• A dedicated investigation and forensic team which predominantly administer insolvency cases where there has been an indication of fraud or dishonest conduct.
• A dedicated financial services team with extensive experience dealing with distressed regulated businesses including Credit Unions, EMIs, SIPP administrators and more.
• A core team involved with both trading and non-trading Administrations, CVAs and both solvent and insolvent liquidations
• Personal insolvency specialists

We offer clients a high level of partner involvement, together with the combined knowledge and experience of an established, close-knit team. 

At PKF every individual matters. The successful candidate can enjoy a role where they will be visible, accountable and fundamental to PKF’s success and  enjoy challenging work in an environment, which encourages personal development.  We deliberately seek to recruit individuals who have combined academic excellence.

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Your role will be to assist the team in the administration and progress of a variety of ongoing formal insolvency assignments from initial instruction to closure, reporting to Senior Administrators, Managers or Directors. 

Duties and responsibilities 

• Creditor and stakeholder liaison
• Agreement of claims and distributions
• Case progression
• Statutory reporting and compliance, tailored to stakeholders
• Investigations
• Liaising with associated external professionals
• Case closure
• General administrative tasks on assignments
• Assisting on contentious insolvency/fraud and forensic assignments

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• Minimum of a 2.2 degree, attained or expected in any subject
• Minimum of 112 UCAS points (2017 tariff), from three A Levels A-C (excluding general studies), or equivalent
• Minimum of GCSEs Grade 6 in Maths and English Language 

Personal Attributes 

• Be commercially aware
• Computer literate
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Flexibility
• Strong organisational skills
• Systematic
• Enthusiastic
• Able to work on own initiative
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Work to deadlines
• Ability to spot new business
• Initiative
• Problem solver
• Persuasive

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