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Sussex accountancy firm Knill James completes recruitment drive

Accountancy firm Knill James has boosted its ranks by making nine new appointments.

The chartered accountants, based in Bell Lane, Lewes, has made four senior appointments and taken on four trainees and an administrator.

The new arrivals follow closely on from the appointment of five senior appointments to the company’s tax team in January.

“It has been a landmark year for the firm as we continue to grow,” said Kevin Powell, Senior Partner at Knill James. We are delighted to strengthen our Tax Team further and to make additions to our Business Service Group, Professional Support Group and Audit & Assurance team, appointments which we are confident will add to the service we provide our clients.

“The firm has been in Sussex for 127 years and has always shown a commitment to giving back to the region. Taking on four more trainees shows we are serious about developing and nurturing local talent; it is a good time to be working at Knill James.” All nine appointments have now taken up their posts and will be based in Lewes.

Laura Kalnaja has been appointed as Tax Senior in the tax team, while James Bird takes on the role of Tax Portfolio Manager. Rebecca Connelly has joined as a Management Accounting and Outsourcing Senior as a result of continued growth in these areas.

Jaime Turner has joined the Audit & Assurance department as an Audit & Accounts Senior, while Sophie Forster joined the Professional Support Group as an Administrator.

Trainees appointed are Laura Vanstone, Alex West and Francis Smith, who will join the Business Services Group, and Rachel Layton-Henry, who will join the tax team.

Knill James was established in 1887, is a member of the UK200Group and now has a staff numbering almost 60 people.

Its tax team, which is now 13 strong, offers advice on a wide range of issues, including planning solutions, Trusts and Estates, Corporate and Personal Tax, Tax Compliance, Tax Investigation and VAT advisory. The team designs bespoke strategies to help clients, from individuals to large companies, to optimise their tax affairs.

Knill James also offers its own Tax App, using latest technology to provide clients with useful tax tools and information via their mobile device. It can be downloaded for free from the App Store for Apple devices and from Google Play for Android devices.

Other services include Business Services, Wealth Management, Audit and Assurance, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy, Payroll, Management Accounts and Outsourcing.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .