Dains announces new recruitment drive

Accountancy firm Dains has announced that it is creating a range of new positions in accountancy, audit, finance, and technology as part of its growth plans.

Dains is offering apprenticeship and graduate schemes, as well as leadership programmes, aimed at “nurturing” fresh talent.

Jobs currently on offer include audit senior roles in its Stoke and Birmingham offices, a corporate finance manager based in either Birmingham or Derby and an audit manager and group financial controller in the Birmingham office.

The new hires will join the company’s 400 strong workforce and follows three major acquisitions this year for the firm.

In July, Dains acquired Newcastle-based chartered accountancy firm Barringtons and later it acquired Isosceles Finance, an outsourced FD and accounting consultancy business with offices and staff based in London, Sheffield, and Edinburgh.

Most recently Dains acquired William Duncan and Co, a historic accountancy practice with offices in Ayr, Glasgow, and Kilmarnock, giving the group reach across the border into Scotland.

CEO Richard McNeilly said: “As a business, we understand people are our greatest asset and we strive to provide a complementary working environment from flexible working hours to a fantastic benefits scheme.

“We take pride in our long heritage and the fact we have attracted some of the region’s best talent down the decades. It says something that staff choose to stay with us their whole careers and grow with the firm. We are delighted to be in a position to create new opportunities for talented individuals and young people joining the industry.”

Angela Millward, head of HR, said: “We are always looking at ways to engage with our staff through surveys, feedback sessions and employee working parties. We employed this strategy when reviewing our benefits and hybrid working policy and I am currently working with a team of managers to develop staff career plans.

“We are passionate about supporting people in our local communities through regular charitable and volunteering activities.”