People and Culture December and January Update
Welcome
In December & January we welcomed the following employees to the team:
| First name | Surname | Location | Service Line | Role |
| Richard | Smith | Ipswich | Audit | Strategic Advisor |
| Lucy | Jennings | Ipswich | Accounts | Accounts Manager |
| Megan | Farrell | Stratford | People & Culture | Group People Advisor |
| Monica | Aulak | Sidcup | Accounts Senior | Accounts |
| Luca | Batley | Chelmsford | Tax Trainee | Tax |
| Heather | Gremaj | Chelmsford | Business Support Administrator | Business Support |
| Maddie | Orrow | Ipswich | Communications Co-ordinator | Marketing |
| Lee | Lambert | Ipswich | Group Payroll Implementation Consultant | Payroll |
| Lydia | Brasted | Ipswich | Cloud Accounting Manager | Accounts |
| Natalia | Sternik | Ipswich | Credit Controller | Business Support – Finance |
| Thomas | Fletcher | Stratford | Head of Technology & Integration | Corporate Development |
| Jubilee | Doroteo | Stratford | Audit Manager | Audit |
| Neil | Wade | Chelmsford | Audit Manager | Audit |
Work anniversaries
The following work anniversaries were celebrated this month:
| First name | Surname | Job Title | Service Line | Location | Length of Service |
| Sara | Stevenson | Business Support | Business Support | Ipswich | 1 year |
| Drew | Moody | Group People Administrator | People & Culture | Chelmsford | 1 year |
| Oscar | Hammond | Assistant Manager (Corporate Tax) | Tax | Ipswich | 1 year |
| Jimmy | Nguyen | Senior Audit Manager | Audit | Stratford | 1 year |
| Satyan | Davdra | Accounts Manager | Accounts | Stratford | 1 year |
| Andrea | Smith | Digital & Campaigns Manager | Marketing | Ipswich | 1 year |
| Alekhya | Somepalli | Audit Semi Senior | Audit | Stratford | 1 year |
| Abby | Salt | Assistant Manager | Accounts | Colchester | 2 years |
| Simi | Jugdharree | Trainee Accountant | Accounts | Sidcup | 2 years |
| Molly | Forbes | Accounts Assistant | Accounts | Sidcup | 3 years |
| Owen | Vernau | Semi Senior Accountant | Accounts | Ipswich | 3 years |
| Steven | Diep | Senior Accountant | Accounts | Stratford | 3 years |
| Julie | Weighill | Accounts Manager | Accounts | Ipswich | 5 years |
| Benjamin | Caleno | Semi Senior Accountant | Accounts | Chelmsford | 5 years |
| Shaun | Roberts | Director | Audit | Colchester | 7 years |
| Keith | Marsh | Accounts Senior | Accounts | Chelmsford | 16 years |
| Mark | Middleton | Director | Audit | Stratford | 21 years |
| Paul | Mustoe | Director | Tax | Colchester | 26 years |
| Jackie | Wint | Accountant | Accounts | Sidcup | 26 years |
Exams
In December & January we celebrated the following exam passes:
Drew Moody, Group People Administrator at Chelmsford passed her Level 3 People Practice CIPD course!
Robert Forbes, Tax Trainee at Stratford passed his ATT Paper 1!
Cam Salhotra, Trainee Accountant at Colchester passed his Assurance and Management Information exam!
Megan Hunt, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her Level 4 Synoptic Exam and is now AAT qualified!
Jack Reed, Semi Senior Accountant at Stratford passed his Strategic Business Management and Corporate Reporting exam!
Nathan Byford, Tax Trainee at Colchester passed his ATT paper and first CBE exam!
Abbie Bennett, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her AMAC AAT Level 4 exam and is now AAT qualified!
Ashton Croft, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich, passed his Level 4 Synoptic Exam and is now AAT qualified!
Freddie Scott-Yates, Accounts Assistant at Ipswich passed his AAT Level 4 AMAC exam!
Kacper Pilarski, Senior Accountant at Chelmsford is now ACA qualified!
Ash Thompson, Trainee Accountant at Ipswich passed his AAT Level 4 AMAC exam!
Josh Jones, Semi Senior Accountant at Chelmsford passed his Applied Management Accounting exam!
Olly Sharman, Manager at Ipswich passed his SBM case study exams and is now ACA qualified!
Christian Parker, Assistant Manager at Ipswich passed his ACA case study exam and is now ACA qualified!
Becky Barker, Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her Financial Management ACA exam!
Owen Vernau, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed his Business Planning Tax ACA exam!
Alfie Mainwaring, Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed his Tax Compliance ACA exam!
Acer Spurling, Audit Trainee at Ipswich passed his Management Information ACA exam!
Jemma Sullivan, Semi Senior Accountant at Colchester passed her BPT exam!
Matthew Lo, Semi Senior Accountant at Colchester passed his Business Planning & Taxation exam!
Kain McCoy, Audit Semi Senior at Ipswich passed his Tax Compliance ACA exam!
Amy Catling, Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her final ACCA exam and is now ACCA qualified!
Charlotte Gray, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her Financial Management ACCA exam!
Joshua Wilby, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed his Assurance exam!
Gabriella Exley, Trainee Accountant at Stratford, passed her Taxation & Performance Management exam!
Mia Dore, Trainee Accountant at Sidcup passed her Financial Management ACCA exam!
Sam Luscombe, Trainee Accountant at Chelmsford, passed his Assurance exam!
Jay Mardania, Semi Senior Accountant at Stratford passed his Personal Tax Exam!
Elena Mihaila, Semi Senior at Harlow is now ACCA qualified!
Instant Reward
Freddie Scott- Yates, Accounts Assistant at Ipswich received an instant reward for adapting to clients needs and provided great results with jobs coming under budget whilst retaining a high standard of work.
Danielle Annan, Business Support at Chelmsford received an instant reward for her commitment and dedication during the Chelmsford office refurb, demonstrating our new company values RIALTO.
Both Mollie Ogden, Semi Senior Accountant and Lauren Mallett, Senior Accountant at Colchester received instant rewards for working together and running management accounts for a complex client with a very tight reporting deadline, with very little management involvement.
Quotes of the month
Recruitment & Employee Referral Bonus
If you would like to review what vacancies we currently have available please click here Job Vacancies Archive – Accountants Essex, London, Suffolk | LB Group (lbgroupltd.com).
Please keep in mind that we offer a referral bonus scheme, which will reward you according to the entry level of the hire:
| Onboarding | After Probation | Total Reward | |
| Trainee / Entry Level | £ 250.00 | £ 250.00 | £ 500.00 |
| Part Qualified | £ 750.00 | £ 750.00 | £ 1,500.00 |
| Qualified / Senior | £ 1,000.00 | £ 1,000.00 | £ 2,000.00 |
| Assistant Manager | £ 1,250.00 | £ 1,250.00 | £ 2,500.00 |
| Manager | £ 1,500.00 | £ 1,500.00 | £ 3,000.00 |
| Senior Manager | £ 1,750.00 | £ 1,750.00 | £ 3,500.00 |
The reward will be split into two payments; 50% when the employee starts with us and 50% when they have successfully completed their probation period. Rewards are subject to the normal tax and NIC deductions.
Please do remember to make internal.hr@lbgroupltd.com aware of the referral so we can track the application, keep you updated of their progress and more importantly ensure you receive your reward should they be successful.
Company Documents
Please be reminded that company documents are available to you in the company document section on Breathe. You can find the company organisation chart, employee handbook and more. If you are unsure how to access this or want to know more, please email Internal HR and we will be happy to help.
If you have anything you would like to share and be included in the next HR update post, please email Internal HR and we would be happy to feature it