Life at Johnston Carmichael
When it comes to your career, what’s important to you? A varied and fulfilling role? Opportunities to work with clients all over the country, across a range of industry sectors? The flexibility to work when suits you? Find your work-life balance at Johnston Carmichael.
We actively encourage our people to look for ways to learn, improve and be a more effective colleague. We’ll support you all the way, with structured learning programmes and by helping you to surround yourself with experienced, friendly colleagues who want to see you succeed.
Read on to find out more about a career with Johnston Carmichael.
Join our team and find out why Inverness really is the gateway to the highlands!
Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives.
We hold this vision as our key guiding principle whether it’s our clients, our communities, or our people.
We’re open to new ways of doing things and we’re tuned in to the world around us. As the world becomes increasingly digital, we’re embracing technology and we’re taking our clients with us. The role of a trusted adviser has never been more important in helping businesses adapt and thrive.
Rosalind Catto
Working from the Inverness office
Our Inverness team work across a number of our key industry sectors including Food & Drink, Hospitality & Leisure, Energy, Infrastructure & Sustainability, and Rural. You can read a case study of a nearby client project here.
The Inverness office is located to the east of the city, with views over fields towards the Moray Firth, which is resident to a pod of bottlenose dolphins! The office is currently undergoing a revamp to become a modern working space to suit our new working practices, and there is ample car parking for our people. The office is headed up by Rosalind Catto, who is a Business Advisory Partner and also the firm’s head of Hospitality & Tourism team.
Our ‘one firm’ approach means that you won’t be solely focused on working with clients in the local area, instead, our team of sharp minds, use their expertise and experience collectively to act as trusted advisers offering detailed knowledge and keen insight to meet clients needs irrespective of where they are based. The firm also has a BD futures team, which, if you’re starting out in your career, will help you hone your non-accountancy skills and build your own network.
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Johnston Carmichael is a place to be yourself, not a number.
At Johnston Carmichael, we celebrate, nurture and develop individuality. It’s what makes us different.
Yes, we all want what’s best for our clients – and as leading independent UK firm of Chartered Accountants and Trusted Advisers, we must be doing something right. But we also want what’s best for each other. So we train. We coach. We mentor. And we all grow.
Growing your own way
Personally and professionally, each one of us has our own unique goals and aspirations. Growth comes in all shapes and sizes, and that’s why we encourage every single sharp mind at JC to grow their own way. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to build a career you’re proud of.
We’re here to give you the tools, support and materials to develop your expertise so you can pursue your ambitions while growing your career. Our JC Aspire programme helps everyone reach their personal goals, at all stages of their career, so we can all be leaders of our work and our learning.
Career Progression - Our people say it best
Martin Bannerman joined our Inverness team in 2007 as a University graduate. 15 years later, Martin has progressed to Audit Director, overseeing a range of clients as well as the day-to-day running of the Audit team in Inverness. You can find out more about how Martin has grown his own way in his JC Path blog here.
Our culture is driven by our core values.
Hear how our people bring these values to life in their working lives, by clicking on the icons below.
Remaining relevant
Driving our clients, ourselves and our profession forward through constant innovation, creative thinking and positive change.
Leading our future
We are a progressive and dynamic business that inspires leaders and future leaders to drive their ideas forward.
Doing the right thing
We are tenacious and persevere to make the right decision for our clients and ourselves.
Standing in other people’s shoes
We get under the skin of our clients’ businesses by listening more, talking less and understanding their situation in its entirety.
Careers with us
Denholm Associates has partnered with Johnston Carmichael to support the growth of their Audit team in Inverness. The firm are looking to add a number of key roles to the team including the position of Audit Manager. Johnston Carmichael is an established and forward-thinking firm of Chartered Accountants with 13 offices based across the UK. You will be joining an established team based in their newly upgraded Inverness office where you can take advantage of work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working available. The firm will support your career development, providing you with on-going training to ensure you achieve your career goals.
The firm are looking for an ambitious individual to join the team where you will have the opportunity to work with a multi-sector client portfolio across the local market and group level. Whilst managing a large portfolio of clients, you will be responsible for mentoring and reviewing work of the wider audit team and supporting the Senior Management team in the firm. You will be a strong communicator and liaise regularly with your clients to ensure that a high level of service is provided. The team will be responsible for the timely completion of audits from planning stage to completion. As Manager you will be responsible for ensuring budgets and deadlines are met, coaching and mentoring the team and reviewing work. You will resolve any issues that may arise and take a lead role in overseeing and completing larger audit jobs.
You are a fully qualified Accountant, holding a professional accounting qualification including ACCA, ICAS or equivalent. You are a forward-thinking individual who has trained and progressed within Audit. You will have a solid background of working within a professional firm of Chartered Accountants, where you will also have gained experience of leading, mentoring or managing a team at either Assistant Manager or Manager level. You will be a strong communicator and support both Senior Management and Partner level regularly, as well as being a main point of contact for clients. Experience of managing a client portfolio is essential.
This is an opportunity to join a highly successful, growing and forward-thinking firm of Chartered Accountants where you will be supported in achieving your career goals whilst maintaining a work-life balance.
Denholm Associates has partnered with Johnston Carmichael to support the growth of their Audit team in Inverness. The firm are looking to add a number of key roles to the team including the position of Audit Senior. Johnston Carmichael is an established and forward-thinking firm of Chartered Accountants with 13 offices based across the UK. You will be joining an established team based in their newly upgraded Inverness office where you can take advantage of work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working available. The firm will support your career development, providing you with on-going training to ensure you achieve your career goals.
The firm are looking for an ambitious individual to join the team where you will have the opportunity to work with a multi-sector client portfolio across the local market and at group level. You will hold responsibility for your own client portfolio where you will take a lead role on audits. You are a strong communicator who can build effective working relationships with clients and across the wider audit team. You will be involved in the timely completion of audits from planning to completion stage, whilst offering a high level of service to clients. You will support the Audit Manager to ensure all budgets and deadlines are met, and provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team, including reviewing work.
You are a newly or recently qualified Accountant and you hold a professional accounting qualification including ACCA, ICAS or equivalent. You have completed training within a professional firm of Accountants, where you have gained experience of external audit. Previous experience of taking a lead role on audits is advantageous.
This is an opportunity to join a highly successful, growing and forward-thinking firm of Chartered Accountants where you will be supported in achieving your career goals whilst maintaining a work-life balance.
With our flexi time policy, you have the opportunity to flex your start/end times along with banking additional hours worked; taking it back as leave at a later stage.
We’ll help you grow in your own way, offering generous study leave when you need to focus on your professional qualifications.
Get a bike to work with our scheme in conjunction with approved cycle retailers and do your bit.
Get involved in the social committee and you could be organising events for the whole office to enjoy. Recent highlights include a night at the races!
We’ve got a generous life assurance policy in place, so you can trust that your family will be free of financial worries should the worst happen.
Join the CSR committee in your office and you can help to make a real difference, raising funds for local causes and supporting the communities in which we live and work. Or get your walking boots on and walk the Kiltwalk with us!
We offer enhanced maternity and paternity policies so you can focus on what’s important, spending time with your family.
You have access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, providing support 24/7 on a range of issues including lifestyle, financial and relationships. Face to face counselling is also available.
Contact us or apply here.
Does this grab your interest? To find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact Denholm Associates today.
We would love to hear from you.