My first experience of Old Mill was when I came for a week’s work experience aged 15, with the Owner Managed Business Team in Yeovil. From there I completed my GCSE’s in 2016, applied for a job in the Yeovil OMB team and had started before I even had my results! Backtracking slightly, initially I was thinking about going to college to do my A-Levels but after speaking with Old Mill and realising that I could work and learn, I decided that an apprenticeship, was the route for me.

As part of my role, I started Yeovil College as an AAT apprentice in September 2016 after gaining my GCSE qualifications. Since then, Old Mill have sponsored my Level 2, 3 and 4 which has given me all the basic knowledge that I need to work in accountancy.  I’m now finishing my Association of  Accounting Technicians (AAT) diploma to further my knowledge, career and understanding of the work I do daily at Old Mill.

I’ve always enjoyed Maths at school, I was always pretty laid back but seemed to come to life and get involved in Maths and Business Studies, so this is the area that I wanted to explore further when the opportunity arose. I’m was excited to see what opportunities there were going forward and to keep expanding my accountancy knowledge.

After a period in the OMB team, I did a secondment into the Rural Team which I really enjoyed and has led me to be a a position of Client Manager.  I now have overall responsibility for delivery, execution and sign-off on accounts and tax to ensure they are prepared to the highest level of technical accuracy.  And I have the license to proactively seek ways to add value to our clients and the firm and liaise with other specialists across the business to meet our clients needs.