This exciting role is to join a large Accounting and Business Advisory (ABA) team in the North-East and Yorkshire. The ABA team is split into three sub-teams - Accounting, Insight and Advisory (AIA), Financial Strategic Advisory (FAS), and Accounting and Financial Reporting (AFR).
Act for clients across a wide range of sectors including retail, media and technology, real estate and construction and energy and natural resources.
If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then this could be the place for you. This is an organisation that genuinely values you and will aid your development and progression.
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee the Accounting, Insight and Advisory (AIA) team
- Managing a portfolio of clients, including budgeting, cost management, and billing, primarily reporting under FRS 102 and FRS 105.
- Possible secondments to provide finance function support to our clients
- Managing and developing team members through coaching, training, and mentoring to enhance their skills and facilitate their professional growth
- Act as the day-to-day point of contact for your portfolio of clients, and to always practice the principles of excellent client service.
- Monitor and manage conflicting workloads for team members and prioritise requirements to ensure all deadlines are met
- Demonstrating an ability to project manage the end-to-end process of your engagements including driving the timeline, management of the client and team, the review process and overall delivery of the project
- Ensure resource is planned effectively and team members are briefed appropriately to deliver projects to clients in line with quality guidelines and procedures
- Liaise with other departments (in particular, colleagues from the tax department) within the office/region, to ensure that agreed deadlines are met and significant issues are resolved in a timely manner
- Actively own the risk management and take ownership for weekly client calls to establish a close working relationship with your primary client contacts
- Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the job, the title of the role and its grading
Personal and professional qualities
As a Manager, you will have the opportunity to build your skillset to support the growth of the firm through identifying opportunities and participating in broader multi-service line pitches.
To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills & experience must include:
- Fully Qualified Accountant – ACA/ACCA
- Working experience of UK GAAP and financial reporting experience
- Strong technical skills, including FRS 102 and FRS 105 experience
- Working knowledge of Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and/or other cloud accounting packages
- Good organisation skills, ability to work to tight deadlines
- Knowledge of CCH or similar professional accounts preparation packages
- Experience of managing and oversee a team within financial services, including training, coaching, and performance management
- Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Outlook, and advanced Excel
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients
Desirables:
- Experience of working with Non-Profits
- An understanding of data analytic tools such as Alteryx and / or Power BI
A willingness to travel to client's premises or other regional offices is required.