'Recruiting for your future success'
Our client is an accountancy practice, who work with SMEs to deliver relevant, up-to-date financial information to allow business owners to make informed decisions. Proud of their client-focused, proactive approach, they are now seeking an Accounts Manager to join their helpful and attentive team in their new Tiptree office.
Accounts Manager
£37k-£43k DOE | Tiptree | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (hybrid working) | Supportive accountancy practice | Study support, monthly team socials, great annual leave allowance | Close-knit, friendly team
The role is to liaise with the Directors to ensure that the flow of client work is timely and efficient. You will manage all aspects of accounting, financial control and tax compliance for a portfolio of UK based businesses. Manage ad hoc projects that might be required from clients, ensuring commercial awareness at all times, including timeframes for completion of assignments and timely billing of completed assignments.
Duties (include but are not limited to):
- Managing workloads and deadlines for portfolio of UK based businesses
- Managing and assisting junior members of the team
- Preparing and timely filing of all statutory accounting and tax obligations to a point ready for director review
- Raising appropriate queries with clients to ensure that the accounts and tax returns are accurate
- Carry out prior year analysis to compare accounts for obvious variances and raise these with clients
- Preparing correspondence to clients to explain year on year variances and HMRC liabilities
- Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, commentaries and management information
- Providing tax and accounting advice with reference to current legislation
- Meeting and interviewing clients
- To strive to provide a world class service
Person Specification:
- Working knowledge of Xero / QuickBooks / Sage essential
- Fully ACCA/ACA qualified (or close to / working towards)
- 3-4 years plus experience working in an accountancy practice (as an Accounts Manager, Accountant, Semi Senior Accounts Assistant or similar) strongly preferred
- A confident communicator, both written and verbal, who likes to go the extra mile for clients
- Client facing and interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines
- Methodical
- Ability to solve problems
- A proactive team-player
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If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.