Accounts Manager

McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd; Beaconsfield; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Healthcare

25 days holidays

Flexible benefits

Job summary

McGinnis Loy Associates is recruiting an Accounts Manager/Outsourcing Manager for their Buckinghamshire team. Reporting to a Partner, you will manage a portfolio of OMBs/SMEs, supervise 3–4 staff, and ensure on-time year-end accounts and board-level client liaison.

The ideal candidate is ACA/ACCA qualified with IFRS/IAS knowledge and experience in cloud-based accounting systems. Salary up to £63,000 with pension, healthcare, 25 days holiday and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant with comprehensive client statutory and year-end experience.
• Ambitious, entrepreneurial and highly-driven character traits.

Responsibilities

• Review client management accounts prepared by junior staff for Partner sign-off.
• Prepare year-end statutory accounts for client portfolio and review accounts prepared by juniors.
• Manage a team of 3-4 staff including qualified and junior staff.
• Oversee bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts timetables and workflows.
• Coordinate with tax and audit teams for year-end work.
• Attend client board meetings and act as primary contact for CFO/MD level stakeholders.

Education

ACA/ACCA Chartered Accountant

Tools

Cloud-based accounting systems

Job description

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a fast-growing Top15 UK Accountancy Firm who are looking to recruit an Accounts Manager/Outsourcing Manager for their team in Buckinghamshire. Reporting to one of the Partners, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients and supervising a team of Qualified & Junior Accounting staff. Key duties include:

• Reviewing client management accounts prepared by junior staff for Partner sign-off
• Preparing year-end statutory accounts for a client portfolio and reviewing year-end accounts prepared by junior staff
• Team management of 3-4 staff which include experienced Qualified’s and junior staff members
• Appraising the Accounting Services team and feeding back to the Partner as necessary
• Managing workflows and timetabling of bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts clients
• Liaising with other departments to support year-end work including the tax and audit teams
• Responsible for a portfolio of your own clients with some management accounts, VAT returns and attendance at client board meetings
• Ensuring all year-end accounting is signed-off by clients and filed on time with HMRC and Companies House
• Conducting on-site IT client training for new clients and updates for existing clients
• Point of contact for clients and other third-party stakeholders, with direct contact at CFO/MD level
• Ensuring all client accounts/outsourcing work is carried out profitably and on a timely basis in accordance with the firm’s standards

To be considered for the role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant, ideally degree-educated with comprehensive client Statutory Accounts/Year-End Accounts experience, management accounts experience and staff management. The firm is looking for someone with ambitious, entrepreneurial and highly-driven character traits; you should be technically up to date with IFRS & IAS, and knowledge of cloud-based Accounting systems would be an advantage.

On offer is a salary up to £63,000 depending on qualifications and skills with benefits to include company pension, healthcare, 25 days holidays and other flexible benefits.

McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy, in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act