Accountancy Practice Manager

Twlife; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A highly reputable accountancy firm in Tunbridge Wells seeks an Accountancy Practice Manager. This role involves managing client relationships, supervising the preparation of financial documents, and ensuring timely delivery of services while exceeding client expectations. Ideal candidates will be fully ACA/ACCA qualified or have equivalent experience, possessing strong technical and commercial awareness.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Cycle-to-work scheme

Season ticket loan

Eye care support

Fully funded training towards professional qualifications

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build client relationships and manage workflows.
• Solid technical knowledge to produce compliant statutory accounts.
• Commercially aware, monitoring work against budgets.

Responsibilities

• Managing preparation of management and statutory accounts.
• Building client relationships and onboarding new clients.
• Reviewing and finalising monthly and quarterly management accounts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client relationship management

Technical knowledge

Commercial awareness

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA) or qualified by experience

Tools

Sage

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Microsoft Office

Job description

TPF Recruitment, Kent's leading accountancy practice recruitment agency, is looking for an Accountancy Practice Manager to join a highly reputable top-tier firm of Chartered Accountants based in Tunbridge Wells.

As an Accountancy Practice Manager, your main duties will include:

1. Maintaining regular communication with clients, internal teams, and senior stakeholders to ensure everyone is informed of key updates and relevant matters.
2. Managing the preparation of management and statutory accounts, VAT returns, and related services. This includes setting budgets, planning and scheduling staff, and overseeing the full delivery cycle.
3. Taking a commercial view of clients’ businesses to ensure services are tailored and relevant to their needs.
4. Preparing proposals for new work and identifying opportunities to expand services with existing clients. You’ll also play a key role in onboarding new clients and integrating them into your team’s workflow.
5. Drafting fee notes and cover letters in line with internal billing policies, ready for review by senior leadership.
6. Supporting the team with debt collection efforts, in line with company cash collection processes.
7. Reviewing and finalising monthly and quarterly management accounts, VAT returns, and unaudited statutory accounts. You’ll also review XBRL tagged accounts prepared by the team to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Requirements

1. Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA) or qualified by experience, with strong attention to detail and the ability to assess situations and reach sound conclusions when dealing with both clients and internal teams.
2. Proven ability to build client relationships, manage workflows, and ensure all work is delivered on time while consistently exceeding client expectations.
3. Solid technical knowledge to produce compliant statutory accounts, address VAT-related issues, respond to technical queries from clients and staff, and make informed technical decisions.
4. Commercially aware, with the ability to monitor work against budgets and evaluate overall effectiveness. Proficient in Sage, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Microsoft Office.
5. Additional benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contribution, a generous holiday package, option to purchase additional holiday, shared parental leave, fully funded training towards professional qualifications, cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loan, and eye care support.

Please apply or contact Tristan Finch for a confidential conversation.