Accountant, Manager / Senior Manager

Blusource Professional Services Ltd; Derby; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Car parking

Mobile phone and laptop

Wellbeing support

Training opportunities

Job summary

Blusource Professional Services Ltd in Derby is seeking an experienced senior leader to shape the firm’s future. The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on leadership, ideal for a Tax Advisor or Accountant moving into advisory.

You will drive growth, develop people, and maintain warmth and values while delivering high-quality client service. The position offers hybrid working, flexibility, and a benefits package including pension, bonus, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in accountancy or professional services.
• Ability to translate strategy into priorities and actions.
• Experience in recruitment, progression and succession planning.

Responsibilities

• Turning strategy into clear priorities, plans and measurable actions.
• Leading and developing Accountants into leaders.
• Strengthening financial performance.
• Improving systems, processes and ways of working.
• Supporting recruitment, progression and succession planning.
• Using management information and KPIs to inform decisions.
• Identifying risks, blockers and opportunities.
• Protecting and strengthening the client experience.
• Helping the business grow sustainably and profitably.
• Collaborate with our existing senior leadership team.
• Constructively challenge decisions and ideas.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Financial oversight

People development

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

This management / leadership job role is with a flexible, modern and popular accountancy practice, based in Derby, whocan ultimately create a tailored job to the person that they hire, regardless of what level they are. This is a key hire at a senior grade for this firm.

Based invery nice offices, they have great people, a very friendly and flexible working culture based around doing high quality work for clients and balancing work with life for employees.

They are trying to blend the best parts of working for a big firm with the flexibility, individual career focus and support associated with a good, smaller firm.

Hybrid working, full time or part time and great benefits, plus real flexibility.

Career opportunity brief and objectives:

This firm are now looking for an experienced senior leader who can helpthe firm develop and grow - you might be an experienced Tax Advisor or Accountant looking for the next role, or someone with good advisory experience.

The firm arelooking for someone who can help a growing business perform at a high level, develop its people and continue to grow without losing the warmth, personality and values.

You'll bring structure, commercial thinking, accountability and calm leadership.

You'll help us focus on the right priorities, make better decisions and ensure that the business keeps moving forward.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Hybrid working
• Influence over the direction of the business
• The opportunity to shape your role
• A supportive, values-led leadership team
• Genuine autonomy and responsibility
• Professional development and coaching
• Wellbeing support
• Regular team events and celebrations
• The chance to play a central part in the next chapter of an ambitious business
• Flexible working / hybrid working
• 38 days holiday with a shut down over Christmas
• Commission scheme
• Bonus scheme
• Pension scheme
• Training opportunities and career development
• Mobile phone and laptop
• Regular social events
• Salary sacrifice electric car schemes
• Car parking

The opportunity

This is a broad and influential leadership role.

You'll help shape howthis firm operates, how people are supported and how they deliver consistently for clients.

You'll be able to look at the bigger picture, but happy to get involved when something needs fixing.

Your role is likely to include:

• Turning strategy into clear priorities, plans and measurable actions
• Leading and developing Accountantsinto leaders
• Strengthening financial performance
• Improving systems, processes and ways of working
• Supporting recruitment, progression and succession planning
• Using management information and KPIs to inform decisions
• Identifying risks, blockers and opportunities
• Protecting and strengthening the client experience
• Helping the business grow sustainably and profitably
• Collaborate with our existing senior leadership team
• Constructively challenge decisions and ideas

You may currently be working as a:

• Practice Manager
• Manager to Senior Manager / Director,within an accountancy or professional-services business
• Senior Manager within tax