Accounting Services, Senior Manager

PwC UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Empowered flexibility

Volunteering days

Job summary

PwC UK is seeking a qualified ACA/ACCA Senior Manager to join their Accounting Services team in Manchester. This role involves managing outsourced accounting and advisory services for diverse clients, ensuring compliance and delivering high-quality outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have strong accounting skills, technical knowledge of financial reporting, and a professional qualification. PwC offers flexible working arrangements, private medical cover, and additional benefits to support career development.

Qualifications

• Possess an accounting professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, etc.).
• Strong accounting skills with technical knowledge on financial reporting matters.
• Very good working knowledge of UK GAAP/IFRS.

Responsibilities

• Manage outsourced accounting services and advisory services.
• Lead teams to deliver compliance data and statutory financial statements.
• Coach and develop staff in a team environment.

Skills

Strong accounting skills

Technical knowledge on financial reporting

UK GAAP/IFRS

Communication skills

Supervisory skills

Education

Accounting professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, etc.)

Tools

Accounting packages

Excel

Job description

PwC’s Accounting Services (AS) team is a leading market‑focused business, providing corporate accounting services to national and multinational corporations, helping them remain compliant and providing insights into operations. The services are high quality, process and cost efficient, and relationship based. They are delivered by a technically proficient, innovative, commercially focused, and agile national team. As part of PwC, the largest global accounting firm, AS offers a challenging and exciting career path. AS has a varied and prestigious client base and works with specialists in their own field, supporting continuous technical training and personal development, providing an excellent opportunity for career development.

What Your Days Will Look Like

We are looking for a qualified ACA/ACCA Senior Manager, with wide‑ranging accounting and finance experience gained working within practice, to join the team. AS provides outsourced accounting services, along with advisory services, and delivers accounting projects, ranging from single‑person secondments to large and complex assignments.

Outsourced Accounting Services Include

• The preparation of statutory financial statements (SFS)
• Bookkeeping and preparation of periodic management accounts
• Managing and controlling the preparation of local SFS for cross‑border clients

Advisory Services Include Advising Clients On

• Statutory accounting compliance requirements
• Improvements to the SFS cycle (i.e., the production, audit and filing of SFS)
• Providing skilled accountants on secondment where clients have a temporary need for additional resources

Accounting Projects Includes

• Investigating, data gathering and analysing to ensure the accuracy and robustness of the statutory financial statements, usually for multi‑national and multi‑entity organisations
• Preparation of compliance data to present to auditors as part of the year‑end compliance process
• Managing the delivery of the statutory compliance process for multi‑entity, global organisations (i.e., the production, audit and filing of SFS)

The Role Is For You If

• You possess an accounting professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ATT, CTA, CA, ACCA or an international equivalent).
• Strong accounting skills and technical knowledge on financial reporting matters, including the ability to work from first principles.
• Very good working knowledge of UK GAAP/IFRS and awareness of US GAAP.
• IT literate, ideally with some experience of accounting packages and very good Excel spreadsheet skills.
• Highly professional attitude to leading a quality service on challenging assignments in a deadline‑driven environment, demonstrating flexibility in changing client environments.
• Self‑motivated with strong communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong supervisory skills and ability to develop and coach staff, working in a team environment.
• Able to manage teams to deliver large and complex finance and accounting projects.

What You'll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions. We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.