Accounts & Audit Manager

Curtis Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Curtis Recruitment is seeking an Accounts & Audit Manager in the UK. The role suits a qualified ACCA or ACA with substantial UK practice experience, including up to half of duties in audit. You will supervise staff and oversee both accounting and advisory services for a varied client portfolio.

Responsibilities include planning and delivering accounts work, managing audits, reviewing outputs, and maintaining client relationships while supporting fee budgeting and staff development.

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualified with UK firm experience.
• Experience supervising staff and reviewing work.
• Knowledge of accounts prep, tax compliance, and client management.
• Familiarity with accounts for limited companies, sole traders and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients as principal contact.
• Oversee accounts, tax and advisory work; review team outputs.
• Run audit assignments from planning to completion; ensure standards.
• Supervise fieldwork and review audit files; guide staff.
• Plan workflow and monitor financial aspects of accounts work.
• Contribute to fee quotes, budgeting and fee budgets.
• Review accounts and tax computations; provide feedback.
• Maintain regular client communication by various channels.
• Lead and develop reporting staff; manage performance and coaching.
• Handle appraisals, training plans and junior staff development.
• Undertake ad hoc projects as requested by partners.

Skills

Staff supervision

Audit management

Client relationship

Leadership

Budgeting & billing

Education

ACCA or ACA qualification

Job description

A long-established accountancy practice is seeking an Accounts & Audit Manager to join its team. The role would suit a qualified ACCA or ACA with significant experience gained within a UK accountancy firm. The role will include up to around 50% audit work.

The ideal candidate will have solid experience of providing accounting, business services, audit and UK taxation services to a varied portfolio of clients, including accounts preparation for limited companies, sole-traders and partnerships.

As Accounts & Audit Manager your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portfolio of clients, acting as the principal point of contact
• Oversee the delivery of accounts, tax and business advisory services, ensuring work prepared by team members is reviewed and completed to a high standard
• Manage audit assignments from planning through to completion, ensuring compliance with auditing standards, firm procedures and regulatory requirements
• Supervise audit fieldwork providing guidance to audit team members; review audit files prepared by team members, identifying key audit and accounting issues and ensure that clients are kept informed about their obligations
• Take a lead role in the planning and monitoring of workflow and the effective financial management of all accounts work within the office
• Have input into fee quotes, budgeting and billing as requested and set time and fee budgets for work within the portfolio
• Review accounts, tax computations and other assignments prepared by team members, identifying technical issues and providing constructive feedback
• Maintain regular contact with clients by telephone, email, letter and in person
• Lead, manage and develop reporting staff, overseeing workflow, reviewing performance, providing coaching and technical support
• Responsibility for appraisals, training plans and the development of junior staff
• To undertake any ad hoc projects as requested by the partners

To be considered for this Accounts & Audit Manager, you will have the following skills experience and attributes:

• ACA or ACCA qualified - exceptional qualified by experience applicants may be considered
• Significant general practice experience in accounts, tax, audit and client portfolio management, gained within a UK accountancy practice environment
• Experience in reviewing the work of others, supervising staff
• A good working knowledge of limited companies, sole traders, partnerships and charities is desirable, together with experience of accounts preparation, corporation tax compliance, client relationship management and, ideally, audit assignments.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential, with the ability to plan effectively, and manage competing priorities
• Strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.