Accounts Manager

Insite Finance; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong progression prospects

Established client portfolio

Face-to-face client exposure

Job summary

The Accounts Manager will join a successful independent accountancy firm in Cardiff, renowned for strong organic growth and ongoing investment. The client base is predominantly privately owned and entrepreneurial, built through regular personal contact rather than transactional compliance work.

The Cardiff role involves managing a portfolio of business clients, reviewing year-end accounts, coordinating jobs from planning to completion, and meeting business owners regularly.

Qualifications

• Solid experience within accountancy.
• ACA or ACCA qualification.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of business clients
• Reviewing year-end accounts and associated working papers
• Coordinating jobs from planning through to completion
• Supporting clients with day-to-day accounting questions
• Meeting business owners regularly
• Reviewing work completed by junior team members
• Managing deadlines and workflow
• Working closely with senior managers and directors

Skills

Client relationships

Financial reporting

People management

Communication

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification

Job description

For an ambitious practice accountant, this offers the useful combination that firms somehow manage to make surprisingly rare: good clients, strong senior people to learn from and somewhere to progress.

The Accounts Manager will join a successful independent accountancy firm enjoying strong organic growth and further investment.

The client base is predominantly privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, with relationships built through regular personal contact rather than transactional compliance work.

Day to day

Accounts Manager - Practice

Cardiff £55,000-£65,000

• Managing a portfolio of business clients
• Reviewing year-end accounts and associated working papers
• Coordinating jobs from planning through to completion
• Supporting clients with day-to-day accounting questions
• Meeting business owners regularly
• Reviewing work completed by junior team members
• Managing deadlines and workflow
• Working closely with senior managers and directors

The Accounts Manager should already have solid experience within accountancy and ideally be ACA or ACCA qualified.

You’ll need enough technical confidence to review work accurately, but personality matters here too. The firm wants people who can sit across the table from a business owner, understand what they are trying to achieve and communicate without burying everything in accounting terminology.

Career development

There is a strong track record of people progressing through the business.

Several members of the Cardiff team have ten years or more service, while ongoing growth is opening up further opportunities at Senior Manager and Director level.

The wider accountancy business is highly profitable and continuing to invest, so progression isn't dependent on waiting indefinitely for somebody above you to leave.

Salary and benefits

• £55,000-£65,000
• Strong progression prospects
• Established client portfolio
• Regular access to senior decision-makers
• Investment in training and development
• Stable, long-tenured team
• Face-to-face client exposure

For an Accounts Manager who wants to become a stronger adviser rather than simply process a larger portfolio, this Cardiff role provides an excellent platform.