Accounts Manager - Career Opportunity For Skilled And Ambitious Accountant

Reed; Braintree; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Accountancy firm is seeking a qualified Accounts Manager to oversee client portfolios and ensure compliance. The ideal candidate will have ACA or ACCA qualifications and experience in practice, providing exceptional service to a diverse client base. This role offers career progression and the chance to work in a supportive environment with a motivated team.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in practice with people management experience.
• Experience managing a portfolio of clients and direct interaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage a select portfolio of clients ensuring compliance needs are met.
• Assist and advise clients on various projects.
• Lead, support, and train staff for quality delivery.

Skills

Client management

Compliance oversight

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Team leadership

Education

ACA, ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Are you a qualified Accountant with a proven track record working in practice? Have you successfully managed people? Are you exciting by joining a firm that is growing at a pace, rocketing through the UK Top Accountancy firm list?

The firm

A wholly owned business with offices that span the UK, this is a firm you want to work for! They truly feel their people are one of their strongest assets, as demonstrated by the outstanding number of promotions in 2024. This is proven further by the exceptional feedback from an employee survey, which amongst other factors, highlights how they feel valued and respected by their management team.

The role

Reed Practice have been selected to assist the firm with recruiting an experienced and qualified Accounts Manager to work in one of their newest regional offices.

Working with the senior management team, reporting to the Director, you will be part of a talented, motivated and welcoming team managing clients from all walk of life including HNWI’s, sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.

As Accounts Manager your responsibilities will include:

• As the first point of contact, managing a select portfolio of clients to ensure the full statutory and compliance needs met with support of the leadership team.
• Maintaining vigilance over the compliance work undertaken such a year-end and management accounts, VAT returns, personal and corporate tax returns.
• Assisting and advising clients and assisting Directors on occasional projects.
• Developing the client portfolio through building a network of contacts for the firm
• Take ownership of WIP and billing needs of the portfolio, working with the senior leadership team to maintain KPI’s.
• Lead, support and train staff to ensure their continued delivery of high calibre.

Your profile

This is a fantastic opportunity for a career accountant, as the firm grows, a clear career path is on offer to those who seek it. You will be a highly experienced and qualified (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) accountant with a career carved in practice, progressing to Senior Accountant or Assistant Manager at least.

In this time you will have assisted with, or have fully managed a book of clients, provided an exceptional level of a range of services with considerable direct interaction, which have developed your communication and organisation skills.

Salary and application

Salary is open and will reflect your experience. To learn more about this exciting career step, contact Natalie Harden at Reed for an immediate discussion, or apply at your earliest convenience.

Reed Practice

Reed’s practice specialists understand the value of talented professionals; we offer you a truly exceptional service and will match you with a firm which will help you to thrive and progress your career.

We have excellent links with the big four, top 50 and specialist firms, making us the best-placed recruiter to advance your practice career.

We specialise in finding you tax, audit, accounts preparation and production, payroll and insolvency at all seniorities. Not only will we help you find your ideal move, but we reward you for referring us to other professionals, with up to a £1,000 referral fee available.