Accounts Manager - Career Opportunity For Skilled And Ambitious Accountant

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

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Colchester is seeking an experienced Accounts Manager. You will manage a portfolio of clients, ensuring all statutory and compliance needs are met. Ideal candidates are ACA/ACCA qualified with significant experience in practice. This role offers clear career progression as the firm expands, providing you a chance to grow your practice career significantly.

Benefits

Referral fee up to £1,000

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• Highly experienced and qualified accountant with a career in practice.
• Experience managing a book of clients.
• Proven track record in providing exceptional service.

Responsibilities

• Manage a select portfolio of clients ensuring compliance needs are met.
• Maintain oversight of compliance work including year-end accounts and tax returns.
• Assist and advise clients, supporting Directors on projects.
• Develop client portfolio through networking.
• Take ownership of WIP and billing needs.
• Lead, support and train staff.

Skills

Client management

Compliance oversight

Leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification

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 but 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 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.