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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Assistant Manager in Financial Reporting to enhance their financial reporting services. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on clients and colleagues by delivering high-quality statutory accounts and financial reports. You'll engage with a diverse portfolio of clients, including multinational groups and charities, ensuring compliance with various accounting standards. Join a collaborative environment that values innovation and professional development, where your contributions will be recognized and rewarded. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours
Professional Development Opportunities
Competitive Salary
Collaborative Work Environment
Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

  • Experience in preparing full sets of statutory accounts in a professional services environment.
  • Excellent relationship-building skills to ensure client satisfaction.
  • Strong understanding of various accounting standards.

Responsibilities

  • Preparation of statutory accounts and financial reports under various accounting standards.
  • Liaising with departments to meet client requirements and provide high service levels.
  • Managing and supervising the financial reporting team.

Skills

Statutory Accounts Preparation
IFRS
UK GAAP
Charity SORP
Client Relationship Management
Communication Skills
Audit Experience

Education

CCAB Membership (ICAEW, ACCA, etc.)

Tools

CaseWare

Job description

Assistant Manager, Financial Reporting - Maidstone Kent

About Crowe

Crowe is a leading national audit, tax, advisory and consulting firm with global reach and local expertise. We are an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks in the world, with access to more than 40,000 people in over 140+ countries and across more than 800+ offices globally.

Our vision is to be recognised as essential to the future success of our clients by helping them to answer tomorrow’s questions and make smart decisions that have lasting value through the highest quality audit, tax, advisory and consulting services.

Crowe is where talented people can realise their potential, are successful and enjoy what they do by making a positive difference to our clients, communities and each other.

At Crowe, our aim is to create a community where regardless of gender, identity, sexuality, race, ethnicity, education or background, everyone is valued, can flourish and achieve their full potential.

About the role

We seek a professional and driven candidate to join us as an Assistant Manager in our Financial Reporting team. The purpose of this team will be to elevate the provision of our financial reporting service to exceed expectations.

This is a unique opportunity for someone to add instant value to our firm – producing work that will rapidly make a positive difference to our clients and colleagues alike.

Joining as an Assistant Manager, the primary scope of the role will be to take full ownership of providing a best-in-classaccounts preparation and financial reportingservice for our varied portfolio of Audit clients which include multinational groups, private equity and owner-managed businesses, leading charities, large academies and schools.

Responsibilities

  • Preparation of statutory accounts, financial reports, consolidations and disclosures under a range of reporting and accounting standards (IFRS, UK GAAP (FRS 102), and the Charities SORP).
  • Supporting the audit team with client queries regarding clients’ accounts.
  • Supporting the audit team in finalising statutory financial statement production as part of the audit process.
  • Liaising with departments across the firm to ensure client requirements are met and clients are provided with the highest level of service.
  • Act as a key contact with clients to identify client-specific areas of judgement when preparing the financial statements.
  • Understanding the regulatory requirements of each client and maintaining your CPD in relation to any regulator updates to relevant standards.
  • Providing ad hoc financial reporting advice and support to clients.
  • General and ad-hoc support to the Business Solutions Group and audit teams.
  • Managing and assisting in the supervision and development of the financial reporting team.
  • Carrying out work profitably and on a timely basis, in accordance with the firm's professional standards and to the satisfaction of our clients and the firm’s management.
  • Delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines.
  • Contributing to a continuous improvement ethos for the team.

The technical skills, experience and background we’d expect to see from candidates suitable for this opportunity include:

  • Experience of preparing full sets of statutory accounts in a professional services environment. Experience of different accounting standards to include IFRS, UK GAAP, and Charity SORP).
  • Experienced in preparing consolidations for large international groups. Able to correctly account for the acquisition and/or disposals of subsidiaries.
  • Some audit experience would also be preferable, though not essential.
  • An appetite for professional self-development and providing exemplary levels of client service.
  • Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, being able to quickly and confidently build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues alike; shaping a proactive, responsive and value-adding service to our clients.
  • CCAB body membership, e.g. ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS, ICAI, AICPA.
  • Experience in using CaseWare for accounts preparation would be desirable, though not essential.

Why choose Crowe?

At Crowe we understand that it is often the culture and values of a firm that are most important when looking for a new workplace.

Whether you’re working in statutory audit, corporate tax or you’re a marketing or HR specialist, we place our people at the centre of everything that we do; promoting a collaborative, inclusive and friendly culture while remaining passionate about supporting and developing our people as they build their careers. We listen to our people and adapt to their changing needs alongside the needs of our growing business. We invest in our people to help them be the best they can be.

We value new ideas and innovation, and welcome people who are committed to making a difference by delivering excellent services to our people, clients and communities.

At Crowe, you will find the specialist knowledge, the resources and the commitment to help you build a satisfying and rewarding career, with continued learning and development, highly competitive salaries and flexible benefits.

We want to create the best environment for our people to grow and thrive and recognise the importance of offering a flexible approach to our working environment, which we would be happy to discuss with you further.

Crowe is committed to equal opportunity and diversity in recruitment and employment. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation, driving effectiveness in our teams and providing our clients with a quality service.

Entry and progression within the firm is determined solely by the application of objective criteria, personal performance and merit which is supported by a clearly defined career pathway.

Closing Date: 28 April 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.

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