Client Accountant (Management Accounts)

ProTalent; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four day week

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Pension

Study support

On-site parking

Personal development plan

Job summary

ProTalent is partnering with a small, modern accountancy practice in the Altrincham area to recruit a client accountant. The role balances management and statutory accounts with direct client engagement and Xero setup.

You will sit with clients to explain numbers, ensuring accurate bookkeeping and building integrations. The firm values technology, cloud-based systems, and a hands-on advisory approach to owner-managed businesses.

Qualifications

• Trained in an accountancy practice; practice grounding matters most.
• Comfortable with both management and statutory accounts.
• Real Xero experience, not just certificate.

Responsibilities

• Preparing management accounts and statutory accounts for a varied portfolio.
• Setting clients up on Xero and building the integrations that go with it.
• Bookkeeping, VAT and reconciliations where clients need the support.
• Supporting on corporation tax and self assessment.
• Owning client queries and delivering clear explanations.
• Developing forecasting, cashflow and advisory work over time.

Skills

Client facing

Xero experience

Explain financial data

Communication

Advisory mindset

Education

AAT finalist

ACCA studies

Newly qualified

Tools

Xero

Job description

Client Accountant Altrincham, Cheshire £32,000 to £42,000 Four day week available

Most practice roles ask you to produce the accounts and then hand them on. This one asks you to sit with the client and explain what they mean.

I am working with a small, modern accountancy practice in the Altrincham area that has spent around twenty years deliberately doing things differently. No audit. No compliance factory. No timesheets. They have been cloud based from the start and they are noticeably ahead of most firms on technology and AI.

Their clients are ambitious owner managed businesses, mostly turning over between £500k and £2m. The client list is kept small on purpose so the team can actually get to know each business rather than churning through them.

The role

A genuinely client-facing job covering both management accounts and statutory accounts. You would be getting clients set up on Xero, sorting out their integrations, keeping their numbers accurate, and then talking them through what those numbers are telling them.

• Preparing management accounts and statutory accounts for a varied portfolio
• Setting clients up on Xero and building the integrations that go with it
• Bookkeeping, VAT and reconciliations where clients need the support
• Supporting on corporation tax and self assessment
• Owning your own client queries rather than passing them up the line
• Growing into forecasting, cashflow and advisory work over time

Who this will suit

• Someone who has trained in an accountancy practice. If you have since moved into industry, that is fine, the practice grounding is what matters
• Comfortable with both management accounts and statutory accounts
• AAT finalist, studying ACCA, or newly qualified
• Real Xero experience, not just the certificate
• Curious, ambitious, and genuinely interested in the businesses behind the numbers
• Happy talking to clients directly and explaining things in plain English

This is not a role for someone who wants to sit quietly and produce accounts. They want someone who gets stuck in, asks questions, and cares what happens to the client.

What is on offer

• £32,000 to £42,000 depending on experience
• Four day week, 36 hours, on full time pay
• No timesheets. Output is what gets measured
• Study support and a proper personal development plan
• Structured onboarding with six months of support built in
• Private healthcare and life insurance after a qualifying period
• Pension, employee assistance helpline and free on-site parking
• Modern self-contained office, team socials, and a route into advisory work

If you are in practice and quietly frustrated that nobody ever lets you talk to the client, this is worth a conversation.