Client Accounting Manager

Sleek; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic company seeks an experienced accountant to manage a diverse portfolio of SMEs. The role offers flexibility with hybrid working arrangements, encouraging personal growth and team collaboration. Responsibilities include preparing accounts, client relationship management, and leading a team. Competitive salary and benefits are available.

Benefits

Health care allowance

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Paid sick leave

Discretionary performance bonus

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Client and Cloud Accounting.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting, tax compliance, and VAT processes.
• Proficient in accounting software including Quickbook and Xero.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review statutory accounts for SME clients.
• Maintain financial records and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Manage a team of accountants, providing support and training.

Skills

Accounting Knowledge

Client Management

Team Leadership

Tax Compliance

Education

AAT, ACA, ICAEW or ACCA qualified

Tools

Quickbook

Xero

Excel

Job description

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

• Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
• Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, generative AI tools and exceptional customer service
• Business banking: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 450 staff, but we think and act more like a startup than a large corporation.

We have achieved >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years and as a result have been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia. Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We have zero tolerance for anyone that is aggressive or mean - we are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you make key calls, get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy. We have planted over 29,271 trees to reforest our ecosystem and saved 7 tons of paper from landfills by processing over 1.4M pages through SleekSign. We aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030.

Requirements

To excel in this role, you will need:

• AAT, ACA, ICAEW or ACCA qualified or partially qualified with supplementary experience
• At least 5 years of experience as a Client and Cloud Accounting, or partially qualified with additional years of experience
• Extensive knowledge of Accounting, corporation tax compliance and VAT processes and regulations
• Proficient in Accounting Software: Quickbook, Xero, Excel etc.
• Working in a fast growing start up and with a large portfolio of SME Clientele would be advantageous
• Working knowledge of Payroll and Personal Tax would be advantageous

Your daily tasks will include:

• Preparation and review of statutory annual accounts, reconciliations, external returns and claims for a large portfolio of SME clients
• Build new relationships and maintain existing relationships with clients.
• Ensure financial records, systems and other internal controls, including standing orders, financial regulations and asset registers, are properly managed, maintained, controlled, reviewed and complied with.
• Managing a team of accountants and effectively supporting them with day to day challenges, performance and training.
• An industry competitive salary package and a discretionary performance bonus
• A health care allowance and a pension scheme with an employer contribution
• Work remotely, hybridly or onsite from our offices in Manchester or Leeds, West Yorkshire (Hybrid or office based)
• Paid sick leave
• A close knit team of supportive colleagues and a culture that is fun, friendly and committed to your career development
• An environment that encourages innovation and the autonomy and freedom to apply your expertise