Director / Senior Manager – Outsourcing

Bryony Gibson Consulting; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the accountancy sector is seeking an experienced Accounts Director or Senior Manager. This role offers the chance to work with a diverse range of ambitious businesses, providing essential outsourcing services and support to in-house finance departments. You will be the primary contact for your clients, ensuring their needs are met while identifying growth opportunities. With a strong emphasis on team leadership and client engagement, this position promises a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the success of both the firm and its clients. If you're passionate about accounting and eager to drive change, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Free parking

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountants (ACA, CA, ACCA) with strong technical accounting experience.
• Experience with SME and OMB in the UK market.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with clients to understand their needs and identify new opportunities.
• Reviewing accounts and preparing complex accounts for clients.

Skills

Technical Accounting

Client Engagement

Budgeting

Cashflow Forecasting

Analytical Skills

Team Management

Communication Skills

Education

ACA

CA

ACCA

Job description

The Firm:

Leading accountancy firm with an excellent name in the local and national market are able to offer plentiful career opportunities as a result of their continuous and successful growth strategy. Based in Newcastle they are close to all amenities, easily accessible and offer a dynamic working environment.

The Brief:

Working with a range of ambitious and fast growing businesses, the demand for additional outsourcing services and assistance to in-house finance departments is growing. As such, we are seeking an experienced Accounts Director or Senior Manager to work alongside the Partner group to further develop business and ensure the team are delivering.

The Role:

• Engaging with your clients’ business, understanding their needs and identifying new opportunities.
• Being the primary day-to-day contact for your allocated portfolio of clients, reviewing accounts completed by the team and preparing more complex accounts.
• Budgets and cashflow forecasting.
• Active business partnering to ensure informed reporting of risks & opportunities, actuals and forecast variance analysis.
• Analytically reviewing results and analysing key performance indicators for your clients.
• Ensuring that allocated teams are keeping all accounting systems up to date and accurate within the agreed timeframes.
• Training clients in the use of their accounting systems.
• Assisting with tendering to potential new clients as well as the implementation phase for new engagements.
• Liaising and collaborating with tax, payroll, and other departments on client matters, identifying cross-selling opportunities.
• Promoting the interests of the firm to clients, prospective clients, and other third parties.
• Assisting with portfolio allocation across the wider team and monitoring time allocations, budgets, and deadlines, including data insight for internal management reporting and checklist monitoring.
• Working in accordance with defined systems and procedures while challenging the status quo where there may be a more efficient way of doing things.
• Empowering and educating through line management to develop more junior members of the team.
• Attending regular network and associated referrer events.

Experience required:

• Qualified Accountants (ACA, CA, ACCA) with strong technical accounting experience.
• Worked with SME and OMB in the UK market.
• Operating at a minimum of experienced Manager level in the accountancy profession.
• Ambitious and keen to continue with your own personal development and learning with a view to future promotion.
• Self-driven, motivated with a passion for accounting and assisting fast-growing businesses.
• Staff supervisory experience, able to motivate teams and lead by example inspiring those around you.
• First-class communication skills, able to create a presence in the local market.

Benefits:

Great opportunity to help lead a successful outsourcing team to become even better. Freedom to develop your own new areas of business whilst supporting the team.

Comprehensive benefits package, free parking, career progression tracked.

This is a role that can offer the best of practice and industry.