Implementation Consultant (Accountancy)

IRIS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in the UK seeks an Implementation Consultant to support customers transitioning to cloud accounting solutions. This role involves managing implementations, providing training, and acting as an advocate for users throughout the onboarding process. Candidates should have accounting qualifications, strong communication skills, and a willingness to travel occasionally for client engagement. The company also offers a generous benefits package, including private healthcare and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Charity / volunteering days

Income protection insurance

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Program

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity pay

Additional discount schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of accountancy practice workflows and financial systems.
• Confident communicator with customer-facing experience.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for on-site client work.

Responsibilities

• Support the transition of IRIS desktop products to cloud-based solutions.
• Manage and deliver customer implementations and migrations.
• Provide training, guidance, and best-practice advice to customers.

Skills

Customer-facing experience

Attention to detail

Accounting knowledge

Technical understanding

Problem-solving skills

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, AAT)

Job description

The Vacancy

Join IRIS Software Group and help shape the future of cloud accounting.

As an Implementation Consultant within the IRIS Accountancy Professional Services Team, you'll play a key role in supporting our customers through their onboarding and migration journeys. You'll work closely with accountancy practices and finance professionals to ensure a smooth and successful transition to our market‑leading software solutions.

This is a hands‑on, customer‑facing role where you'll combine your accounting knowledge with technical understanding to guide clients through implementations, migrations, and training - ensuring they're set up for long‑term success with IRIS.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the transition of IRIS desktop accountancy products to our new cloud‑based solutions.
• Managing and delivering customer implementations and migrations from initial scoping through to completion.
• Preparing and validating customer data for successful transitions.
• Providing training, guidance, and best‑practice advice to customers adopting our software.
• Acting as a trusted partner and advocate for customers throughout their onboarding journey.
• Collaborating with the IRIS Professional Services, Product, and Customer Service teams to ensure a seamless experience.
• Maintaining a high standard of accountancy and payroll knowledge to support both customers and colleagues.

What We're Looking For

• Part‑qualified or fully qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, AAT) or equivalent accountancy experience.
• Strong understanding of accountancy practice workflows and financial systems.
• Confident communicator with customer‑facing experience – comfortable running meetings, training sessions, or demonstrations.
• A problem‑solver with great attention to detail and the ability to translate complex processes into practical solutions.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for on‑site client work or internal meetings.
• Enthusiastic about technology and the opportunity to help customers modernise and improve how they work.

About IRIS

As one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.

IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.

Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child's school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.

Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers' businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.

It's vital these mission‑critical functions work first time, every time.

That's why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time - so they can focus on productivity and growth.

IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.

They enable us to be the innovative, market‑leading, and high‑performing company that we are today.

We're delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women.

These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.

IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.

This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.

Why work for IRIS?

The Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Charity / volunteering days
• Income protection insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Additional discount schemes
• Cycle to work scheme

Developing your career

Leading

Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.

Excelling

Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.

Growing

Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee's development needs and providing a commitment to a 'learning culture' which shares knowledge, best practice and our long‑standing expertise between employees.

Listening

We're committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.

Sharing

Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.