Outsourcing Manager

Vaisto Recruitment Ltd; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Progression opportunities

Technology and training investment

Incentive schemes

Job summary

Vaisto Recruitment Ltd in Liverpool is seeking an Outsourcing Manager to lead a growing outsourcing portfolio for a long-established firm of accountants and business advisers. You will oversee bookkeeping, VAT, management accounts, and month-end close, present commentary on accounts, and mentor a team while driving process improvements and compliance with UK GAAP and HMRC rules.

Hybrid working, competitive salary, and progression opportunities are on offer as the group invests in technology and

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA qualified with PQE in practice.
• Experience managing outsourcing/accounts portfolios.
• Staff management and mentoring experience.
• Strong UK GAAP and HMRC knowledge.
• Commercially astute with ownership of WIP/billing.
• Advisory-minded communicator.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a diverse outsourcing portfolio as primary client contact.
• Oversee and sign off bookkeeping, VAT returns, management accounts, and month-end close.
• Present management accounts with commentary, insights and recommendations.
• Identify and deliver advisory opportunities such as process enhancements and finance transformation.
• Manage and develop outsourcing seniors and juniors, including capacity planning and performance reviews.
• Drive process improvements, standardisation and automation across the team.
• Monitor budgets, WIP, billing, and profitability to ensure commercial performance.
• Oversee system implementation and optimisation projects; ensure UK GAAP/HMRC compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Advisory

Commercial acumen

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

Job description

Outsourcing Manager - Liverpool - To £55,000

Outsourcing Manager - About the Firm

This is a long-established, multi-office firm of accountants and business advisors in the North West, growing both organically and by carefully selected acquisitions. This growth has created a Manager opening in the Outsourcing Department, as the client base and team expand, with the firm investing heavily in technology and training while retaining a genuinely partner-led, client-first culture.

Outsourcing Manager - Responsibilities

Portfolio Leadership

• Lead and manage a diverse outsourcing portfolio as primary client contact
• Oversee and sign off bookkeeping, VAT returns, management accounts, and month-end close

Client Advisory

• Present management accounts with commentary, insights, and recommendations
• Identify and deliver advisory opportunities such as process enhancement and finance transformation

Team & Leadership Development

• Manage and develop outsourcing seniors and juniors, including capacity planning and performance reviews
• Drive process improvements, standardisation, and automation across the team

Commercial & Process Ownership

• Monitor budgets, WIP, billing, and profitability to ensure commercial performance
• Oversee system implementation and optimisation projects
• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP and HMRC rules across the portfolio

Outsourcing Manager - Requirements

• ACA/ACCA qualified, with strong post-qualification experience in practice
• Demonstrable experience managing an outsourcing or accounts portfolio
• Staff management and mentoring experience
• Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP and HMRC compliance
• Commercially astute, with experience owning WIP and billing
• Confident, advisory-minded communicator

Outsourcing Manager - Benefits

Salary: £Market rate

Benefits: Join a growing group with significant ongoing investment in technology, training and infrastructure, broader career opportunities as the group expands, and performance-related incentive schemes that reward contribution - alongside genuine stability and local autonomy over client relationships.

25 days holiday with option to purchase additional days, hybrid working.

Progression: Real opportunity to grow into a senior leadership role across the group as it continues to expand