Portfolio Accounting Manager: Lead UK SME Clients

Sleek; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sleek is seeking an experienced accounting professional to own a growing SME portfolio in Leeds. You will manage end-to-end work from year-end accounts to VAT and CT, review and sign off your team’s output, and coach staff to get it right the first time.

You will explain numbers to business owners in plain terms, chase deadlines, keep records accurate, and collaborate with Product, Tech, Sales and Support, leveraging AI tools to scale to 500 clients.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing management accounts and explaining them to business owners in plain terms.
• Expert knowledge of UK statutory accounts (FRS 102 and 105) for private limited companies.
• Strong knowledge of corporation tax and VAT for private limited companies.
• Fully qualified ACCA/ICAEW/ICAS member.
• Minimum 5 years in UK accounting practice, including 2 years running own portfolio of 150+ SME clients.
• Comfortable with Xero or similar cloud accounting.
• Experience reviewing and managing a team, including remote/offshore staff.
• Ability to coordinate with Product, Tech, Sales and Support to drive change.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of SME clients and ensure work is filed on time and accurately.
• Run your portfolio end to end: year end accounts, corporation tax and VAT returns.
• Review and sign off your team’s work and coach them to be right the first time.
• Prepare management accounts and explain what numbers mean to business owners.
• Chase deadlines when a client’s delay risks a deadline; keep records of actions taken.
• Keep client records and workflow data accurate for visibility across teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Tech, Sales and Support to fix problems and improve workflows.
• Utilise AI tools being built into our products to scale client delivery.

Skills

Portfolio management

Team leadership

Client communication

Process compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

ACCA/ICAEW/ICAS member

Tools

Xero

Cloud accounting software

Job description

Sleek is seeking an experienced accounting professional to own a growing SME portfolio in Leeds. You will manage end-to-end work from year-end accounts to VAT and CT, review and sign off your team’s output, and coach staff to get it right the first time.

You will explain numbers to business owners in plain terms, chase deadlines, keep records accurate, and collaborate with Product, Tech, Sales and Support, leveraging AI tools to scale to 500 clients.