Senior Accountant

Insite Finance; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Insite Finance in Cardiff is seeking a Senior Accountant to join a growth-oriented independent accountancy firm. You will work with experienced managers and directors across a portfolio of privately owned businesses, focusing on accounts preparation and broader client management.

The role offers exposure to senior stakeholders, with clear progression routes and a stable, long-tenured team in a well-established practice.

Qualifications

• Recent UK accountancy practice experience and strong grounding in accounts preparation.
• ACA or ACCA qualification would be useful, otherwise strong qualified-by-experience considered.
• Ability to take ownership and work with directors across client portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts
• Taking greater ownership of jobs from start to finish
• Supporting corporation tax and wider compliance work
• Reviewing work produced by less experienced colleagues
• Dealing directly with business owners and finance teams
• Joining client meetings and building your own relationships
• Helping identify issues before they become problems
• Supporting managers across larger or more involved clients

Skills

Accounts preparation

Client management

Reviewing work

UK accountancy practice experience

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Job description

Some firms talk endlessly about career development while quietly hoping nobody above you ever leaves. This one is actively creating room. A successful independent accountancy firm is expanding following further investment into an already highly profitable business. Growth has been consistent, client retention is strong and many employees have spent more than a decade with the firm. The Senior Accountant appointment is aimed at somebody who has developed solid technical experience but now wants broader responsibility and a genuine route into client management. Based in Cardiff, you'll work closely with experienced managers and directors across a portfolio of privately owned businesses.

The role

Senior Accountant

Cardiff
£55,000-£65,000

Some firms talk endlessly about career development while quietly hoping nobody above you ever leaves. This one is actively creating room. A successful independent accountancy firm is expanding following further investment into an already highly profitable business. Growth has been consistent, client retention is strong and many employees have spent more than a decade with the firm. The Senior Accountant appointment is aimed at somebody who has developed solid technical experience but now wants broader responsibility and a genuine route into client management. Based in Cardiff, you'll work closely with experienced managers and directors across a portfolio of privately owned businesses.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts


• Taking greater ownership of jobs from start to finish


• Supporting corporation tax and wider compliance work


• Reviewing work produced by less experienced colleagues


• Dealing directly with business owners and finance teams


• Joining client meetings and building your own relationships


• Helping identify issues before they become problems


• Supporting managers across larger or more involved clients

The firm is relationship-driven and intentionally operates through face-to-face contact with clients. That gives the Senior Accountant considerably more exposure than roles where most client interaction has gradually become a chain of emails and Teams calls. You'll need recent experience from a UK accountancy practice, with a strong grounding in accounts preparation and ideally some reviewing or supervisory exposure. ACA or ACCA qualification would be useful, although strong qualified-by-experience candidates will also be considered.

Where it can lead

The intention isn't to recruit someone simply to produce more accounts. As you prove yourself, the Senior Accountant will take on greater portfolio ownership, more client meetings and increasing responsibility for reviewing and developing others. The Cardiff team has a strong record of retaining people and creating progression internally, and continued investment is opening further opportunities at manager level and above.

Package

• £55,000-£65,000


• Strong route into client management


• High-quality SME and owner-managed business portfolio


• Direct access to senior people


• Increasing review and advisory exposure


• Stable and experienced team


• Investment behind the next stage of growth

For a Senior Accountant who likes the stability of an established firm but doesn't want their career to become too comfortable, this is a particularly strong opportunity within accountancy.