Senior Accountant

Michael Page (UK); Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A national accountancy firm in Nottingham seeks an Accounting Manager to manage SME clients and mentor junior staff. This role emphasizes cloud accounting benefits and requires substantial practice experience, ideally with an ACA or ACCA qualification. A comprehensive benefits package is included, alongside hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Dental cover

Medical insurance

Buy/sell annual leave

Christmas office shutdown

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Discounted travel schemes (trains and buses)

Qualifications

• 4+ years of practice experience in accounting.
• Experience with cloud accounting software, particularly Xero.
• Proven ability to train and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of SME clients.
• Collaborate with management on training and complex accounts.
• Interpret accounting data and provide long-lasting solutions.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Cloud accounting

Mentoring

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified or qualified by experience

Tools

Xero

Sage

Job description

You will begin to manage a portfolio of SME clients, with the support of a Manager, as well as having a formal mentoring programme with 2 junior members of the team.

Client Details

A national accountancy firm with a large office in Nottingham, around 70 staff across multiple service lines.

Description

• The primary focus of the role will be collaborating with the management team in a variety of areas, for example by helping with training needs within the team, tackling more complex accounts work and getting involved with various client-related tasks.
• To have a very strong focus on the benefits to clients of cloud accounting
• The successful applicant will have the skills to help clients interpret their accounting data and provide innovative and long-lasting solutions to their accounting problems
• We are looking for someone who understands the benefits that cloud products, particularly Xero, can bring to our clients and who has the enthusiasm and drive to help develop the range of Xero-based services we offer
• Proven ability to train and mentor junior members of staff in bookkeeping and accounts (whether from Xero, Sage or manual records)
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to proactively engage with clients
• A strong team player who has the ability to work under minimal supervision and work closely with the manager team in driving projects forward
• All applicants must have substantial accounting experience in practice, to include preparation of statutory and management accounts, VAT and bookkeeping
• In order to meet the above criteria we would expect candidates to hold a professional qualification or to be qualified by experience

Profile

• 4+ years of practice experience
• ACA / ACCA qualified, or in the latter stages of qualifying
• Comfortable with a variety of accounting softwares, particularly Xero

Job Offer

• Extensive benefits package, including: dental cover, medical insurance, buy / sell annual leave, Christmas office shutdown, enhance maternity and paternity pay
• Hybrid working
• Discounted travel schemes (trains and buses)