Senior Accountant - Accountancy Practice

Insite Public Practice Recruitment Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Clear progression into client managing

Broad owner-managed business exposure

Strong client-facing development

Profitable independent business

Job summary

Insite Public Practice Recruitment Limited represents a successful independent firm in Cardiff seeking a Senior Accountant to join its growing accountancy practice.

You will gain broad exposure to owner-managed businesses, taking on increasing client responsibility and a clear route into management through a supportive leadership team. Hybrid working and strong client relationships underpin the role.

Qualifications

• Recent experience within a UK firm and grounding in accounts preparation.
• ACA or ACCA qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Preparing statutory accounts and working papers.
• Reviewing accounts prepared by junior colleagues.
• Managing jobs and updating clients.
• Handling day-to-day accounting queries.
• Supporting year-end tax work.
• Attending meetings with business owners.
• Developing understanding of clients beyond year-end numbers.
• Supporting Managers across larger portfolios.

Skills

Accounts preparation

Client communication

UK market experience

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Senior Accountant - Accountancy Practice

Cardiff

£52,000-£62,000

Hybrid Working Permanent

What would make your next move genuinely worthwhile?

More client responsibility? A clearer route into management? Better exposure to senior people? Enough flexibility to still have a life outside work?

A successful independent firm is looking for a Senior Accountant - Accountancy Practice as part of a wider investment into its future leadership team.

This is an established, profitable business rather than a start-up dressed in expensive language about "growth". It already has strong clients, experienced people and excellent staff retention. The investment now is about adding capacity and making sure there is a proper succession plan beneath the existing leadership team.

Based in Cardiff, you'll work with entrepreneurial businesses ranging from start-ups through to established owner-managed companies.

The role

The Senior Accountant - Accountancy Practice will have considerably more client exposure than a traditional accounts-production position.

• Preparing statutory accounts and associated working papers
• Reviewing straightforward accounts prepared by junior colleagues
• Managing jobs and keeping clients updated
• Handling day-to-day accounting queries
• Supporting year-end tax work
• Attending meetings with business owners
• Developing an understanding of clients beyond their year-end numbers
• Supporting Managers across larger portfolios
• Taking increasing ownership as your experience develops

Hybrid working forms part of the proposition, while maintaining the regular face-to-face contact that has helped the firm build particularly strong client relationships.

What they're looking for

You'll need recent experience within a UK firm and a solid grounding in accounts preparation.

You may already be ACA or ACCA qualified, approaching qualification or have developed equivalent experience without following the traditional qualification route.

More important is the ability to communicate properly with clients.

The firm wants someone who can eventually sit opposite a business owner, understand the issue they are raising and explain the answer without disappearing behind technical jargon.

What's on offer

• £52,000-£62,000
• Clear progression into client management
• Broad owner-managed business exposure
• Increasing portfolio responsibility
• Support from experienced senior professionals
• Strong client-facing development
• Highly profitable independent business
• Genuine long-term career opportunity

For an ambitious Senior Accountant looking for more than another year of producing accounts, this is a chance to join a progressive Cardiff firm at a point where growth and succession are creating real opportunities.