Senior Manager - Year End Accounts

striveX Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly leadership training

High engagement culture

Autonomy in role

Job summary

A leading accounting firm is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead their Year End function. This role involves managing a team of six junior accountants, ensuring the quality of financial reporting, and driving the team's performance toward collective goals. Candidates must have significant practice experience and a proven track record in leadership. The position offers a competitive salary of £50,000–£60,000 depending on experience, with a hybrid work model allowing one day in the office weekly. Preferred candidates will have a strong focus on autonomy and hold relevant management experience.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team in practice is essential.
• Strong leadership and accountability in a management role.
• Ability to operate autonomously with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6 junior accountants.
• Manage team performance, quality, and capacity.
• Review year-end accounts and returns accurately.
• Oversee onboarding of new clients into the team.
• Ensure compliance with internal deadlines and targets.
• Maintain high technical standards within the team.
• Provide support and mentoring to junior staff.

Skills

5+ years’ practice experience

Proven experience managing and developing junior staff

Strong review experience across year end accounts and corporation tax

Ability to manage workflow, prioritisation and team capacity

Comfortable holding performance conversations

Job description

£50,000–£60,000 DOE | Hybrid (1 day in office) | Manchester (M3) or Stokenchurch (HP14)

At striveX, we deliver trusted accounting and tax solutions to ambitious, values-led business owners.

We’re hiring a Senior Manager to lead our Year End function.

This is not a stepping-stone role. We are looking for someone who has already managed people in practice and is ready to take ownership of a team, workflow and standards.

You will report directly to the Directors and have ownership of the team from day one.

Services provided by the team

• Company Accounts – FRS 105 and 102(1A)
• Company CT600
• Partnership Accounts
• Sole-trader accounts
• Self-Assessments
• Confirmation statements

The opportunity

You will lead a team of 6 junior accountants within a wider structure of 2 managers.

You will be responsible for:

• Reviewing year-end accounts and returns, business and personal
• Managing team performance, quality and capacity
• Overseeing the onboarding of new clients by the team into the year-end function
• Ensuring tasks are met to our internal deadlines
• Ensuring monthly financial targets are met
• Maintaining technical standards across the team
• Ensuring the team meet their training requirements
• Improving systems and workflow optimisation
• Acting as escalation point for complex technical and client matters
• Being a role model for the junior members of the team
• Reporting to the board each month

This is a leadership role with accountability — not just technical sign-off.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years’ practice experience
• Proven experience managing and developing junior staff
• Strong review experience across year end accounts and corporation tax
• Ability to manage workflow, prioritisation and team capacity
• Comfortable holding performance conversations and raising standards

You will not be suitable if:

• You have not previously line-managed a team in practice
• You prefer purely technical work without leadership responsibility
• You need supervision to prioritise work

We are looking for someone who can operate with autonomy.

Our client base

• Founder-led, growth-focused businesses
• No audit, charity or agriculture
• Values-aligned clients

Working pattern

• Hybrid: 1 day per week in office
• Manchester (M3 2BY) or Stokenchurch (HP14 3FE)
• Flexitime
• Must live within 60-minute commute
• Valid UK driving licence

£50,000–£60,000 depending on experience and leadership depth.

Why this role is different

• Influence over how the team operates and is structured via control of budget
• High engagement culture (93% participation rate in team surveys)
• Competent juniors that manage majority of client communications
• Monthly leadership training
• Continuous growth creating new opportunities

We invest in our team because we expect high standards in return.