Senior Outsourcing Accountant & Team Lead

Accountable Recruitment; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Job summary

Accountable Recruitment in Liverpool seeks an Outsourcing Supervisor to join a well-established North West practice. You'll review bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts prepared by junior staff, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.

You'll mentor junior team members, support month-end reporting, and liaise with clients to resolve queries while driving process improvements with cloud accounting tools.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within an accountancy practice, outsourced finance team or similar accounting environment.
• Strong bookkeeping and management accounts experience.
• Good working knowledge of VAT and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience reviewing work prepared by junior members of a team would be highly beneficial.
• Comfortable communicating directly with clients and resolving day-to-day accounting queries.
• Good knowledge of cloud accounting software and an interest in using technology to improve accounting processes.
• Strong attention to detail with the confidence to identify errors, investigate discrepancies and suggest solutions.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Previous experience supporting or mentoring junior colleagues would be advantageous.
• AAT qualified, ACA/ACCA part-qualified or qualified by experience candidates will be considered.
• An interest in developing further into client management, advisory and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review bookkeeping, VAT returns and management accounts prepared by junior team members.
• Ensure client work is accurate, completed efficiently and delivered by deadlines.
• Support month-end reporting and ensure financial information is complete and accurate.
• Liaise directly with clients to resolve accounting queries and obtain information.
• Communicate with external providers to resolve issues.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and cost control across outsourced assignments.
• Monitor workflow and team performance to manage workloads.
• Assist with onboarding of new clients and implementation of accounting systems.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Management accounts

VAT

Balance sheet reconciliations

Client communication

Process improvement

Team mentoring

Attention to detail

Education

AAT qualification

ACA/ACCA part-qualified

Tools

Cloud accounting software

Job description

Accountable Recruitment in Liverpool seeks an Outsourcing Supervisor to join a well-established North West practice. You'll review bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts prepared by junior staff, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.

You'll mentor junior team members, support month-end reporting, and liaise with clients to resolve queries while driving process improvements with cloud accounting tools.