Senior Manager – Audit and Accounts.

My Client is looking for an ambitious, high-achieving Senior Manager seeking a new challenge in a

progressive and forward-thinking Audit and Accounts Department. This position, reporting to the

audit/accounts director and directly to partners, offers opportunities for progression, challenging projects, and learning and development in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage client expectations and be point-of-contact for clients.
• Working closely with the Director/Financial Controller/Senior Executive levels in managing the specific client requirements.
• Manage a portfolio of clients of variable sizes across different industries.
• Review of monthly/quarterly management accounts
• Review of Unaudited Year-End Statutory Accounts
• Advising clients with systems of financial control
• Help drive the firm’s accounting technology strategy to best serve clients and project manage the roll out of new accounting solutions.
• Assist with managing the team’s financial performance e.g. agreeing and billing of fees; cash collections; monitoring recoverability of WIP etc
• Participate in the coaching, mentoring and appraisal of staff

Skills and competencies required;

• ACA or ACCA with minimum 7 years PQE
• Minimum of 5 years+ relevant post qualified work experience in practice with strong technical knowledge and financial/management accounts experience
• Proven management skills and behaviours
• A strong market/commercial awareness
• Working knowledge of accounting software packages such as Surf, QuickBooks, Sage, Xero or similar with a high aptitude and interest for using new software
• Client-oriented with initiative, enthusiasm and problem-solving attitude
• Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information with maximum discretion

Benefits

• Flexible Working and Hybrid
• Summer hours
• Social Club
• Professional Subscriptions

Pension/ Life Assurance