Accounts Manager (Practice)

Job Description

TPF Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded, multisited firm of chartered accountants in its search for an experienced Senior Portfolio/Accounts Manager to join its Newbury office.

This is an autonomous position for an accomplished practice professional who can manage assignments with minimal supervision, review and sign off work, lead client meetings, provide commercially focused advice and support a small team.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for a varied portfolio of owner managed businesses and act as a trusted point of contact for clients. This would suit someone who enjoys combining strong technical work with relationship management and commercial advisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing a varied portfolio of clients
  
• Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts
  
• Reviewing and signing off work completed by other team members
  
• Leading client meetings and presenting financial information clearly
  
• Providing commercially focused advice to business owners
  
• Identifying opportunities to provide additional support and services
  
• Managing assignments from planning through to completion
  
• Supporting, developing and reviewing more junior members of the team
  
• Maintaining strong client relationships and ensuring deadlines are met
  
• Working closely with the partners and wider management team
  

Requirements

The ideal candidate will:

• Have substantial experience within an accountancy practice
  
• Be ACA or ACCA qualified, or qualified by experience with a strong technical background
  
• Be genuinely capable of working independently
  
• Have experience reviewing and signing off accounts
  
• Be confident leading client meetings
  
• Possess strong commercial awareness and sound business advisory skills
  
• Communicate confidently with business owners and senior stakeholders
  
• Be comfortable supporting and overseeing junior colleagues
  

Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Accountant seeking a high quality role with genuine responsibility, autonomy and client involvement within an established and growing firm.

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000

Hybrid working available

Location: Newbury

Please contact Joe Potter on 01882206677 (tel), 07386668225 (mob), joe@tpfrecruitment.com, or via LinkedIn for a confidential conversation.

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Requirements
For this fantastic opportunity, you may be an AAT studying, and/or perhaps studying ACCA or looking to build further on your experience following qualifying AAT, with a background in accountancy practice, with at least 2 - 4 years or more experience within practice, preparing accounts, tax and other responsibilities for a mixed client base of sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. You will be looking for a challenging, long term career move, at Accounts Semi Senior level, within a genuinely growing and expanding firm of chartered accountants, offering progression and career development.