Corporate Accounting Manager – Boutique Consultancy

Corporate Accounting & Transactions Manager

Location:

Belfast

Salary:
Competitive Salary + Two Bonuses + Benefits

Contract:

Permanent

Are you a recently qualified Chartered Accountant, currently working in audit at Assistant Manager or Manager level, and looking for something more commercially exciting?

What if your next move gave you the opportunity to work on complex accounting projects, business acquisitions, management buyouts, investment structures and corporate transactions, rather than another year of traditional audit assignments?

Abacus Careers is recruiting for a boutique Belfast accounting firm with an exceptional client portfolio spanning private equity-backed, venture capital-backed and high-growth businesses across technology and business services.

This is an opportunity to take your technical accounting expertise in a new direction.

The Opportunity You'll work closely with an experienced Senior Manager, supporting a varied portfolio of complex accounting and transaction-related projects.

Your clients will include ambitious, investor-backed companies navigating investment, acquisitions, ownership changes, restructuring and growth.

You’ll be applying the technical knowledge you've developed in audit to a much broader range of commercial situations, gaining exposure to the accounting complexities behind corporate transactions and investment structures.

You’ll be working with businesses where ownership, funding and corporate structures are often far more interesting than the statutory accounts alone.

You’ll get involved in a diverse range of technically challenging projects, including:

• Corporate Transactions: Accounting considerations arising from management buyouts (MBOs), management buy-ins (MBIs), leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and other business acquisitions.
• Private Equity and Venture Capital: Supporting accounting projects involving PE/VC-backed businesses, investment structures and changes in ownership.
• Share Schemes and
  
  Incentives:
  
  Working on matters involving Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI), Company Share Option Plans (CSOP) and other employee ownership arrangements.
• Investment Structures: Exposure to Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs).
• Ownership and Restructuring: Accounting matters involving Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), joint ventures and complex shareholder arrangements.
• Transaction-Related Accounting: Supporting projects involving business disposals, corporate reorganisations and associated accounting considerations.
• Technical
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Working alongside the Senior Manager to analyse complex accounting issues and deliver solutions for clients.

We’re particularly interested in hearing from ambitious Chartered Accountants who have developed strong technical foundations in audit and are ready to broaden their commercial experience.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Recently qualified Chartered Accountant status.
• Current experience within an audit practice at Assistant Manager or Manager level.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and the confidence to tackle complex financial issues.
• Experience working with corporate clients and an understanding of their financial reporting requirements.
• An analytical mindset and an interest in understanding how businesses are funded, acquired and structured.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively on technically challenging assignments.
• Genuine curiosity about private equity, venture…