Client Manager

Position: Client Manager (Permanent)
Job Title:

Client Manager

Location:

Canterbury
Package: £(phone number removed) , Hybrid working, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, private medical

Working Hours:

Full time, Monday-Friday, 37.5 hours a week

A reputable, medium sized Accountancy Practice in Canterbury are hiring for a Client Manager, to join their growing firm. Offering circa £45k, with hybrid working, and extensive progression opportunities
The role is to ensure clients receive the highest standard of service, communicating with clients regularly, cross selling, and ensuring client satisfaction. If you are a trusted accountant, with a passion for client services, then this is the role for you

Client Manager

Job Responsibilities

Lead and manage the operational team, ensuring effective workload allocation, capacity planning, productivity optimisation, and high performance through coaching, development plans, and performance management.
Oversee client onboarding and relationship management, maintaining strong working partnerships while ensuring accurate, timely documentation and high service standards throughout the client journey.
Prepare and review accounts, tax returns, bookkeeping, and management accounts, ensuring compliance with legislation, quality control, and a minimum personal billing target of £1,500 per week.
Provide proactive tax planning strategies in line with current legislation and oversee the ongoing maintenance and accuracy of accounts work prepared by the team.
Monitor job profitability and budgets by reviewing timesheets, analysing efficiency, measuring margins, and ensuring financial targets are met.
Support Senior Management with budgeting, forecasting, risk analysis, management reporting, and the effective utilisation of cashflow to generate and protect reserves.
Identify, review, and implement operational process improvements and standardisation to enhance efficiency, productivity, and overall client experience.
Generate new business opportunities through networking and collaboration with peers across teams, stepping in to support operational delivery when demand exceeds capacity.

Client Manager

Job Responsibilities

ACCA or ACA qualification is preferred but part qualified is also acceptable
Minimum of 4 years accountancy practice experience
Able to commute to Canterbury
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills

Client Manager Salary & Benefits

Salary depending on experience, ranging from £35,000 - £45,000
Hybrid working,split, can be flexible around client meetings etc
23 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus your birthday off
WPA health insurance
Work mobile
Workplace pension
Free onsite parking

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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