Accounts Manager

• Location

  Daventry

• Sector:

  Business Services , Accounts , General Practice

• Contract Type:

  Permanent

• Salary:

  Competitive

• Contact:

  Eleanor Snow

• Contact email:

• Contact phone:

• Published:

  1 day ago

• Expiry date:

• Startdate:

• Consultant:

  Eleanor Snow

Accountancy Practice recruitment specialists Clark Wood are working with a well-established accountancy practice who are looking to recruit an experienced Client Manager to join their team in Daventry.

Managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients, you will act as a key point of contact, delivering high-quality compliance and advisory services with minimal Partner supervision.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients and acting as their primary point of contact
• Building strong, long-term client relationships and leading client meetings
• Overseeing and reviewing the preparation of statutory accounts and financial statements
• Reviewing corporate and personal tax returns and supporting routine tax planning work
• Ensuring client work is completed accurately, efficiently and within agreed deadlines
• Managing your own workflow and overseeing the allocation and delivery of work across the team
• Supervising and reviewing work completed by junior and trainee members of staff
• Delegating work effectively and supporting the training and development of junior colleagues
• Identifying opportunities for additional services and contributing to business development
• Providing commercially focused advice and identifying tax planning and business improvement opportunities
• Managing assignments within agreed budgets and timescales

• ACA / ACCA qualified or equivalent, QBE also considered DOE
• Strong experience within an accountancy practice
• Proven experience managing a portfolio of clients
• Strong knowledge of accounts preparation, tax compliance and tax planning
• Excellent client relationship and communication skills
• Strong organisational and workflow management abilities
• Commercially aware with sound decision-making skills
• Previous experience supervising or developing junior team members
• Experience in business development and/or advisory-led client work would be advantageous
• Keen to take ownership of client relationships and contribute to the wider growth of the practice

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Option to purchase up to a further 5 days' annual leave
• Birthday day off
• Group Life Cover from day one
• Medical Cashback Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Contributory pension
• Subsidised gym membership
• Employee discounts and cashback scheme
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Employee and client referral bonus scheme
• Regular social events
• Free parking