Outsourcing Manager

Are you an experienced Outsourcing, Management Accounts or Business Services professional looking for a role where you can have a genuine impact on how clients run their finance functions?

A well-established and highly respected accountancy practice in Liverpool is looking to appoint an Outsourcing Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of clients and play a key role in the continued development of its growing outsourced finance offering. You'll act as a trusted finance partner to your clients, overseeing everything from bookkeeping and VAT through to management reporting, forecasting, systems implementation and finance function improvement.

• Managing a diverse portfolio of outsourcing clients and acting as their primary point of contact.
• Overseeing and signing off bookkeeping, VAT returns, management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close.
• Producing and presenting high-quality management accounts, providing meaningful commentary, insights and recommendations.
• Supporting clients with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and cost control.
• Ensuring client work is delivered accurately and on time, in line with agreed SLAs, statutory deadlines, UK GAAP and HMRC requirements.
• Managing and developing Outsourcing Seniors and Juniors, including workload and capacity planning, training and performance reviews.
• Reviewing existing client finance processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, controls and reporting.
• Driving greater standardisation and automation across outsourced finance operations.
• Leading or supporting accounting system implementation and optimisation projects.
• Managing portfolio performance, including budgets, WIP, billing, profitability and agreed service scope.
• Identifying opportunities to provide additional advisory support, including reporting improvements, process enhancement and wider finance function transformation.
• Building strong, long-term relationships with clients and becoming a trusted extension of their internal finance team.

• Previous experience within an accountancy practice, outsourced finance function or similar client-facing environment.
• Strong management accounts experience with the ability to interpret financial information rather than simply produce it.
• Confident reviewing bookkeeping, VAT, reconciliations and month-end work completed by others.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of cloud accounting systems and an interest in using technology to improve finance processes.
• Comfortable presenting financial information and recommendations directly to clients.
• Previous experience supervising, reviewing or managing junior members of a team.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of budgets, WIP, billing and profitability.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification would be advantageous, although strong relevant experience will also be considered.

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• The opportunity to manage a varied and interesting client portfolio.
• Genuine scope to influence and improve the firm's outsourcing offering.
• Continued professional development and progression within an established North West accountancy practice.