Accounts Manager - Join a Growing, Client-Focused Firm
Are you an experienced accounts professional looking to take your career to the next level? We are representing an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Manager to join a well-established firm based in Cheadle.
The firm is renowned for its commitment to client satisfaction and staff development, offering a collaborative work environment with excellent career progression opportunities.
Role Overview:
As an Accounts Manager, you will take responsibility for managing your own portfolio of clients, overseeing the workflow of junior staff, and supporting systems and processes to ensure smooth operations.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to step into their first management position or looking to step into a Senior Manager role, with a competitive salary ranging from £45k to £60k depending on experience and potential.
You will play a key role in providing essential financial services, including tax compliance, management accounts, and VAT returns, while ensuring excellent service and professional advice.
The firm has a portfolio exceeding £10m, and while audits are not a core part of this role, you will be involved with audit clients, where statutory accounts are produced internally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and nurture relationships with business owners, directors, and individuals across various sectors
- Oversee a diverse portfolio of clients, including personal tax returns, trust & partnership accounts, limited company accounts, and corporation tax returns
- Ensure compliance with personal and corporate tax regulations, including VAT returns, Self-Assessment tax returns, and Corporation Tax returns
- Provide hands-on client service, including attending client meetings, reviewing year-end and quarterly accounts, and offering proactive tax planning advice
- Mentor and support junior staff, reviewing their work, providing feedback, and ensuring professional development
- Support the implementation and improvement of systems and processes for efficient workflow management
- Monitor and manage financial performance for clients, delivering management accounts and identifying growth opportunities
- Work with the team to support audit clients, particularly in the preparation of statutory accounts
Key Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in managing client portfolios and delivering financial services across a wide range of sectors
- In-depth understanding of personal and corporate tax, VAT compliance, and management accounting
- Proven track record in mentoring and developing junior team members.
- Comfortable with accounting software such as Sage Cloud, CCH Suite, PTP, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Teams) amongst others
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial information to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Hands-on approach to client service with a proactive and professional demeanor
- Solid experience in managing workflow, supporting systems, and processes within an accounting firm environment
The Firm's Culture and Values
This firm prides itself on its positive and inclusive work culture. They believe that investing in their people is as important as delivering top-notch client service. With exceptional staff retention rates, the firm has fostered a supportive and collaborative environment.
Their core values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Commitment, and Knowledge guide all their client interactions and internal operations
Employee Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Funded training and professional development
- Death in service cover
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Childcare vouchers
- Additional holiday purchasing options
- Time off for birthdays
- Modern offices with free parking in a sought-after area
- Staff social events and employee of the quarter awards
- Dress down Fridays
If you are looking for a role where you can grow your career, make a difference for clients, and be part of a supportive and valued team, apply now to take the next step in your career.
Interested? - then please APPLY TODAY
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Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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