Sector: Accounts - Professional Services

Location: Central London

Type: Permanent

Ref: BBBH61081_1579082605

Salary: Negotiable

Savant are currently partnering with a Top 15 Accountancy firm on the recruitment of an Outsourcing Assistant Manager role. Based in Central London they offer expertise in many fields of tax, accountancy and finance, they work for clients ranging from large, listed corporates and SMEs to individuals, their families and their businesses.

Outsourcing Assistant Manager duties and responsibilities:

• Control of a portfolio of clients, ensuring all reporting & payment deadlines are met.


• Full review of management accounts, reports and VAT returns, ensuring technical accuracy and that any anomalies are resolved before submission to the client.


• Full review of statutory financial statements and supporting work paper files, ensuring technical accuracy and that any anomalies are resolved before submission to the client


• Coordination of the submission of VAT returns, EC sales lists and Intrastat return, and any necessary payment. Liaising with local service providers, ensuring all foreign compliance returns are filed in a timely manner, as needed.


• Liaising and responding effectively to reporting or ad hoc technical queries from clients whether by email or telephone. Delegate down responsibilities where possible.


• Regular review and scheduling of work plans for staff to ensure resources are fully and efficiently utilised


• Supervision of Accounts Assistants and Financial Administrators, ensuring that they are completing their work correctly, providing guidance where necessary


• Complete regular appraisal documents and attend feedback/coaching sessions for staff in order to continue developing the skillsets in the team


• Identify and, where appropriate, implement enhancements to the existing compliance/processing routines, and control systems to improve efficiency's


• Review of specialised / ad hoc reports for clients when required. E.g. budgets, cash flow statements


• Thorough understanding of comprehensive VAT reporting requirements - Making Tax Digital, imports, purchase & sale of EC goods & services


• WIP & billing control; implement and monitor budgets, overseeing costings on client portfolio and reporting / explaining recovery to management on a monthly basis. Prepare and review monthly and ad hoc bills.

The ideal Outsourcing Assistant Manager candidate must:

• Be a qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA (or equivalent)


• Be used to working in a similar size firm within a senior or assistant manager capacity