Sector: Accounts - Professional Services

Location: Hertfordshire

Type: Permanent

Ref: BBBH69245_1690981243

Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum

Accounts Manager | Top 40 Accountancy Practice | Rickmansworth | £55,000-£65,000

Accounts Manager job for a top 40 practice managing the external accounts for a portfolio of SME's paying £55,000-£65,000

Your new role

You'll be working as an Accounts Manager and will be managing a small team that handle the external accounts processes for a portfolio of SME's across the region.

• Reporting directly to Partners and liaising with other managers as required both in Rickmansworth and around the firm. Management of a portfolio of primarily non-audit clients for general practice partners.


• Planning, supervision and review of statutory accounts including preparing notes for partners. This includes liaising directly with clients and partners and taking responsible for each assignment from planning to completion.


• Assist the outsourcing team with technical matters and work alongside the outsourcing team to bring jobs through from bookkeeping, VAT returns and management accounts to statutory accounts production.


• The ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting standards.


• Assisting and managing staff with technical accounting issues.


• Actively training and coaching staff and adding value to their development, this may be presenting to staff or being involved in the development of internal courses.


• Assisting in the generation of new business across the service lines, including assisting partners in new client tenders and new client take on procedures.


• Developing and improving the client service delivery function in Rickmansworth, whilst adding value to the team by developing new methods and ways of working.


• Preparation of business tax computations using the support of the tax team where required, strong awareness of corporate tax issues to be mindful of during accounts preparation process and when liaising with clients on relevant tax matters.


• The above includes day to day supervision of junior staff as appropriate.


• Billing and monitoring actual costs against budgets and reporting to partners on variances.

What you'll need to succeed

You'll need to be a fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) ideally with experience of working in both practice and industry with SME businesses. You'll also need to have a comprehensive working knowledge of accounting, bookkeeping, VAT and corporate tax.

What you need to do now

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Accounts Manager job for a top 40 practice managing the external accounts for a portfolio of SME's paying £55,000-£65,000