Accounting Manager

Job Description

Manager

Reporting Lines: Business Unit Leader

The Managers are key members of our team, providing oversight on the service delivery to our clients. They have the opportunity to build positive relationships with both the clients and the members of their own team. Your team will comprise of both qualified and part qualified accountants. You will provide mentorship to the junior members of the team however we acknowledge that personal growth and development is important so we provide structured learning programmes and opportunities to be involved in a variety of projects.

Job Specification

• Delivering a coordinated service to a portfolio of clients
• Managing service delivery on accounting/financial matters (i.e. outsourced CFO/FC)
• Detailed review of all accounting output
• Ownership of accounting output
• Management of resource requirements within the team through business cycle
• Managing the workflow of the team on a day to day basis
• Maintaining a high standard of service and good client relations
• Co-ordinating service delivery with other disciplines
• Managing the effectiveness of accounting technical resources
• Managing team billing
• Team debt management
• You will also have responsibility for Business Planning, People Development and Risk Management.

Skills Required

• Qualified Accountant, preferably ACA or ACCA
• Multi discipline awareness
• Business risk aware
• Client service orientated
• Strong people and team management skills, especially to develop people by motivating and coaching
• Capable of managing a small team
• Good written and oral communication
• Good presentation skills
• Willingness to build relationships and to influence positively at all levels
• Able to use own initiative and identify issues
• Openness to involve management in resolution of issues
• Active role in disseminating information, both technical and client related, to other team members to increase awareness

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding global business and to grow with the business
• Exposure to all aspects of the business
• Working directly with an external client portfolio, maintaining client relationships
• The ability to apply all technical knowledge to practical scenarios
• Opportunity to manage a team and people management