Manager Accounting

Job Role & Responsibilities

Client & Portfolio Management

• Manage a portfolio of UK clients and serve as their primary point of contact for clients and internal team
• Build trusted relationships by communicating proactively via email and video calls (approx. 30% to 40%).
• Confidently handle conversations across small, medium, and large engagements.

Detailed Review & Technical Delivery

• Conduct comprehensive line-by-line reviews of bookkeeping, management accounts, year-end accounts, and tax returns (corporate and personal) prepared by three offshore team members. Organizational skills / workflow management and ability to prioritise urgent and important matters is essential.
• Validate numbers against supporting documents, identify corrections, and add value through insights and recommendations.
• Review statutory accounts under FRS 102, FRS 102 1A, and FRS 105, including iXBRL tagging.
• Review annual accounts for companies, LLPs, partnerships, and sole traders.
• Oversee end-to-end production of accounts from micro up to 10M.
• Review monthly management accounts and ensure quality prior to partner oversight.

Tax Compliance & Advisory

• Review corporation tax, income tax, capital gains, inheritance tax computations, and returns.
• Manage a portfolio of VAT clients, including delegation, review, and submission of monthly/quarterly returns.
• Liaise with HMRC on VAT queries, investigations, and occasional MLR or treaty-related matters.
• Provide basic but reliable tax planning guidance to owner-managed businesses.

Workflow Leadership & Team Management

• Oversee workflow across three offshore teams, ensuring timely, accurate delivery.
• Assign tasks, clarify expectations, and mentor team members across levels.
• Identify skill gaps, provide light training, and deliver clear, constructive feedback.
• Work closely with the Director/Partner to manage deadlines, team KPIs, and operational discipline.

Quality, Efficiency & Process Improvement

• Strengthen review processes, checklists, and review templates to ensure consistent quality.
• Recommend and implement improvements in accounting, tax, and reporting workflows.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and better client outcomes.

Qualifications & Expertise

• Fully qualified

  CA mandatory

• Minimum

  5+ years of post-qualification UK practice experience

  .

Technical Expertise

• Strong command of UK GAAP —

  FRS 102, FRS 102 1A, FRS 105

  .
• Proficient in statutory account preparation and review, including iXBRL.
• Solid grounding in management accounting, double-entry, and reconciliations.
• Strong experience in UK corporation tax, personal tax, and VAT review.
• Experience with charity independent examinations and service charge accounts is an advantage.

Tools & Software

• Expert-level Xero experience

  (minimum 3 years; certification required).
• Proficiency in

  TaxCalc

  , Excel (advanced), Word, PowerPoint, and Office 365.
• Use of AI (copilot) into everyday task to drive efficiency and create greater capacity for value added / advisory focussed tasks.

Behavioural & Communication Skills

• Clear written and spoken English with a neutral, easy-to-understand accent.
• Strong stakeholder management and client relationship capability.
• High attention to detail, ownership, and a coaching mindset.
• Adaptable and willingness to receive feedback constructively with open mindset to continuous, proactive and unprompted development 

Working Model

• Work Location:

  Hyderabad

• Work Arrangement:

• First

  3–6 months

  : Work from office
• Work closely with offshore accounting teams and report to the UK Senior Exec & Leadership Team / Partner/Director.

How to apply?

To be considered for this role, you must complete 3 steps:

1. Apply to this job and upload your resume

2. Complete the Skills Tests for this role. You must follow the link below and complete the testing assessments. The first assessment is a Skills Test, to assess your technical ability and numerical reasoning

3. Complete the Psychometric Test for this role

If you successfully clear the Skills Test, you will be redirected to a Psychometric Test to assess how you think and make decisions

To complete these tests, you must go to https://es.peoplogicaskills.com/es/quiz?testId=26ed9557f710fb9e and complete the assessments.

If you do not complete the assessments, then you will not be considered for the role.