Accounts Manager

An Accounts Manager is sought to lead the accounting and finance department in a professional services firm. The role involves overseeing financial operations and reporting, ensuring compliance, and contributing to strategic financial planning.

Client Details

This well-established professional services firm boasts a large team of specialists. With a significant client base and a reputation for excellence, the company prides itself on providing high-quality, tailored services to its diverse portfolio of clients.

Description

· Managing of accounts assignments

· Overseeing of job planning and completion

· Being a key point of contact for the client, covering liaison with clients on organisation of the work and work requirements, as well as advising the client on matters generally, plus being a key part of the client relationship team

· Oversee and manage the on the job team on a job by job basis

· Review the teams work

· Report to partners on individual jobs

· Attend and hold client meetings

· Assist with managing the accounts team generally and overall job planning and scheduling

· Assist with staff management, training, development and appraisals generally

· Be involved in other ad hoc advisory and support assignments for clients

Profile

A successful Accounts Manager should have:

• Commercially minded and analytical when reviewing and preparing figures and information
• Experience of working within an accountancy practice at this level or similar for at least 2 years.
• Can demonstrate areas of overseeing workload, planning and reviewing.
• Confident in managing and tracking Seniors work.
• Be able to communicate well and have strong client facing skills.
• Have knowledge and experience of accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and Excel
• Able to respond well to balancing work loads.
• Can work well in a team and with a wide range of people
• Be organised and methodical and have strong analytical and project management skills.
• Proactive and able to take the initiative.
• Able to motivate and inspire colleagues.
• Well presented with a professional manner.
• Have a good business awareness.
• Be able to work within a budget.

Job Offer

• An attractive salary ranging from £45,000 to £53,000 per annum. DOE
• Hybrid working, offering flexibility and work-life balance.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values employee development.

We welcome all qualified Accounts Managers who are looking to take their career to the next level to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading professional services firm in Manchester and make a significant impact.