Senior Accounts Manager

Sewell Wallis are working with long established Yorkshire firm that specialise in providing and supporting everything that an owner managed business needs to succeed! This firm are looking to appoint a qualified ACA/ACCA accountant as their Senior Accounts Manager due to growth within the business.

This firm prides itself in not being a 'standard' firm as they provide strategic thinking, solutions to problems, and fantastic mentorship to help you get to where you need to be.

Due to the role coming back with growth of the business, the opportunities don't stop there. This is a great chance to take on yourself if you are looking to personally and professionally progress within your career and move up that senior ladder.

What you will be doing?

• Managing a portfolio of clients and working closely with team members to manage the department generally.
• Delivering a wide range of timely, high quality accounts and tax compliance assignments for clients.
• Supervising and mentoring trainee accountants.
• Preparing company accounts, tax computations and personal and partnership tax returns.
• ad hoc projects.

What I am looking for?

• ACA/ACCA qualification or qualified by experience with at least two years at manager level gained in an accounting practice.
• Experience of preparation/review of sole trader, partnership and limited company accounts, tax computations and personal and partnership tax returns.
• Ability to manage portfolio work in progress levels and undertake client billing.
• A good working knowledge of income, corporation and capital gains taxes.
• Sound IT skills.
• Ability to multitask, manage deadlines and prioritise work effectively.
• Good attention to detail.
• Experience of supervising and reviewing the work of trainees.
• Excellent 'soft' skills including written, spoken communications, problem solving and people/client relationship management.
• Ability to work with people at all levels.
• Current driving licence.

What is on offer?

• A massive opportunity for career progression and development for those who can deliver.
• Competitive salary - depending on skills and experience.
• Contributory pension and life insurance scheme.
• Flexible working including Flexitime system (Hybrid working, working from home and part time working will be considered in appropriate circumstances).
• Annual leave of 25 days, plus bank holidays (full time equivalent).
• Modern and friendly working environment.
• Free parking.
• Structured CPD, training and development programme.
• Professional subscriptions reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

For more information, please contact Olivia Oxley.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.