Accounts Manager

Accounts Manager / Accounting Services Supervisor / Outsourcing Manager

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a fast-growing Top50 UK Accountancy Firm who are looking to recruit an Accounting Services Supervisor AND an Accounts Manager for their Central London based offices. Reporting to one of the Outsourcing Directors, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients and supervising a small team of Qualified & Junior Accounting staff. Key duties include:

• Reviewing management accounts prepared by junior staff for Partner sign-off
• Preparing year-end statutory accounts for your own client portfolio and reviewing year-end accounts prepared by junior staff
• Team management of 4-5 staff which include experienced Qualified’s and junior staff members
• Appraising the Accounting Services team and feeding back to the Partner as necessary
• Managing workflows and timetabling of bookkeeping, VAT and management account clients
• Liaising with other departments to support year-end work including the tax and audit teams
• Responsible for a portfolio of your own clients with some management accounts, VAT returns and attendance at client board meetings
• Ensuring all year-end accounting is signed-off by clients and filed on time with HMRC and Companies House as necessary
• Conducting on-site accounts training for new clients and updates for existing clients
• Point of contact for clients and other third-party stakeholders, with direct contact at CFO/MD level
• Ensuring all client accounts/outsourcing work is carried out profitably and on a timely basis in accordance with the firm’s standards

To be considered for the role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant, ideally degree-educated with comprehensive Statutory Accounts/Year-End Accounts experience, management accounts experience and some staff management. The firm is looking for someone with ambitious, entrepreneurial and highly-driven character traits; you should be technically up to date with IFRS & IAS, and knowledge of cloud-based Accounting systems would be an advantage. On offer is a salary up to £62,000 depending on qualifications and relevant skills with benefits to include company pension, healthcare, 25 days holidays and other flexible benefits. To apply for the position or for more information, please contact McGinnis Loy Associates (Reading) Office by telephone or via email at admin@mcginnisloy. com

McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy, in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act