Our client, a UK-wide professional services provider backed by private equity with a turnover exceeding £20m, is seeking a Client Manager to join its team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established accountancy practice in either their central Manchester or Bury office.
The successful candidate will be ideally by ACA/ACCA qualified or a finalist with a strong expertise in accounts, audit, and tax, along with the ability to provide exceptional support to both clients and team members.
- c.£45k salary (negotiable) , plus bonus and benefits
- Full time, permanent role
- Company pension
- Generous annual leave, 25 days olus bank hols
- Flexible working
This will be a varied and busy role, and duties will include:
- Looking after limited company, partnership and sole trader clients
- Preparing year end accounts
- Preparing and filing personal tax returns
- Online filing of accounts with Companies House and tax returns with HMRC
- Liaising with clients via email, telephone and face to faceSupervising junior staff and reviewing their work
- Occasional bookkeeping and filing VAT returns
- Other duties as required to support management and the team
Skills Required
- Solid, relevant and recent experience in a practice environment
- Qualified, part-qualified (ACA, ACCA,AAT)
- The ability to take ownership of your work and see things through to completion, including working unsupervised .
- Working current knowledge of UK tax laws and accounting standards applicable to small business
- Strong knowledge of computerised accounting systems and IT proficient
- Genuine desire to be a trusted advisor to small business clients
- Good people skills and a confident and friendly personality to help build strong relationships both within the team and with clients
- Exceptional communication, organisational and management skills