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My Hampshire client operates a permanent, modern working from home culture. They are open to hiring right across the UK and will get the team together on a 1/4rly basis, relying on zoom, the internet and the phone on a day-to-day basis.
Home based (must be UK), the position is full time, with flexible working around core hours of 10am-4pm. There is no fixed start or end time each day. True work-life balance!
My client are hopeful to hire someone who has enjoyed working at home and is being pushed back into the office full time and does not want to do this.
Details:
Modern digitally savvy accounts practice seek an experienced people manager to lead the Outsourced Finance team. You’ll have extensive experience of bookkeeping and/or management accounting and love dealing with people as you’ll have a lot of contact with business owners, answering queries and providing them with management accounts, all completely remotely using the latest technology.
Key responsibilities:
- Building and maintaining great relationships with clients, helping them run a slick finance operation and answering their queries day-to-day
- Keeping the client's accounts up-to-date, so they always know how their business is performing and can make decisions
- Processing management journals, such as prepayments, depreciation and accrued/deferred income
- Running monthly reports and preparing Management Accounts
- Completing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and monthly management reports is essential
- Using your VAT knowledge to advise and prepare VAT returns, ensure deadlines are met
- Using software such as Xero and Dext, as well as packages such as Google sheets
- Working with the other internal teams to ensure we deliver a smooth and collaborative service to our clients
Professional development is important to my client:
They will help you progress your career quicker than anywhere else. You'll have monthly meetings to assess your progress and help you develop. You’ll have an opportunity to:
- Be part of a team really going places
- Get involved in developing strategic plans for the company's growth
- Be trained in skills to help you be a world-class accountant
- Use the latest technology to help deliver a truly awesome client experience
- Stay ahead of the game when it comes to best practice and regulation change
About you. My client is looking for someone with:
- People Management experience
- A love for supporting and training people
- Be process-driven, ensuring all processes are followed and documented
- A high level of technical bookkeeping expertise
- Good hands-on knowledge of Xero
- An understanding of other Xero apps such as Dext
- Extensive bookkeeping/accounting experience, either in an accountancy practice or in industry
- An AAT, ACA or ACCA qualification is desirable but not essential
- A passion for connecting with clients, and an ability to build trust and rapport quickly
- A positive, collaborative, team working approach
- Passion to make a difference to our clients and the Wow teamf
- Great organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a changing workload
To apply please email in your CV with a covering note to support your application. Please also include your current salary, expected salary, notice period and reason for leaving your last or current role.
The advertised salary range is wide as the lower end will be more appropriate for part-qualified or QBE candidates, while the higher quartile for fully qualified and the top end for fully qualifieds with staff management ability.
eXactitude Resourcing Limited is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this role. eXactitude complies with all relevant UK legislation and doesn’t discriminate on any protected characteristics.
