Accounts Manager

Accounts Manager

Are you an experienced accounts manager with a general practice skill-set, looking for a long-term career in a fantastic regional practice?

• £37,000 – £42,000 per year
• Full-time (35-hrs over 5-days), / Flexible Hours, around core hours

We are currently searching for an experienced, enthusiastic accounts manager who is either ACA / ACCA qualified with strong post-qualification experience, including staff management.

If you have great client service and communication skills, love a varied role and want to work for a caring, friendly practice, please apply.

Apply now and become part of our dynamic and friendly team!

What it’s like to work at Cutter & CO

What’s in it for you?

• In-house and externally provided training, including structured CPD
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Optional Medical benefit
• Tech scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular staff entertaining / team building events
• Standard hour working day is 9-5 but can flex to work 8-4 or 10-6
• Time off in lieu system for overtime, or paid overtime above certain discretionary thresholds

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for the day to day administration of client matters involving, but not limited to –
  • Self-employed and partnership accounts
  • Personal tax returns and partnership tax returns, including for some high-net-worth individuals
  • Statutory accounts preparation (FRS105 and FRS 102(1a) mainly, some IFRS for UK subsidiaries of international groups)
  • Corporate tax returns
  • Quarter-end VAT reviews and in-year management accounts production
  • Tax planning and business development planning around all of the above
• Responsible for overseeing more junior colleagues and assisting with their development
• Overseeing the client workflow and staff management systems to ensure timely progression of jobs
• Reporting into the director group on practice administration matters
• Practice promotion and networking with clients, targets and intermediaries
• Interacting with colleagues in our financial planning sister business to aid provision of cohesive wealth planning advice by that firm
• Use your own initiative to resolve issues

What we’re looking for:

• Minimum of 4/5 years practice experience including qualification period, ideally within a general practice environment.
• Iris / Sage 50 / Sage Online / QuickBooks Cloud / Xero / Dext / Excel knowledge is desirable, but training will be given where required.
• An individual who can demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of current tax legislation
• Good IT skills
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
• Confident personality, able to mix with a range of client and colleague personalities
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Good numeracy skills
• Demonstrates attention to detail and a high concern for accuracy
• A good team player
• Minimum GCSE’s of C plus in Maths and English, with strong further results at GCSE and A-level (degree level education is not mandatory)
• Driving licence
• Ability to work between two offices on a varied client base