Accountant - Client Manager

A superb accountancy firm, based within easy reach of Loughborough, Leicester, South Nottingham and Melton Mowbray are hiring a tremendous role, available at the qualified level for an ACA or ACCA qualified accountant. 

The position is for full time hours, offering a hybrid split of home and office with flexible hours too.

OVERVIEW:

There is real flexibility about the split of home and office working, plus the firm also have a strong and recurring bonus system which adds significantly as time passes to your basic salary, on which they are definitely one of the highest paying firms in the East Midlands.

1)    Must have at least 3 years’ experience in an accountancy practise

2)    Have a good understanding of accounts and basic personal and business tax knowledge together with good client communication skills and ability to manage a diverse range of clients. A good mix of experience is ideal to us.

3)    The role is very client facing so must be personable.

4)    They are a “lifetime” employer so looking to recruit staff to stay with them for the long term. They would like applicants to live within a sensible commute.

The role is a varied role as “Client Manager” the candidate would be responsible for the day to day needs of a client base reporting to and working with a number of the partners responsible for the overall service to the client. The firm have very low levels of staff turnover.

Responsible for a portfolio of clients:

• Main point of contact for all client queries.

• Responsible for accounts preparation, potentially some audit work (dependent on your experience and preference), corporation tax return preparation and personal tax preparation

• Involvement in tax compliance and tax planning both personal and corporate

• Responsibility for the preparation of trust and estate returns

• Involvement in inheritance tax planning

• Involvement in the day to day planning and management of the practise

Why do they retain staff so successfully and appear to have such a happy work force? The roles give you total control of your client portfolio and this leads to in depth and interesting work such as sophisticated tax involvement, helping clients refinance, buy / sell etc. You become a business and accountancy / tax advisor and your job duties and responsibilities grow organically and can grow as far as you want them to. The firm have a good work / life balance, the pay + bonus system ensures you earn well for what you do and can keep improving your salary, the team help each other but work very much as a team and the firm’s continued growth ensures it is a positive and energising place to work.

We have had great experiences of recruiting for this firm and are delighted to receive their new vacancy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Fundamentally, this employer do an excellent job of persuading people that they can get what they fear they can not in an accountancy practice: a strong salary and career progression and genuine work / life balance. In that respect, they can offer the benefits of variety and satisfaction that comes from the best parts of working in practice with the salary and balance of industry.