Manager - Chelmsford

A top Leading independent firm are seeking, an open minded, forward thinking accountant to lead a team of excellent professionals to compliment both modern and traditional service offerings whilst also developing client relationships via new practice initiatives.

This role has a competitive salary subject to relevant skills and experience.

Key Skills

Team leadership

• Leading a tight knit team of up to seven like-minded professionals of varying degrees of experience. Manage work flow, budgets and identify training requirements.
• Review a wide range of accounts - Limited, sole trader, partnership, LLP’setc.

Client portfolio

• Build upon client relationships with a view to be their primary point of contact.
• Manage a varied client portfolio (T/O up to £10million) including finalising accounts and dealing with general incoming queries.
• Deliver a management accounts service to clients to include forecasting and budgeting.
• Be able to lead ad-hoc client projects.
• Be proficient at drafting personal and corporation tax returns.
• Liaise with HMRC on behalf of clients.

Practice development

• Continue to develop existing systems including - Iris, Sage, Xero, Quickbooks, Freeagent, Kashflow.
• Assist with on boarding clients to appropriate accounting software.
• Deliver a variety of training sessions to staff and clients alike.
• Identify cross selling and marketing opportunities.
• Attend networking and promotional events.

Skills and Experience

• Hold or soon to hold an ACA or ACCA qualification.
• To have three year's experience of working in general practice.
• Able to lead a varied and dynamic team of professionals.
• To be highly competent in Microsoft Office - particularly Excel.
• Ideally, to be proficient in the use of IRIS accountancy suite but not essential.
• To be proficient at on boarding clients to appropriate accounting software.

For further information on this role, please apply direct or contact Billie Vallance at AJ Chambers.