Accounting Services, Manager - Big 4 firm

This Big 4 firm's Accounting Services team is looking for a qualified ACA / ACCA Manager, with broad accounting / finance experience gained working within practice, to join the team.

Client Details

This Big 4 firm's Accounting Services team is a leading market focused business, providing corporate accounting services to national and multinational corporations, with a focus on helping them to remain compliant and providing insights to their operations.

The services provided are high quality, process / cost efficient and relationship based. They are delivered by a technically proficient, innovative, commercially focused and agile national team.

Description

This Big 4 firm's Accounting Services team is looking for a qualified ACA / ACCA Manager, with broad accounting / finance experience gained working within practice, to join the team.

The team provides outsourced accounting services. These include;

• the preparation of statutory financial statements (SFS).
• providing skilled accountants on secondment where clients have a temporary need for additional resources.
• bookkeeping and preparation of periodic management accounts.

In addition, the team manages and controls the preparation of local SFS for cross border clients.

The team also provides advisory services, which includes advising on:

• statutory accounting compliance requirements.
• improvements to the SFS cycle i.e. the production, audit and filing of SFS.

A Manager requires the ability to manage a portfolio of clients and to work on ad hoc accounting projects. For example, there is an expectation that they will carry out client secondments in line with business needs and where their skills and availability match client requirements.

Profile

• Qualified ACA / ACCA with proven management experience in a medium to large accountancy firm.
• Strong accounting skills and technical knowledge on financial reporting matters including the ability to work from first principles.
• Very good working knowledge of UK GAAP / IFRS and some awareness of US GAAP.
• IT literate, ideally with some experience of accounting packages and very good excel spreadsheet skills.
• Highly professional attitude to providing a quality service.

Job Offer

This Big 4 firm's Accounting Services team has a varied and prestigious client base and work with various specialists in their own field which, combined with the importance placed on continuous technical training and personal development, provides an excellent opportunity for career development.