Requirements
Candidates must be ACA/ACCA qualified or qualified by experience. They should possess an enquiring nature, the ability to work independently, and strong workload prioritisation skills.
Job Description
Department: Accounts and Outsourcing
Location: Chichester
We are currently seeking an Accounts Assistant Manager to join our team in Chichester on a hybrid basis (3 days in the office). Our expanding team serves a diverse range of clients, ranging from sole traders to multi-million-pound businesses with a global presence - this diverse clientele brings a rich variety to the role. This position offers a fantastic chance for your professional growth, allowing you to specialise if desired and if the workload permits.
About the role
As an Accounts Assistant Manager, you will manage, support and develop a client portfolio ensuring the optimisation of client advocacy and fee levels within the assigned portfolio.
Your key responsibilities as an Accounts Assistant Manager include but are not limited to:
- Plan and prioritise client Accounts work and ensure establishment of scope and budget for each piece of client Accounts work under own control and ensure adequate briefing to team members where relevant.
- Preparation and delegation of key client Accounts work.
- Supervise the progress of work and maintain effective communication with clients and internal stakeholders, providing updates on the advancement of tasks.
- Work directly with clients to develop those relationships and expand advisory services delivered.
- Opportunities to represent the firm at networking events to build our profile locally.
- Ensure timely preparation of bills for own client Accounts work and ensure they are promptly sent to the client.
- ACA/ACCA qualified or qualified by experience
- Ability to prioritise workload and adaptable
- Someone who has an enquiring nature
- Team player who can work independently when required
- Financial wellbeing – competitive salary, contributory pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash Plan, Income Protection Scheme and Perks at Work discounts and rewards.
- Leave – 25.5 days plus bank holidays, holiday buying Mental wellbeing – hybrid working (3 days in the office/2 from home) and flexible working policies, Employee Assistance Programme and counselling
- Physical wellbeing –Private Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance and an annual flu jab.
- Recognition – monthly nominations for financial awards based on culture and values
- Development – we offer continuous support and development with clear mapped progression routes across the business, as well as access to internal and external training courses
- Diversity, inclusion and belonging – we operate several family-friendly policies and take proactive steps to create an inclusive environment
- ESG – give as you earn, 1 extra day off each year to take up volunteering opportunities. Opportunities to support our commitment to charitable causes
- Travel – other optional benefits include: cycle to work scheme, interest-free season ticket loan (London only), interest-free car/motorbike loan
Education
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About Kreston Reeves
We guide our clients, colleagues and communities to a brighter future. We help businesses, not for profit organisations, individuals and families with more than just accountancy, business and wealth advice. In a continually evolving world we help all generations embrace change through trusted advice, support and guidance. Our dedication to providing a personal service is what sets us apart – we get to know you, understand your goals, support and advise you on your journey to help you realise your ambitions. We're proud to be a Certified B Corporation™, verified by B Lab as meeting standards for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. We’re now part of the AAB group, a leading professional services firm with offices across the UK and Ireland, backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. We are the firm’s hub in London and the South East. Our B Corp™ certification applies to Kreston Reeves, not to the wider AAB Group. Learn more at bcorp.com. Kreston Reeves also has global reach through our membership of Kreston Global, an international advisory and accountancy network of more than 30,000 people across over 100 countries. Our dedication to meeting the needs of our clients – wherever they are based and whatever their structure and size – is what sets us apart. So whether your business is well established or a start-up, an international company or an owner managed business – we can help. If you are a charity or not for profit organisation or an individual looking for private tax and wealth advice, we can help with your needs too. To learn more about us, our services and how we can help you, visit our website or contact us today.
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