Audit & Accounts Assistant Manager - Top 100 Firm - London, United Kingdom - AJ Chambers

AJ Chambers
AJ Chambers
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AJ Chambers is working with a Top 100 accountancy practice based in North West London who are looking for an Audit and Accounts Manager to join their growing team. This firm offer excellent flexibility and great career progression.


You will have the autonomy to manage a small portfolio of your own, ensuring you manage your clients' and Partner's expectations.

This will include allocating, planning and reviewing jobs together with regular contact and meetings with clients.

You willhave a team of audit & account seniors and semi-seniors reporting to you on jobs and will be responsible for the mentoring and training of staff.


With a supportive team, structured personal development training and partner mentoring you will have the opportunity to shape a fulfilling career.


What will you be doing?

  • Overseeing a small portfolio of your own, ensuring you manage your clients' and Partner's expectations. This will include allocating, planning and reviewing jobs together with regular contact and meetings with clients.
  • Involving yourself with Business Development, including the growth and development of the respective portfolios in which you are involved, for example, by offering additional services and maintaining a commercial perspective.
  • Being involved in the company's more complex accounts and or audit assignments, including seeing some of these through from planning to completion
  • Assisting your line Manager(s) with all necessary tasks required for the smooth running of the Partner's portfolio and production line. Such as, chasing client's information, overseeing production, finalising accounts and submitting documents to CompaniesHouse or HMRC.
  • Understanding client requirements, monitoring workin progress against internal budgets and agreed fees, billing and keeping the client manager aware of status and issues.
  • Tracking key deadlines for statutory filings such as company accounts and CT600s.
  • Liaising with other departments for connected services such as personal tax returns, P11D and company secretarial matters
  • Mentoring and investing in the training and development of more junior members of staff.
  • Involving yourself with Practice Development, such as marketing and the development of internal systems and controls.
  • Any other duties as required by management.

What is required of you?

  • Accounting qualification with a regulatory body such as ICAEW or ACCA.
  • A minimum of 4 years' experience within practice.
  • Strong technical accounting experience in UK GAAP and FRS 102 in particular. Experience with IFRS is preferable but not mandatory
  • Experience of leading both audits and nonaudit assignments from planning to completion are essential.
  • Experience of complex and group audits preferable.
  • Experience in delegating and supervising team members on audit assignments.
  • Delivering results and meeting client/Partner/Manager expectations.
  • Experience in mentoring and training staff.
  • Commerciality, including good organisational capabilities.
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