Job Description

We are looking to strengthen their senior team with the appointment of a Client Outsourcing Manager for their offices in Central London. Along with 3 other Managers you will be supervising a team of 10+ staff and overseeing a portfolio of clients. Key duties include:

• Keeping client records up to date including bank reconciliations, input of sales and purchase invoices and monthly journals.
• Analyzing debtor & creditor reports, requesting missing information from clients and advise them of any overpayments they have made
• Agreeing client timelines of when to receive information to complete bookkeeping and VAT returns
• Producing management accounts to a very high standard. Ensuring all control accounts in the balance sheet reconcile and explaining abnormalities
• Reviewing bookkeeping, VAT, management accounts and Quarterly working papers from team members
• Calculating payroll for a number of clients, making changes, advising of net payments and PAYE due and RTI submissions to HMRC
• Keeping up to date with changing VAT and Accounting legislation, liaising with the support team to book courses/webinars etc.
• Managing the workload of the team. Reviewing weekly work plans & ensuring the team are working towards deadlines throughout the week
• Undertaking quarterly one-to-one reviews with the team to ensure targets are met, documenting the reviews to pass onto the HR department.
• Reviewing weekly timesheets completed by the team ensuring that time posted to clients and non-chargeable assignments are consistent
• Working with Partners to increase business engagements by adding additional services to existing clients and bringing in new business.
• Providing quotes to potential clients or to Partners for bespoke services – taking into consideration the team members who will be involved and charge out rates

On offer is a salary up to £50,000 depending on relevant experience with benefits to include a company bonus, corporate pension/healthcare schemes and 25 days holiday.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be considered for the Client Accounts/Outsourcing Manager role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant with at least 2 years’ experience running client portfolios, and ideally from a Top100 or well-regarded Regional Accounting firm. Experience managing client portfolios in a range of commercial sectors ranging from OMBs, PE-backed, listed and international groups is required, and you should be able to manage a portfolio of clients yourself, with excellent knowledge of UK GAAP & FRS102. This role is a fast-track opportunity to future Senior Manager, so the firm is looking for high experienced, driven, ambitious and entrepreneurial individuals.