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Senior Accounts Manager Eastbourne Circa £50,000-£60,000 A long-standing and extremely reputable local accountancy practice are looking for a Senior Accounts Manager to take real ownership of a varied client portfolio, and to help shape the team around them. If you want a role where your voice carries weight with the partner and your development matters just as much as client delivery, this is worth a proper look. What you will be doing: - Managing a broad accounts-focused portfolio, with some tax compliance work mixed in- Holding client meetings directly, building relationships that go beyond the numbers- Mentoring and managing a team, helping them grow their own technical skills- Planning and overseeing work in progress across your portfolio- Getting involved in business development, spotting opportunities within existing client relationships What you will need: - Solid experience managing a mixed accounts and tax portfolio within practice- Confidence leading client meetings and building trust quickly- Proven people management skills, whether that is one junior or a small team- A relevant accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) What is in it for you: Circa £50,000 to £60,000, reporting directly to the partner rather than sitting several layers down. That means your ideas get heard and your progression is not stuck behind a queue of other managers.If this sounds like the sort of role where you could actually make an impact rather than just keep the wheels turning, I would like to hear from you. Drop me a line or give me a call and we can talk it through properly, no pressure, just a conversation.

Accounts Semi-Senior / Senior Greater Manchester 4 Day Week A four day week, proper client work, and a firm that actually invests in you. If that's the kind of move you've been holding out for, keep reading. A forward-thinking boutique practice in Greater Manchester is growing and looking for an Accounts Semi-Senior or Senior to join them. This is hands-on practice work with a modern firm that's left the timesheet-heavy grind behind. You'll get real exposure across accounts, tax and bookkeeping, with the support to build your technical skills and push on with your studies. What you'll be doing: - Preparing year-end accounts for a range of limited company clients - Bookkeeping and VAT returns - Preparing corporation tax and personal tax returns - Helping pull together management accounts - Working alongside the senior team and getting involved in client queries About you: - Some practice experience behind you, ideally across accounts prep and tax - Studying towards AAT, ACCA or ACA, or qualified by experience - Comfortable with cloud software such as Xero or QuickBooks - Keen to learn, ask questions and take on more over time What's on offer: - Four day working week (Tuesday to Friday, 8am to 6pm) - Competitive salary, depending on experience - Full study support - On-site parking - A genuine path to progress as the firm grows If you want to develop in a modern, friendly firm without giving up your work-life balance, I'd love to tell you more. Get in touch for a confidential chat.

Accountant / Business Advisor Greater Manchester 4 Day Week Equity Potential Most portfolio roles are compliance with a bit of advisory bolted on. This one flips that round. You'll own your clients, get genuinely involved in their businesses, and have a real say in how the firm grows, with equity on the table further down the line. A modern, commercially minded boutique practice in Greater Manchester is looking for a qualified accountant to take on a varied portfolio of owner-managed and limited company clients. The firm has built a smart structure with offshore support handling much of the prep, which frees you up to focus on review, advice and building relationships with business owners. What you'll be doing: - Owning a portfolio of limited company clients from year-end accounts through to filing - Reviewing corporation tax and personal tax returns, spotting and correcting issues - Handling client tax queries and giving clear, practical advice in meetings - Preparing management accounts and talking clients through their numbers - Getting stuck into business advisory work that genuinely helps clients grow - Reviewing work prepared by the offshore team to keep standards high About you: - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT qualified (or finalist), trained in UK practice - Solid grounding in corporate and personal tax, confident reviewing returns and advising clients directly - Good working knowledge of VAT - Strong on management accounts and making sense of performance - Commercially switched-on, the sort who spots ways to help a client - Looking for a firm to grow with for the long term What's on offer: - Four day working week (Tuesday to Friday, 8am to 6pm) - Competitive salary, depending on experience - A genuine route to equity as the firm grows - Advisory-led work with real client contact - Full support for professional development - On-site parking If you want to move past pure compliance into a role where your judgement and commercial thinking really count, let's have a confidential chat.

We're working on a confidential basis with a well-established business to find an Accounts Assistant who enjoys getting the detail right and wants a proper say in how the finance function runs. This is a hands-on role in a busy team. You'll share responsibility for accounts payable, keep the records clean and accurate, and get genuinely involved in month-end. It suits someone who likes owning their work, tends to spot the discrepancies before anyone else does, and prefers variety over one narrow lane. What you'll be doing - Running the accounts payable function alongside a colleague, including preparing and processing payment runs - Processing supplier invoices accurately and making sure creditors are paid on time - Keeping financial spreadsheets and accounting records up to date - Reviewing and reconciling employee expense claims in line with company policy - Supporting month-end, including reconciliations and reporting - Administering company fuel card records and transactions - Providing finance and admin support to the wider team, and picking up ad hoc tasks as they arise Who this will suit - Someone with experience in accounts payable, finance or a similar accounting role - Ideally AAT qualified or studying towards it, or with equivalent experience, and confident with double-entry, accruals and prepayments - Strong on Excel, including Pivot Tables and SUMIFS - Comfortable with accounting software, ideally Sage - Organised, accurate and calm under a deadline, with a good eye for numbers that don't quite add up - Happy working independently, but a real team player when it counts

If you like bookkeeping that goes beyond data entry, this one is worth a look. A well-established firm of Chartered Accountants in Chichester is looking for a Bookkeeper to run a full service for their practice clients. You would own the process from start to finish, from processing the data through to management accounts, so it suits someone who enjoys seeing a client's numbers all the way through rather than just one piece of it. What you'll be doing: - Processing client data using Dext, Xero, Sage and QuickBooks - Matching, batching and coding client documentation - Bank reconciliations - Preparing and submitting VAT and CIS returns to deadline - Preparing management accounts and adding useful commentary - Sorting out queries, corrections and adjustments alongside senior staff What's on offer: - A competitive salary - A friendly, supportive team - Varied client work across different sectors - Modern, cloud-based systems - Room to develop within a growing practice If you know your way around VAT, CIS and management accounts and want to be trusted to get on with it, let's have a chat. Lydia Sinclair, ProTalent

Ready to take on your own mixed portfolio in a firm that will keep pushing you on? A well-established firm of Chartered Accountants in Fareham is looking for an Accountant to join their team. It's an office-based role, ideal for someone who is AAT4 qualified with 2 to 3 years of practice experience behind them. After a proper induction, you'll take responsibility for a mixed portfolio and work closely with the Portfolio Managers, while also helping the more junior members of the team coming up behind you. What you'll be doing: - Preparing year-end accounts for limited companies, LLPs, sole traders and partnerships - Calculating business and personal tax using the CCH suite - Preparing accounts packs and working through file review points - Advising on and filing personal tax returns under supervision - Ad hoc work through the year, including P11Ds and ATED - Working to client budgets - Mentoring and coaching less experienced colleagues Why consider this role: - A varied and interesting client base - Clear support and structure from the Portfolio Managers - A firm that invests in developing its people - The chance to build towards a more senior role If you want more responsibility and a genuine mix of work, this is a solid next step. Get in touch and I'll tell you more. Lydia Sinclair, ProTalent

Want to build your accounts skills and get real audit exposure at the same time? A well-established firm of Chartered Accountants in Fareham is looking for an Accounts and Audit Assistant, with your time split roughly 50/50 between the two. You'll support the Portfolio Managers with a busy client base and work alongside the Audit Manager on the audit side. It comes with an internal training programme and ongoing development, so it's a strong fit if you're studying or want to grow into a well-rounded practice accountant. What you'll be doing: - Preparing year-end accounts for limited companies, LLPs, sole traders and partnerships - Processing client data on Xero, Dext, Sage and QuickBooks - Preparing corporation tax and personal tax returns under supervision - Working through file review points and preparing accounts packs - Liaising with clients to gather information for accounts and audits - Supporting statutory audits, including testing and fieldwork - Ad hoc work through the year, including P11Ds and ATED Why join: - A structured training programme and real development - A genuine mix of accounts and audit work - A varied client base to learn from - A supportive team that will bring you on If you want breadth in your training rather than being boxed into one area, this is well worth a conversation.

Payroll Administrator Eastbourne Full-time, office-based with flexi-time £28,000 to £32,000 depending on experience Are you a payroll person who likes getting it right, enjoys the variety of running lots of different payrolls, and wants to deal with clients directly rather than being stuck at the back of a big team? This one's worth a look. A well-established, independent accountancy firm in Eastbourne is looking for a Payroll Administrator to join their friendly team. It's a proper end-to-end payroll role with real responsibility from day one, and plenty of client contact. What you'll be doing - Running up to around 150 client payrolls, all shapes and sizes. - Handling starters, leavers, SSP, SMP, SPP, pension auto-enrolment and other deductions as they come up. - Year-end processes, and calculating holiday entitlement and pay. - Liaising directly with clients to gather information and offer advice and solutions. - Completing and submitting BACS and pension enrolment forms, and everything HMRC needs. What they're looking for - Someone confident processing payroll and auto-enrolment from start to finish. - Comfortable dealing with clients directly, and a genuinely good communicator. - Organised, accurate, and happy juggling a few things at once. - Experience with Sage Payroll is a plus, but not essential. - Payroll experience from a practice or bureau is ideal, but strong in-house payroll people are very welcome too. What's on offer - £28,000 to £31,000, depending on experience. - Flexi-time. It's office-based, but you choose your start and finish around fixed core hours of 10:00 to 12:30 and 14:30 to 16:30, working the rest flexibly anywhere between 08:00 and 18:30. Real control over your day. - 20 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising with length of service. - Health insurance, and team socials through the year. - A supportive team where you're trusted to get on with it. For a confidential chat, get in touch with Lydia at ProTalent.