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McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a fast-growing & entrepreneurial Accountancy Practice who is looking to strengthen their Business Services team and recruit an Accounts Manager for their offices in Southwest Cambridge. Reporting to one of the Partners, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients and supervising a team of Qualified & Junior Accounting staff. Key duties include:Reviewing client management accounts prepared by junior staff for Partner sign-offPreparing year-end statutory accounts for a client portfolio and reviewing year-end accounts prepared by junior staffTeam management of 3-4 staff which include experienced Qualifieds and junior staff membersAppraising the Accounting Services team and feeding back to the Partner as necessaryManaging workflows and timetabling of bookkeeping, VAT and management accounts clientsLiaising with other departments to support year-end work including the tax and audit teamsResponsible for a portfolio of your own clients with some management accounts, VAT returns and attendance at client board meetingsEnsuring all year-end accounting is signed-off by clients and filed on time with HMRC and Companies HouseConducting on-site IT client training for new clients and updates for existing clientsPoint of contact for clients and other third-party stakeholders, with direct contact at CFO/MD levelEnsuring all client accounts/outsourcing work is carried out profitably and on a timely basis in accordance with the firms standardsTo be considered for the role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant, ideally degree-educated with comprehensive client Statutory Accounts/Year-End Accounts experience, management accounts experience and staff management. The firm is looking for someone with ambitious, entrepreneurial and highly-driven character traits; you should be technically up to date with IFRS & IAS, and knowledge of cloud-based Accounting systems would be an advantage.On offer is a salary up to 60,000 depending on qualifications and skills with benefits to include company pension, healthcare, 23 days holidays and other flexible benefits. To apply for the position or for more information, please contact McGinnis Loy Associates (Reading) Office by telephone or via email at [email protected] Loy Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy, in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act #J-18808-Ljbffr