Are you an ACA or ACCA qualified practice professional looking for the next step in your career? This Accounts Assistant Manager opportunity with an established accountancy practice in Chichester, West Sussex offers the chance to take on greater responsibility, develop your client management experience and play an active role in supporting and developing junior colleagues.

Working closely with the Portfolio Manager, you will manage a varied workload across accounts and tax, build strong client relationships and help ensure the smooth delivery of work across the portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their management skills while remaining hands-on with interesting and varied client work.

What will the Accounts Assistant Manager role involve?

• Taking responsibility for the delivery of accounts and tax work across a varied portfolio of clients, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met
• Preparing statutory and management accounts, corporation tax computations and personal tax returns
• Reviewing work completed by junior colleagues, providing constructive feedback and supporting their ongoing development
• Building strong client relationships, acting as a key point of contact and confidently dealing with day-to-day queries
• Working alongside the Portfolio Manager to manage workflow, maintain high standards of client service and identify opportunities to provide additional support to clients

Suitable Candidate for the Accounts Assistant Manager vacancy:

• ACA or ACCA qualified with strong experience gained within an accountancy practice
• Confident across accounts and tax compliance, with a strong technical foundation
• Previous experience reviewing work, or the desire to take greater responsibility for developing junior members of the team
• A confident and professional communicator who enjoys building positive, long-term relationships with clients
• Organised, proactive and ready to take the next step into a role offering greater responsibility and involvement in portfolio management

Additional benefits and information for the role of Accounts Assistant Manager:

• An excellent opportunity to take the next step in your practice career and develop your management experience
• A varied role offering exposure to accounts, tax, client management and wider advisory work
• The opportunity to develop junior colleagues and play an active role in the performance of the wider team
• Ongoing professional development with the opportunity to continue building your technical and commercial expertise
• Salary of £45000–£50000, dependent on experience

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