Your new firm This is a leading, independent chartered accountancy firm based in Manchester city centre with a strong regional presence. This firm has services in accounts, audit, tax, payroll, bookkeeping, forensics and more, servicing a varied portfolio of clients across the North West, including, but not limited to, SMEs, sole traders, limited companies, partnerships and groups. With over 40 years experience and sepcialist knowledge, this is a perfect city centred-based practice to further your practice career. They pride themselves in supporting their staff and offer a general practice role, where you get exposure to all aspects of accountancy, so whether you want to further your accounts experience and learn audit, or further your audit experience and learn more accounting work, this is the right opportunity for you. Your new role As a senior general practice accountant, you will be joining a team of 10 other specialist accounts, reporting into your manager and partners daily. Your day-to-day duties will see you servicing a portfolio of clients including SMEs and sole traders to begin with, producing their statutory accounts, along with preparing management accounts, VAT returns and forecasts. You will also be taking a lead with the preparation of tax computations, whilst acting as the first point of contact with clients, assisting them daily. As a senior, you will have the opportunity to oversee junior members of staff, reviewing their work and managing them daily, whilst reporting into the partners. As this is a general practice, you will also get exposure to audit work, assisting to manage audit assignments and preparing the files to a high standard. What you'll need to succeed In order to succeed in this general practice job, you will need to have a minimum of 4 years working with an accountancy firm in a similar role. You will need to be either a finalist in your ACCA or ACA professional qualifications, or QBE level (Qualified accountants will also be accepted). It is important that you have prepared statutory or management accounts previously and also had experience on an audit file. What you'll get in return In return, this firm is offering a competitive salary ranging between £30,000 to £40,000, depending on experience, whilst having the opportunity to work for a leading independent general practice firm where you can really further your practice career. You can develop your skills into all service lines, dealing with and supporting a varied portfolio of clients whilst having continuous support and training to guide you through your career. They offer a healthy work-life balance, with flexi working patterns and a generous holiday allowance and other benefits upon employment. What you need to do now If you're interested in this senior general practice role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Sam Priday on. However, if this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk