My client is seeking an Agriculture and Property Manager to manage a portfolio of clients and drive the delivery of accounting and tax planning solutions to these clients. Building relationships will allow you to effectively deliver projects and grow members of the team. Providing unique, tailored solutions to key rural clients. You will: Provide exceptional levels of service to clients on a wide variety of areas, on a cost effective & timely basis. Respond to client queries, and those from third parties (e.g. HMRC) in a timely manner. Seek to gain experience/ progress role and those of other staff by seeking to take more advanced work from partners and delegating more routine work to others, thereby aiding cost-effectiveness and adding to interest/ training of all within the team. Develop knowledge of clients and their businesses as to become their point of contact on day-to-day matters. Review accounts and tax returns prepared by more junior staff. Includes corporate and unincorporated clients. Assist with the management of the Agriculture and Property Department to meet departmental objectives through planning. This includes completing staff appraisals, monitoring and effective delegation, utilising the skills and knowledge within the existing team and sourcing additional knowledge. Complete staff appraisal forms providing feedback (good and bad) and training as required. Seek to identify business and tax planning opportunities, VAT issues, NIC issues, business planning points, etc as part of the review process. Drawing to attention of partners/ client as appropriate. Preparation of necessary reports/ computations etc, liaising with other professional advisers as required. The ideal candidate will: Have in depth knowledge of accounts preparation Have in depth taxation knowledge Have solid MS Office products knowledge Have ACA, ACCA or CTA Qualification or equivalent experience. Have a minimum of 3 years Accounts and Tax experience within a Practice environment Be able to review and complete accounts files quickly and efficiently Be able to review and complete personal tax returns quickly and efficiently Have strong computer literacy Have strong active listening skills Have excellent problem resolution skills and ideas generation ability Possess strong marketing, networking and business development skills Be pro-active management skills, resulting in high performance teams