Assistant Manager - Accounting and Financial Reporting
£48,000 - £55,000
Berkshire, Reading
We are proud to be working with a boutique accounting and financial reporting firm, based near Reading, on the search for an Accounting & Financial Reporting Assistant Manager. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the technical challenge and variety of work associated with audit, and who is now looking for greater flexibility, a better work-life balance, and an exciting opportunity to help build the future of the fast-growing firm.
Our client's team of specialists solves a wide range of complex problems for their clients across financial reporting, modelling, and financial operations. Their client base ranges from fast-growing private-equity backed businesses to listed companies and large multinational groups. All their clients share a high degree of complexity in their financial world. The firm collaborates with clients, forming an extension of their finance teams when under pressure.
About the role:
We are looking for a technically minded, qualified accountant to join our client's growing team of talented financial reporting and accounting specialists. If successful, you would work on a variety of projects for their diverse and ever-growing client base. These projects include share-based payment accounting, listed company accounts preparation, consolidation, rebuilds, and acquisition accounting.
You would build sustainable working relationships with clients while supporting the senior engagement team by coaching trainees and leading on the completion of more complex client work. This role offers a lot of autonomy, so our client seeks individuals who will take initiative and seek opportunities to continuously improve their current ways of working, while also supporting their own professional development.
REPORTING TO:
Business Directors
QUALIFICATION:
ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
1. Strong practical experience with IFRS & UK GAAP reporting frameworks
2. Experience of undertaking client projects from planning to completion
3. A track record of establishing & maintaining meaningful working relationships, both with internal colleagues and external clients
4. Experience of coaching & delegation to more junior members of the team effectively
5. Confidence in challenging yourself & others to complete high-quality technical documentation
6. Experience of writing technical papers & reports, and presenting their results to clients
SALARY & BENEFITS:
1. £48k to £55k
2. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
3. Death in service benefit (4 x salary)
4. Employer pension contributions matching the employee contributions up to 6% of basic salary
5. Participation in discretionary bonus scheme
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