Accounts Manager/ Senior Account Manager
LB Group
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LB Group Ltd is a leading, UK Top 50 Accountancy firm. With a heritage spanning over 60 years, we have more than 300 accountancy professionals and over 150 support staff based in Stratford, Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Halstead, Harlow, Orpington, Sidcup and Sutton. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across seven principal practice groups: Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit Services, Corporate Finance, Digital Solutions, Payroll and Financial Planning.
Due to continued growth, LB Group is recruiting for an Accounts Manager/ Senior Accounts Manager to join the Accounts department in our newly refurbished Chelmsford office. You will manage a client portfolio of approximately 60 clients – diverse, different entity types and sizes with full support from the Associate Director and the senior management team.
Accountabilities:
* Overseeing and taking responsibility for a portfolio of clients to ensure compliance for tax and accounting purposes.
* Be the first point of contact for your clients, working closely with the designated Director/ Associate Director and senior management team.
* Assisting and taking the lead in the supervision of team members and the management of workflow through the office.
* Collaboratively work with other departments within our group.
* Undertake the review of compliance work including year-end statutory accounts, VAT returns, management accounts and personal/company tax returns.
* Assisting clients with queries and advising clients where necessary.
* Assisting Directors with ad hoc projects.
* Begin to proactively build a network of professional contacts for the firm.
* Own and manage Work in progress and billing requirements on your portfolio.
* Take a lead role in supporting and training staff to ensure continued excellence and development of individuals.
Skills/Qualifications:
Ideally, you will have a minimum of 5 years practice experience at a high-level senior or assistant manager level. Previous experience with assisting the management of a client portfolio and delivering a suite of services or substantial client contact and interaction would be desirable.
* The ability to convey and explain ideas.
* Strong IT/Microsoft abilities.
* Driving licence desirable (due to travel to clients on an ad-hoc basis).
* Ideally hands-on experience with some client-facing duties in a previous role.
* Previous experience of CCH desirable.
Core Benefits:
At LB Group, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:
* Opportunity to purchase 3 extra days holiday per year.
* Approved study days and exam days given.
* Auto enrolment Pension Scheme with TruePotential.
* Death in Service.
* Professional membership support.
* Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies.
* Agile/Hybrid Working Policy.
* Dress for your Diary Policy.
LB Group is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or sexual orientation. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.
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