In a nutshell
Are you seeking a role that offers a diverse range of interesting clients and ample opportunities for career progression?
Do you thrive on coaching and mentoring junior team members, helping them grow and develop?
If so, you could play a pivotal role in the day-to-day management of our talented Plymouth business advisory team. Your responsibilities would include monitoring and reviewing final accounts and tax computations, as well as providing support with training initiatives and conducting annual appraisals.
Our new office at Royal William Yard offers modern facilities, stunning ocean views, and a plethora of nearby restaurants and coffee shops for you to enjoy!
What you'll be doing day to day
You’ll work with entrepreneurial clients, providing guidance and support as their trusted advisor. Your key responsibilities include:
* Leading client relationships
* Monitoring budgets, time, and expenses
* Reviewing working papers, accounts, and tax compliance
* Offering tax, accounting, and commercial advice
* Resolving accounting and tax issues
* Ensuring compliance with firm standards
* Maintaining long-term client relationships through effective communication
* Discussing significant findings with the engagement Partner
* Identifying opportunities to offer additional services to clients
About you
* ACA / ACCA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience, with significant relevant experience in a similar role.
* Experience of managing a portfolio of clients and assisting partners in maintaining client relationships
* Strong technical knowledge of accounts preparation and tax compliance
* Proven background supervising a team of accounts staff
* Organised, accurate, flexible and able to plan use of time efficiently
* Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with both clients, team members and colleagues, with the aptitude to quickly build rapport
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
Why work at PKF Francis Clark
We’re the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England. We have nine offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.
The firm, which celebrated its centenary in 2019, has annual revenue of over £65 million and a 900-strong team based across our offices. Our continuing growth offers you the opportunity to expand and develop your career in a direction that interests you.
We offer a supportive and flexible culture, taking your career seriously to enable you to be the best you can be. Since September 2022, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work.
We work hard to ensure that ours is a culture where you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. We ranked as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2023, and again in 2024 when we rose nine places to 24th in the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces (Large Organisations).
We’ve also been ranked 46th out of 89 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2023 (Large Organisations) and 40th out of 79 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2023 (Large Organisations). PKF Francis Clark has been highlighted as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work.
And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’re ranked 28th among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers by the Department of Education and High Fliers Research.
Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms, which together are ranked as the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK by Accountancy Age. As part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries, the opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world are endless.
Your core benefits
Financial benefits:
* Pension
* Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
* Group income protection
* Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare
Health & Wellbeing benefits:
* Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
* Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
* Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
* Cycle to work*
Other benefits:
* Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
* Gifts for career and family milestones
* One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
* Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation
Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.
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