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Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.
Job Description
What will you be doing?
We’re seeking a talented individual to join our Business Outsourcing Services team in Southampton. The primary responsibility of the Technology Manager is to assist with the operations of our newly formed BOS Technology team and to develop our client facing proposition.
The technology team is focused on delivering internal projects to maximise the efficiency of the team and provide staff with the tools to deliver great outcomes for clients, this includes projects such as our recent migration to a new accounts production software.
Your role will be to help oversee and successfully deliver these digital transformation projects and will also involve developing and taking to market our client proposition, focused on cloud advisory opportunities, including advice on app stacks, and migrating clients to best in class platforms. You will also have the opportunity to manage a diverse client portfolio.
As a Manager, your responsibilities will include among others:
* Overseeing the scoping, procurement and roll out of technologies for internal use and successful delivery of these projects to our national teams, liaising with other members of the technology group and wider BOS team.
* Manage a diverse client portfolio.
* Identify and develop opportunities for S&W with current clients and prepare proposals for new work.
* Attend relevant marketing events and present at seminars if required.
* Identify and develop opportunities for S&W with current clients.
* Ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year. Liaison with client Partners and other S&W staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues.
* Work and setting budgets - awareness of commercial aspects of client's business and impact on our work. Arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of related assignments.
* Be aware of developments in compliance and how these impacts on our clients.
* Organise staff on jobs, ensuring each individual is clear on expectations and timescales, is properly trained and receives constructive feedback. Ensure any shortages or excess workloads are identified and minimised.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should:
* Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA) or international equivalent
* Significant cloud technology or business change project experience within a professional services environment.
* Working knowledge of various cloud accounting applications and an understanding of when various platforms are most appropriate for clients.
* Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events.
* Experience of working with entrepreneurial, SME and high growth clients.
* Monitoring costs against budget for individual clients.
Additional Information
As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include:
* Competitive salary
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
* Pension contribution
* Hybrid working model (role dependent)
* Generous holiday package
* Option to purchase additional holiday
* Shared parental leave
* Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
* Cycle to work scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Eye care support
We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.
We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.
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