Accounts Assistant Manager

Your new company
This opportunity sits within a growing, modern accountancy firm that is continuing to invest in its outsourced finance and management accounts offering. The firm works with a broad SME client base and operates with an informal, approachable culture - professional but not stuffy, ambitious without ego.This is not a replacement hire. The role has been created to support growth and to develop the next layer of management within the team.
Your new role
Working closely with a Director and Senior Managers, you'll take responsibility for delivering high-quality management accounts and outsourced services to a portfolio of clients, while starting to step into a more client‑facing and supervisory position.This is a development role - ideal for someone technically strong who wants more exposure to clients, people management and commercial decision‑making.
Key responsibilities include:

Supporting the Director with their client portfolio and acting as a day‑to‑day point of contact
Preparing and reviewing management accounts for sole traders and SME clients
Overseeing bookkeeping and outsourced finance work
Preparing and reviewing VAT returns and assisting with tax compliance
Liaising with audit, tax and payroll teams across the wider firm
Reviewing trainee work and providing feedback
Assisting with reporting, analysis and early exposure to FP&A‑style work
Contributing to client growth and business development opportunitiesWhat you'll need to succeed
What you'll need to succeed

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent)
Solid experience producing management accounts within an accountancy practice
Confident communicating with clients and beginning to manage queries independently
Experience reviewing trainee work (or ready to take that step)
Strong technical base with the ability to apply it commercially
Comfortable managing deadlines, priorities and multiple clients
Xero experience is essentialWhat you'll get in return

A clear progression path into a more senior outsourced/advisory role
Exposure to higher‑level client work without being thrown in at the deep end
Informal, adult working culture with flexibility considered
Centrally located Guildford offices
A firm that is growing and developing people, not just workloads
What you need to do now

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