Practice Accountant

Accountant / Practice Manager 
Wokingham
£37,000 - £45,000 DOE

Full time role or flexible working considered 25 - 37.5 hours per week 

We are a small-but-ambitious, forward thinking, accountancy firm based in the Thames Valley. We provide a wide range of services including accounting, tax, audit, advice and project managed business solutions for owner-managed businesses. The landscape of accounting is changing, and we are increasingly looking at ways of adding value for our clients and utilising IT to best effect in the process. 

Within our growing practice, we are seeking a Senior Accountant / Practice Manager who is hands-on and motivated to manage the day to day delivery of compliance services to a mixed client portfolio. This will also be interspersed with management of people, controls, costs and suppliers. 

About this Accountant / Practice Manager role: 
This is a unique opportunity for a professional with solid accounts experience who is seeking to develop or use their practice management skills. This interesting and varied role, consists of accounts production and tax, combined with people and practice management. You will also:

- Be responsible for general practice management: including monitoring controls for various internal practices,  managing supplier relationships and renewing agreements 
- Plan and delegate assignments to employees and sub-contractors, as well as undertaking the final technical reviews of outgoing work
- Contribute as part of a project team to deliver effective business solutions internally and externally, including optimal use of IT as appropriate 
- Assist Partners by providing updates, management reports and input into staff reviews and  training 

About you for this Accountant / Practice Manager position: 
Our priority is to find an accountant who is customer focused and shares our passion for a pro-active approach. Someone that goes beyond the number-crunching and takes real ownership for their areas of responsibility. We are open to applications from candidates who can bring and apply existing practice management experience, or who have the ambition to develop those skills. You will embrace IT solutions be able to apply technological know-how.  Some experience in supervisory delegation or management is required as well as the following:

• - Experience in dealing with clients and producing accounts to a high standard 
• - ACA / ACCA qualified accountant with proven post-qualification experience in Practice. 
• - Knowledge & competency in taxation and statutory accounting software and some knowledge of Xero,  Sage and / or QuickBooks

Benefits available to our  Accountant / Practice Manager:

• Career progression
• CPD support
• Stakeholder pension
  We fundamentally believe in supporting appropriate personal development and training. 

If you sound right for this Accountant / Practice Manager role, please apply now.