Accounts Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Loughton
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£70,000 / year
CATEGORY
Accounting
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SKILLS

ACA or ACCA Qualified Statutory accounts Management accounts VAT knowledge Portfolio management Team management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Accounts Manager

Are you an Accounts Manager looking to join a well-established, growing firm more local to home? Are you seeking a progressive role that has the potential for Partnership long-term? Our client is a well-established, Top 80 firm based on the outskirts of East London. They work with a wide range of clients, including sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, entrepreneurs, owner-managed and family businesses. With annual turnover ranging from a few thousand pounds to more £250 million, limited companies, PLCs, charities and not-for-profit organisations, educational organisations, high net worth individuals, non-UK domiciles.

    Accounts Manager responsibilities include:

    • Planning jobs and liaising with the client to consider both their needs and the key areas relating to the assignment
    • Preparing the budget and timing and sign off with the client ensuring these are adhered to
    • Managing the assignment lifecycle as it proceeds, delegating and reviewing work of staff to ensure that standards are met
    • Business Development
    • Providing timely feedback to partners on issues identified with clients and producing a high-quality complete file with minimal review points
    • Identifying additional potential business revenue for the Firm and explore these with the client

    As an Accounts Manager, you will be/have:

    • ACA or ACCA Qualified
    • Extensive experience of statutory accounts and management accounts within a Mid-Tier Practice is essential
    • Strong VAT knowledge
    • Experienced in managing a portfolio of accounts clients
    • Demonstrate the ability to manage and develop a team of staff
    • A car and a clean driving licence

    In return, as an Accounts Manager, you will receive:

    • Hybrid working
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • £400 annual welling allowance

    If you are seeking Accounts Manager jobs in Essex or London, contact Austin Rose, the Public Practice Recruitment Specialists.

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    Reference

    ARJ19457

    Sector

    Accounts & Outsourcing

    Salary

    £59,000 to £70,000 Per Annum

    Town/City

    Loughton

    Contract

    Permanent

    Closing Date

    13/05/2026

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