The Opportunity
Looking for an accountancy career with a difference? At SAS we’ve got you covered:
- A digital practice with a passion for tech
- Flexible working opportunities
- Entrepreneurial values and a growth mindset
- Fun and relaxed environment with casual dress code
- Incredible coffee
This is an exciting time to join our young and dynamic practice that has been nominated four years in a row in the category of Fast-Track Firm of the Year at the Accounting Excellence awards.
There’s no sign of our growth slowing down, so we are on the lookout for a highly motivated, qualified/part-qualified accountant that shares our entrepreneurial mindset.
With 5 distinct businesses within the SAS group, you won’t be short of opportunities to quickly progress your career and obtain a diverse set of skills.
The Role
Joining as a Client Manager, you will be providing accountancy and business support services to a portfolio of clients, operating across various industries.
This role will involve:
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients to ensure the client experience is outstanding
- Preparation and review of management accounts and management reporting for a portfolio of clients
- Review of CIS for contractor and subcontractor processes
- Self-Assessment preparation & submission for more complex clients
- Undertake year-end review and preparation of workpapers
- Maintain and review regular cashflow, budgeting and forecasts
- Initial review of VAT returns
- Tax planning with clients
- Review and perform the newly introduced mid-year review service
- Developing and managing financial systems and identifying areas for improvement
- Overseeing client deadlines to ensure junior team members prioritise their workload
- Responding to finance-related queries and providing analysis and insights to clients
- Offering guidance, support and training to junior team members
- Review of junior members performance via annual appraisals
You will be integral to the practice’s continued expansion and will receive ongoing training by working closely with the senior management to help deliver the strategy.
The Successful Applicant
We are looking for a highly ambitious candidate, someone who thinks outside the box and is willing to go above and beyond the expectations of clients, to help develop profitable long-lasting relationships.
- Always adopts a positive mindset
- Takes a commercial approach, keeping client’s best interests at the forefront
- Enthusiastic, with a can-do attitude
- Possesses excellent attention to detail
- Enjoys and sees the benefit of developing others
- Capable of building strong relationships internally and externally
- Adaptable and keeps on top of new technology advancing the industry
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Innovative and willing to challenge the status quo
- ACA/ACCA qualified with experience managing junior team members
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance workloads to manage the needs of various clients
- Experience in managing a portfolio of clients with bookkeeping knowledge
- Experience with Xero accounting software is advantageous
The role will involve travel to several different client locations, so access to a vehicle is essential.
What’s on Offer Competitive base salary with mileage and travel expenses reimbursed. Private medical insurance, group life insurance and company pension scheme available upon successful completion of probation period. Company hosted social events including out annual TeamSAS sports day and Christmas party, along with quarterly buddy lunches with a colleague paid for by the company. We have a variety of other perks which will be shared at the interview stages.
