Corporate Accounting & Transactions Manager
Salary: Competitive Salary + Monthly & Annual Bonuses + Benefits + 1pm Friday finish!
Contract: Permanent
Ready to move beyond audit and into the world of corporate transactions, private equity and high-growth businesses? If so, this role is for you!
Are you a recently qualified Chartered Accountant, currently working in Audit at Assistant Manager or Manager level, and looking for something more commercially exciting?
What if your next move gave you the opportunity to work on complex accounting projects, business acquisitions, management buyouts, investment structures and corporate transactions — rather than another year of traditional audit assignments?
Abacus Careers is recruiting for a boutique Belfast accounting firm with an exceptional client portfolio spanning private equity-backed, venture capital-backed and high-growth businesses across technology and business services. This is an opportunity to take your technical accounting expertise in a new direction.
The Opportunity
You’ll work closely with an experienced Senior Manager, supporting a varied portfolio of complex accounting and transaction-related projects.
Your clients will include ambitious, investor-backed companies navigating investment, acquisitions, ownership changes, restructuring and growth.
This isn't a traditional audit management role.
You’ll be applying the technical knowledge you’ve developed in audit to a much broader range of commercial situations, gaining exposure to the accounting complexities behind corporate transactions and investment structures.
You’ll be working with businesses where ownership, funding and corporate structures are often far more interesting than the statutory accounts alone.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll get involved in a diverse range of technically challenging projects, including:
- Corporate transactions: Accounting considerations arising from management buyouts (MBOs), management buy-ins (MBIs), leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and other business acquisitions.
- Private equity and venture capital: Supporting accounting projects involving PE/VC-backed businesses, investment structures and changes in ownership.
- Share schemes and incentives: Working on matters involving Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI), Company Share Option Plans (CSOP) and other employee ownership arrangements.
- Investment structures: Exposure to Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs).
- Restructuring: Accounting matters involving Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), joint ventures and complex shareholder arrangements.
- Transaction-related accounting: Supporting projects involving business disposals, corporate reorganisations and associated accounting considerations.
- Technical collaboration: Working alongside the Senior Manager to analyse complex accounting issues and deliver solutions for clients.
What We’re Looking For
We’re particularly interested in hearing from ambitious Chartered Accountants who have developed strong technical foundations in audit and are ready to broaden their commercial experience.
You’ll ideally bring:
- recently qualified Chartered Accountant background.
- Current experience within an audit practice at Assistant Manager or Manager level.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and the confidence to tackle complex financial issues.
- Experience working with corporate clients and understanding their financial reporting requirements.
- An analytical mindset and an interest in understanding how businesses are funded, acquired and structured.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively on technically challenging assignments.
- Genuine curiosity about private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and the commercial world beyond audit.
You don't need to have worked directly on every type of transaction or investment structure listed above. The attraction of this opportunity is the chance to apply your existing accounting knowledge to a different range of challenges.
What's In It For You?
A genuine alternative to traditional audit — move into complex, transaction-related accounting work.
An exceptional client portfolio — work with PE/VC-backed and high-growth businesses in technology and business services.
Technical variety — gain exposure to investment structures, acquisitions, employee share schemes and ownership transactions.
Close collaboration — work directly alongside an experienced Senior Manager on challenging assignments.
A boutique firm environment — join a specialist practice with a distinctive and commercially interesting client base.
You’ve spent the early part of your career developing strong technical accounting skills through audit. Now you want to put those skills to work in a different environment.
Perhaps you’re interested in corporate finance but don’t necessarily want a conventional deal advisory role. Perhaps you enjoy the technical side of accounting but want exposure to more commercially interesting clients and transactions.
This opportunity offers the ideal middle ground: complex accounting, corporate transactions and ambitious investor-backed businesses.
If you’re looking for a career move that takes you beyond the traditional audit cycle, this could be exactly what you’ve been waiting for.
Corporate Accounting Manager employer: Abacus Careers
Abacus Careers offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment in Belfast, where employees are encouraged to collaborate and innovate within a global technology landscape. With a strong focus on professional development, team members have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to engage with senior stakeholders, making a meaningful impact on risk management and audit outcomes. The hybrid working model promotes a healthy work-life balance, ensuring that our employees thrive both personally and professionally.
