Accounts & Advisory Manager in London

Are you a qualified accountant with a passion for helping SME businesses thrive? Do you enjoy solving day-to-day financial challenges, spotting process efficiencies, and building trusted, long-lasting client relationships? If so, this is your opportunity to take the lead in a fast-growing, national accounting advisory team.

This Top 10 Firm is a rapidly expanding professional services leader with an ambitious vision to remain the premier adviser to the mid-market. Cultivating a supportive and digital-first environment, the firm focuses on delivering high-quality, data-driven insights to empower private businesses. Joining their consulting team in the Northern region offers you the platform to own client portfolios, collaborate across specialist service lines, and accelerate your professional development.

As an Accounts & Advisory Manager, you will:

• Act as the financial controller for a diverse portfolio of regional SME clients, overseeing their annual financial compliance, accounting needs, and day-to-day business issues.
• Apply UK GAAP (specifically FRS 102 and FRS 105) to deliver high-quality financial statement reporting and practical technical solutions to clients across multiple industries.
• Manage assignment profitability, oversee end-to-end project timelines, manage billing, and maintain premium client care and trust.
• Train, mentor, and line manage junior team members, offering constructive feedback and active coaching to support their professional growth.
• Collaborate directly with wider specialist teams, including corporate and private client tax, to ensure all deadlines are met and identify opportunities to add value to clients.

As the successful candidate you will:

• Be CA, ACA, or ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification experience.
• Possess robust experience working within a professional practice, ideally within an accounting advisory, outsourced finance, or equivalent technical compliance team.
• Demonstrate a strong, practical understanding of UK financial reporting standards, particularly UK GAAP (FRS 102 and FRS 105).
• Have a proven track record of managing a portfolio of clients, coordinating deliverables, and supporting the development of junior staff.

What You'll Receive:

• 27 days annual leave (with the option to purchase additional days)
• Access to a virtual GP service and healthcare support
• Electric car scheme and corporate lifestyle benefits
• Hybrid working

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