- Location: Daventry
- Sector: Business Services , Accounts , General Practice
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Salary: Competitive
- Contact: Eleanor Snow
- Contact email: Eleanor@clark-wood.co.uk
- Contact phone: +44 (0) 1173 291051
- Published: 1 day ago
- Expiry date: 2026-12-21
- Startdate: 2026-11-09
- Consultant: Eleanor Snow
Client Manager | Daventry | £45,000 - £52,000 DOE
Accountancy Practice recruitment specialists Clark Wood are working with a well-established accountancy practice who are looking to recruit an experienced Client Manager to join their team in Daventry.
The Role
Managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients, you will act as a key point of contact, delivering high-quality compliance and advisory services with minimal Partner supervision.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients and acting as their primary point of contact
- Building strong, long-term client relationships and leading client meetings
- Overseeing and reviewing the preparation of statutory accounts and financial statements
- Reviewing corporate and personal tax returns and supporting routine tax planning work
- Ensuring client work is completed accurately, efficiently and within agreed deadlines
- Managing your own workflow and overseeing the allocation and delivery of work across the team
- Supervising and reviewing work completed by junior and trainee members of staff
- Delegating work effectively and supporting the training and development of junior colleagues
- Identifying opportunities for additional services and contributing to business development
- Providing commercially focused advice and identifying tax planning and business improvement opportunities
- Managing assignments within agreed budgets and timescales
About You
- ACA / ACCA qualified or equivalent, QBE also considered DOE
- Strong experience within an accountancy practice
- Proven experience managing a portfolio of clients
- Strong knowledge of accounts preparation, tax compliance and tax planning
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills
- Strong organisational and workflow management abilities
- Commercially aware with sound decision-making skills
- Previous experience supervising or developing junior team members
- Experience in business development and/or advisory-led client work would be advantageous
- Keen to take ownership of client relationships and contribute to the wider growth of the practice
Benefits
- 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
- Option to purchase up to a further 5 days' annual leave
- Birthday day off
- Group Life Cover from day one
- Medical Cashback Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Contributory pension
- Subsidised gym membership
- Employee discounts and cashback scheme
- Enhanced company sick pay
- Employee and client referral bonus scheme
- Regular social events
- Free parking
For more information, please contact Eleanor Snow at Clark Wood on 07375 801311 or email eleanor@clark-wood.co.uk.
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