At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare and review accounts, manage client relationships, and support compliance work.
- Company: A thriving independent accountancy firm in Cardiff with a focus on growth.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, strong career progression, and direct access to senior management.
- Other info: Opportunities for internal progression and involvement in a dynamic business environment.
- Why this job: Join a stable team and take on greater responsibilities while building client relationships.
- Qualifications: Experience in UK accountancy practice; ACA or ACCA qualification preferred.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Senior Accountant
Some firms talk endlessly about career development while quietly hoping nobody above you ever leaves.
This one is actively creating room.
A successful independent accountancy firm is expanding following further investment into an already highly profitable business.
Growth has been consistent, client retention is strong and many employees have spent more than a decade with the firm.
The Senior Accountant appointment is aimed at somebody who has developed solid technical experience but now wants broader responsibility and a genuine route into client management.
Based in Cardiff, you'll work closely with experienced managers and directors across a portfolio of privately owned businesses.
The role
- Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts
- Taking greater ownership of jobs from start to finish
- Supporting corporation tax and wider compliance work
- Reviewing work produced by less experienced colleagues
- Dealing directly with business owners and finance teams
- Joining client meetings and building your own relationships
- Helping identify issues before they become problems
- Supporting managers across larger or more involved clients
The firm is relationship-driven and intentionally operates through face-to-face contact with clients.
That gives the Senior Accountant considerably more exposure than roles where most client interaction has gradually become a chain of emails and Teams calls.
You'll need recent experience from a UK accountancy practice, with a strong grounding in accounts preparation and ideally some reviewing or supervisory exposure.
ACA or ACCA qualification would be useful, although strong qualified-by-experience candidates will also be considered.
Where it can lead
The intention isn't to recruit someone simply to produce more accounts.
As you prove yourself, the Senior Accountant will take on greater portfolio ownership, more client meetings and increasing responsibility for reviewing and developing others.
The Cardiff team has a strong record of retaining people and creating progression internally, and continued investment is opening further opportunities at manager level and above.
Package
- £55,000-£65,000
- Strong route into client management
- High-quality SME and owner-managed business portfolio
- Direct access to senior people
- Increasing review and advisory exposure
- Stable and experienced team
- Investment behind the next stage of growth
For a Senior Accountant who likes the stability of an established firm but doesn't want their career to become too comfortable, this is a particularly strong opportunity within accountancy.
Senior Accountant in Cardiff employer: Jobiqo
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