Management Accountant / Senior Management Accountant

At Price Bailey, we provide exciting opportunities for training, personal growth and career engagement. We believe in fostering happiness and fulfilment in your work, whilst supporting and inspiring you to grow. We understand that your life extends beyond the workplace, which is why our Smart Working culture promotes flexibility, allowing you to choose when and where you work, whilst still providing excellent client care.

A well-established firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, we offer a wide range of services, including auditing, accounting, tax and corporate finance. We proudly serve a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a strong focus on entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.

Our Outsourcing department is rapidly evolving and has quadrupled in size over the past two years to meet the needs of its ever-growing portfolio of clients. They typically work with moderately sized firms from a plethora of sectors that require our external expertise to help support them with operating their finance functions. This can be on specific elements, such as data-entry and maintaining their books and records, support with VAT compliance, or through to providing them with insightful management accounts. We can also offer a fully outsourced finance solution, which encompasses all aspects of an internal finance function.

We have a relationship-centric approach and are trusted advisors to clients of all shapes and sizes, but they are typically owner-managed businesses, giving you the opportunity to deal directly with the decision makers and to truly help shape the direction of their firm.

Our Outsourcing team is actively winning new work across the region, as such we are always interested in speaking to those at Management Accountant / Senior Management Accountant level. The complexity of work will depend upon how much experience you have, but you can expect to be involved in the following tasks:

• Taking ownership of the delivery of outsourcing services for a mixed and demanding portfolio of clients.
• Supporting others on work assignments giving clear instructions and aiding development.
• Maintaining client’s books and records, including reviewing processing performed by more junior team members and delivering feedback.
• Preparing bespoke management reports for a range of clients, including processing up to the supporting Trial Balance and producing supporting working papers.
• Applying in-depth knowledge of VAT, including the preparation of VAT returns.

What experience do I need?

• AAT qualified, ACA, ACCA or CIMA part qualified or qualified by experience (Management Accountant level) or ACA / ACCA / CIMA fully qualified (Senior Management Accountant level) (minimum criteria).
• Experience of using cloud-based accounting systems (minimum criteria).
• Client facing experience.
• Experience in compiling management accounts.
• Up to date working knowledge of tax including MTD requirements for VAT.

In addition to your salary, we also offer the following benefits:

• 23 days (if studying) / 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy / sell up to 5 days holiday)
• Contributory pension scheme
• 4x life assurance
• All employee share scheme
• Family friendly policies e.g. paid time off for dependants
• 2 days paid for volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts

Price Bailey aspires to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their social background, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We are an equal opportunities employer and place inclusion at the heart of what we do. Our workplace is one where diversity is embraced and where everyone is empowered to be their authentic selves.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in the appropriate section of your application. For candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria of the role, we also offer a guaranteed interview, which you can opt into as part of your application.