Audit & Accounts Manager in Bournemouth

Location: Bournemouth, Dorset - Fully Remote

Hours: 9am - 5.30pm, Monday - Friday

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 Dependent on Experience

Holiday: 28 Days Incl. Bank Holiday

Sector: Accounting, Audits, Compliance

Our client is a multi-office, chartered accountancy firm, providing services across Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and beyond. The firm offers a broad range of services including accounts, audit, business and personal tax, bookkeeping, payroll, business advisory and R&D tax credits. They also provide specialist services including crypto tax, wealth planning, wills and probate, giving clients access to accounting, tax, business and legal expertise under one firm. The firm describes its approach as modern and relationship-focused, embracing cloud technology and aiming to provide practical advice that supports clients' financial and business goals.

As an audit and accounts manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing audit engagements from planning through to completion, ensuring high standards of quality, accuracy and regulatory compliance. You will oversee the review of audit files, financial statements, statutory accounts and corporation tax computations, while building strong client relationships and providing practical commercial advice. Through on-the-job learning, you will lead, mentor and develop junior team members, ensuring assignments are effectively planned, delegated and delivered within agreed deadlines and budgets.

Position Duties

• Lead the delivery of high-quality, compliant audit engagements across a diverse client portfolio, overseeing assignments from initial planning through to completion.
• Review audit files, financial statements, statutory accounts and corporation tax computations, resolving technical queries and ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, providing clear, practical advice to support effective decision-making and business growth.
• Identify opportunities to add value through proactive advice, identifying client needs and recommending additional services where appropriate.
• Promote audit quality and continuous improvement, sharing technical knowledge and best practice to maintain consistently high standards.
• Lead, mentor and develop junior team members, strengthening their technical knowledge, confidence and ability to work independently.
• Effectively plan and manage audit assignments, delegating responsibilities appropriately and ensuring work is completed within agreed deadlines, budgets and quality standards.
• Take responsibility for portfolio performance, including monitoring work in progress, managing resource utilisation and ensuring accurate and timely billing.
• Work closely with senior management and colleagues across the wider practice to improve processes, maintain consistent standards and deliver an exceptional client experience.

Position Requirements

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ICAEW or ACCA) with significant post-qualification experience within an accountancy practice.
• Strong technical audit expertise, with proven experience leading and managing audit engagements.
• Experienced in the preparation and review of statutory accounts and corporation tax computations.
• Good working knowledge of corporation tax, alongside a sound understanding of personal tax and VAT, with the ability to support and guide colleagues.
• Proven ability to manage a varied client portfolio and ensure assignments are delivered within agreed deadlines.
• Experience supervising, mentoring and developing junior team members, including delegating work and overseeing performance.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and coordinate workloads effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to communicate effectively with business owners, trustees, directors and non-financial stakeholders.
• Commercially aware, with a good understanding of the challenges and pressures faced by SMEs.
• Able to demonstrate sound technical knowledge, professional judgement and a practical approach to problem-solving.

Position Remuneration

Fully Remote working, with regular working hours, 37.5 per week. Salary up to £50,000 dependent on experience. 20 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, along with company pension. This is an opportunity to join a premier accountancy and wealth planning firm, and grow your career within the team, where support for professional development can be given.