This is a remote position.
Audit & Accounts Manager - Fully Remote
TPF Recruitment, the South East’s leading accountancy practice recruitment agency, is delighted to be supporting a well-established, multi-sited firm of Chartered Accountants based in the South of England with the recruitment of an experienced Audit & Accounts Manager. To work on a fully remote basis.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and people-focused accountancy practice offering a fully remote working arrangement. The firm provides a comprehensive range of audit, accounts, taxation and business advisory services to a varied portfolio of owner-managed businesses and SMEs.
The successful candidate will play a key role in managing audit engagements and accounts assignments, maintaining high technical standards and developing strong client relationships. This position would suit an experienced practice professional who enjoys a combination of hands‑on technical work, portfolio management and team development.
As Audit & Accounts Manager, you will take responsibility for managing a varied portfolio of clients and overseeing audit and accounts assignments from planning through to completion. You will act as a key point of contact for clients, providing practical advice and ensuring work is delivered efficiently, accurately and to the highest professional standards.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing and leading audit engagements across a varied portfolio of clients, from initial planning through to completion.
- Reviewing audit files, statutory accounts, financial statements and corporation tax computations, ensuring technical accuracy and compliance.
- Managing a portfolio of clients and developing strong, long‑term working relationships with business owners, directors and other key stakeholders.
- Providing clients with practical advice and identifying opportunities to deliver additional services and add value.
- Overseeing assignment planning, ensuring work is appropriately allocated and completed within agreed budgets and deadlines.
- Supervising, mentoring and developing junior team members, supporting their technical development and progression.
- Maintaining high standards of audit quality and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting and auditing regulations.
- Monitoring portfolio performance, including work in progress, resource allocation and billing.
- Supporting continuous improvement across the practice, identifying opportunities to enhance processes and working practices.
- Working closely with senior colleagues to support the ongoing development and success of the wider firm.
Requirements
To be considered for this Audit & Accounts Manager position, you will ideally have:
- ACA or ACCA qualified status, with substantial post‑qualification experience within an accountancy practice.
- Strong technical audit experience, with a proven track record of managing audit assignments.
- Experience preparing and reviewing statutory accounts and corporation tax computations.
- A good working knowledge of corporation tax, with an understanding of personal tax and VAT.
- Previous experience managing a varied portfolio of clients and overseeing assignments from start to finish.
- Experience supervising, mentoring and developing junior members of staff.
- Strong organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to build relationships with clients at all levels.
- A commercial mindset and the ability to identify opportunities to add value to clients.
- The ability to work autonomously while contributing positively to a wider team.
Benefits
- Salary of approximately £50,000, depending on experience.
- Fully remote working.
- 37.5-hour working week.
- Permanent, full-time position.
- The opportunity to join an established and growing multi-sited accountancy practice.
- A varied and interesting client portfolio.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for continued professional development and career progression.
Audit & Accounts Manager - Fully Remote in London employer: TPF Recruitment
Join a highly reputable firm of chartered accountants in Sidcup, where you will benefit from a flexible work environment and a strong focus on employee growth. With excellent client exposure and a commitment to career progression, this is an ideal opportunity for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in one of Kent's leading accountancy practices.
