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Accounts Assistant Manager

Location Nottingham
Contract Type Full Time
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

As an Accounts Assistant Manager working within our Nottingham office, you will be assisting the Managers and Directors with reviewing and finalising accounts preparations, management accounts and VAT returns as well as providing training and support to junior members of the team.

The ideal candidate will have a sufficient level of practice experience and will be looking to progress towards the next stage of their career.

Haines Watts is committed to develop its people and will provide ongoing support and training in order to ensure CPD requirements are met.

We are a well-established firm since the 1930s with an entrepreneurial and dynamic feel who are continuing to grow nationally as well as regionally.

Duties:

  • Review an accounts working file and associated tax computations.
  • Produce an accounts summary and a list of discussion points for the manager or partner.
  • Work within a budget agreed at the planning stage.
  • Produce draft tax computations and a provision for inclusion in the accounts.
  • Inclusion of statutory disclosures in line with the company checklist.
  • You will be expected to professionally represent the firm and its interests in dealings with clients and other professionals.
  • You will be expected to attend training to further develop and maintain your technical skills and if not yet attained to work towards a professional qualification.
  • You will be expected to supervise and help develop more junior members of staff.
  • Communicating clearly with clients on key topics affecting them as well as future legislative changes and the impact this may have on their business
  • You will be expected to contact clients in connection with non-technical issues such as the collection of debtors and be involved on an ongoing basis in administrative activities such as billing.
  • You will be expected to plan and control your professional work for the firm’s clients within the firm’s standard procedures. You will be able to identify basic planning opportunities.
  • You will be expected to identify and act upon any opportunities you see within the professional work you do to sell more services to existing prospective clients.

Your experience ideally will include:

  • Ability to multitask and prioritise a number of jobs across all portfolios, whilst demonstrating excellent time management skills to ensure all deadlines and expectations are met.
  • Managing client assignments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail.
  • Display commercial awareness.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Experience using IRIS and MyWorkPapers is preferred but is not essential.

What you will need to be:

  • Be authentic in every situation and like to be connected to your team, clients and local communities
  • Like to listen and understand, to show up every day with passion and to stand up for things that matter to you
  • Be driven to succeed, take initiative and want result

Qualifications:

  • ACA/ACCA qualified with proven practice experience (QBE will be considered)

What you get back from us;

  • Competitive salary
  • Internal mentor and buddy system to support your career journey
  • Excellent personal development programmes to support career growth opportunities
  • Structured development as well as on the job practical training
  • Flexible benefits reward package
  • Working and learning directly from our Senior Managers and Directors.
  • Ability to progress all the way to the top!

The Haines Watts Way:

Our collective aspirations are simple:

  • We strive to build and develop valued relationships as a trusted business advisor to our clients and connections.
  • We strive to show passion for our work in helping clients achieve their goals and using our initiative to help solve problems.
  • But above all, we strive to be authentic and inclusive as part of our DNA.
  • If you are keen to secure a progressive role within a unique top 15 accountancy firm offering a great career progression, please apply today to find out more.

    We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Haines Watts by any means. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the Haines Watts Recruitment team, Haines Watts reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee.

It starts with you!

Some people think being an accountant is all about numbers. Here at Haines Watts we don’t! We believe it’s all about our people and the relationships they forge as well as the specialist insight that they might build over time. We’ve been around for 90 years, so we must know a thing or two.

Our clients come from all walks of life. They have different backgrounds, experiences, talents, skills and goals. Just like our people.

So, we have a question for you: are you looking for a job that’s just about the numbers? Or do you want a career which leans into who you are as a person. You will build a common foundation with your colleagues whilst progressing from Trainee to Manager, but from there, with our in-house programmes to help you, we actively encourage you to discover who you are as a person.

Is your preference to become a foremost authority in an accountancy specialism or someone who is energised by relationships with clients and teams? We value either career path equally, but we know that you will value one more than the other and we will support you on that journey of discovery.

You can find out more about us and our story here.

Flexible Working

Training and Development

Health & Wellbeing

Pension

Private Healthcare

Employee & Client Referral Schemes

Enhanced Family Leave

Haines Watts Rewards Scheme

*Dependent on office/role.

Sara oversees our tax incentives and reliefs team and works closely with innovative and creative businesses across the country. By getting to know her clients and their businesses on an individual basis, she is able to understand their goals and tailors her advice accordingly.

Sara ensures that businesses are benefitting from the wide range of incentives and reliefs that are available, from research and development (R&D) and patent box, to creative industries tax relief.

I began looking for alternative options, and after getting in touch with Haines Watts, I was fortunate enough to get myself an apprenticeship position in the Launceston Office. Four and a half years later and I’m now a manager, I’ve completed my AAT qualification and I am now studying to be a chartered (ACA) accountant.

In that time, I’ve gained a wealth of technical knowledge and developed an array of skills, I’ve been provided endless opportunities and faced a variety of challenges. All while earning on the job, meeting new people and enjoying (almost) every step of the way.

With Haines Watts, the thing I enjoy most is the people. It’s a family-like team, we all get along and look out for each other. I also enjoy that no one day is the same. Our clients are from a variety of industries, we get to visit many different client offices and meet different workforces. 

Study and working can be challenging. As I’ve got further through my exams, I’ve learned how to manage my time better and be more disciplined, although it’s still very tough! Studying does also help with work, as it adds to your technical accounting knowledge and soft skills through apprenticeship modules. 

Katherine joined Haines Watts as an Accounts Senior, and has experience of working with a variety of clients on both accounts and audit engagements, including charities, academies and solicitors.

What do you enjoy most about your job?:
Problem solving, and building rewarding, long-term relationships with clients.

Lisa re-joined Haines Watts in 2021, as Marketing & Business Development Manager working across our Derby, Nottingham and Leicester offices. Lisa’s role involves managing the marketing activity of our offices, working closely with our directors and bringing a fresh new focus to the promotion of our business.

What do you enjoy most about your job?:
The variety of the role which means there is never a dull day, speaking to businesses and individuals to find out what they are looking for from their accountant and taking time to find out what matters to them. I also enjoy building lasting relationships with all our clients old and new, whilst at the same time working alongside a great team of colleagues.

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