Client Accounting - Manager

Client Accounting - Manager

Full-time · Hybrid

Right Fit Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of a professional services firm seeking a qualified accountant to lead and mentor a client accounting team while managing their own portfolio. This role suits someone who enjoys working directly with clients, resolving technical accounting and VAT queries, and helping junior colleagues develop their skills.

What you’ll do

• Manage a portfolio of clients, prepare management accounts and VAT returns, and coordinate annual audits where required.
• Review financial statements, including complex disclosures, as well as VAT returns and other work prepared by team members.
• Mentor junior colleagues, hold regular catch-ups, and support them with technical queries, workload planning and client meetings.
• Monitor statutory and client deadlines across your own portfolio and the team’s, escalating significant accounting issues to management.
• Work with other departments to obtain the information needed for financial statements and statutory filings.
• Support compliance monitoring, improve internal procedures, and help management identify training needs and review team performance.
• Build relationships with clients and help identify where they could benefit from additional services.

What you’ll bring

• A recognised professional accountancy qualification and at least two years of senior-level experience in a client accounting environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of client accounting, financial reporting and VAT.
• Experience reviewing accounting work and supporting junior colleagues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and experience with accounting software.
• Strong written and spoken English, good judgement when handling sensitive financial information, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Salary: 40-50K

Recruitment License Number: E.A. No.: 00496-2026