Outsourcing Manager

Outsourcing Manager

St Albans

£Dependent on Experience

Accountancy & Tax recruitment specialists Clark Wood are currently working with a highly reputable firm of accountants who, as a result of continued growth and success within the business, are currently looking to recruit an ambitious Outsourcing Manager to join the team in their St Albans office.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Engaging with your clients’ business, understanding their needs and identify new opportunities.

Being the primary day-to-day contact for your allocated portfolio of clients regarding all data processing activities and treasury matters, taking responsibility for all duties up to and including the production of (often complex) management information

Data processing activities to be conducted by the team to include bank transactions, sales and purchase ledger items, expense claims and all other general ledger postings, journals etc.

Active business partnering to ensure informed reporting of risks & opportunities, actuals, and forecast variance analysis.

Analytically reviewing results and analysing key performance indicators for your clients.

Ensuring that allocated teams are keeping all accounting systems up to date and accurate within the agree timeframes.

Reviewing VAT returns, EC sales lists and Intrastat returns, having an understanding of what is allowable under the VAT rules and the basic principles of partial exemption and how this operates.

Preparing basic statutory financial statements for clients with little or no supervision, having an awareness of the disclosure requirements of the Companies Act

Preparing an audit file which could be provided to the client’s auditors, with supporting schedules for all balance sheet items.

Carrying out ad hoc assignments, often to include budgeting and assistance with cash flow forecasting and training clients in use of their accounting systems.

Skills:

Ideally, you will be ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified but we will consider part qualified and QBE candidates.

An ability to apply technical accounting knowledge to real-life client situations.

Knowledge of UKGAAP and desirably IFRS

Strong IT skills, specifically Xero and Excel alongside an ability to pick up new software packages very quickly.

Sage and CCH experience would also be an advantage.

For further information on this role please contact Jack Wood at Clark Wood – jack@clark-wood.co.uk / 07951 392741​