Practice Senior Manager

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd; March; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Practice Senior Manager
March - Cambridgeshire
Competitive Salary
Full time or Part time options

Cooper Lomaz are working with a growing Practice that has had some excellent growth over the last 12 months. Due to expansion in the General Practice Department, they are seeking to recruit a full/part time senior manager. This is a great opportunity for someone who is ACA/ACCA or QBE qualified who will be responsible for the management of a portfolio of clients providing high quality compliance services for a range of corporate and specialist clients.

Within this new role, you will be responsible for the provision of general practice services including corporate and special projects for a portfolio of clients with annual fees of £240k. This will include:

1. Corporate taxation and finance.
2. Company Secretarial duties.
3. Provide projections and forecasting information.
4. Manage budgets and compliance processes.
5. Utilise a variety of paperless software applications.
6. Prepare budgets for accounts work.
7. Raise bills.
8. Liaise with clients for debt recovery as required.
9. Consolidations.
10. Client Management.

Manage portfolio of clients:

1. Manage client relationships and identify opportunities for additional services.
2. Introduce new clients to the practice.
3. Play an active role in raising the profile of the business.
4. Display a confident, accurate and reliable accounting knowledge when interacting with clients, presenting ideas and implementing strategies.
5. Actively engage with senior staff/partners to gain a good understanding of the business.
6. Understand, engage, and assist with the marketing activities of the business.
7. Attend local networking events.

Tax Compliance / VAT:

1. Review completed VAT return forms.
2. Communicate with clients when VAT return is complete and submit to HMRC.
3. Review VAT returns and provide in-depth knowledge and advice service to clients.
4. Review prepared self-assessment tax returns, business and partnership tax returns to include detailed capital gains computations and preparation of schedules of income from property.
5. Review information processed on a computerized tax software to produce returns and calculations above.

Payroll:

1. Review P11D and other payroll advice and services.
2. Review payroll processed on behalf of clients to strict deadlines.
3. Review submitted FPS and EPS as required.
4. Liaise with clients as required.

Staff / Leadership:

1. Review work of staff before passing to partner for sign-off, ensuring quality in compliance with professional standards/requirements.
2. Delegate tasks effectively.
3. Responsible for the recruitment, selection, training, and development of direct reports.
4. Manage and supervise all workflow controls.
5. Collate and follow up on assignment feedback forms.
6. Ensure Partner decisions on staff are promptly implemented.
7. Ensure staff motivation and loyalty is maintained to minimize staff turnover.
8. Ensure effective communication systems between management and staff are established and disseminated to all staff in the company to ensure coherence and a positive team spirit.
9. Conduct annual appraisals and quarterly reviews for all direct reports.
10. Actively manage direct reports in respect of holiday, sickness, and general day-to-day management.
11. Monitor and encourage improvements towards standards of work via guidance, coaching, and mentoring.
12. Highlight and recommend training requirements for direct reports.
13. Encourage/foster a culture of continuous development.

Core benefits:

1. Generous annual leave.
2. Support your continued development including attending training courses, webinars, leadership, management development, and continuing professional development programmes.
3. Flexible working is encouraged and regularly reviewed.
4. Enhanced Maternity Pay.
5. Long-term sickness or incapacity, income protection is provided.
6. Life assurance.
7. Paid study leave.
8. Paid professional subscriptions.
9. Healthshield cash back plan - for treatments such as dental, optical, and physiotherapy etc. (a more extensive list is available).
10. Enhanced sick pay.
11. Tax efficient pension (salary sacrifice).