Client Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Finance
- Location
- Wales, Swansea
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- Nov 13, 2019
Job Details
This Accounts and Audit Client Manager opportunity offers you the chance to manage a portfolio of accounts and audit clients which vary across different sectors. Work alongside senior members of the client's management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client's information.
Client Details
A leading accountancy practice based in Swansea undergoing continued positive expansion and growth. The firm and role provides genuine prospects for long term career progression and development, with increasing responsibility, client management, and opportunity to carve a career path, in a highly regarded firm.
Description
The key responsibilities for a Client Manager joining a leading Accountancy firm based in Swansea will be:
- Lead and oversee an audit
- Manage a complex set of accounts
- Working directly with a Partner to oversee a portfolio of clients and ensuring that compliance requirements are met by liaising with the client and directing work internally for completion
- Manage and develop junior sin the Audit and Accounts team
- Provide high level technical guidance on accounts and audit matters
- Agreeing fees with partners and clients, understanding the basis of our time costs and the value the client places on the work undertaken, raising bills and following up on outstanding debt
- Review clients from a commercial perspective and understand where they are in their journey, where they want to be and how we can help them get the best outcome.
- Consider and exploit opportunities for winning new work - maintain good relationships with clients, identify key introducers and actively maintain contact with them.
- Maintaining a sound technical knowledge and awareness of emerging issues, attending courses to support this
Profile
The successful candidate for a Client Manager joining a leading Accountancy firm based in Swansea will have/be:
ACCA or ACA qualified (or equivalent) with at least 4 years UK practice experience
Ability to deal with tasks on a timely basis
Strong client communication
Enthusiasm coupled with drive and determination
Highly development organisational skills
Knowledge of SME Businesses
Proven record of client portfolio management
Successful track record of leading Audit teams on large Audit assignments
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
Job Offer
Highly competitive base salary
Market leading package
Great office location
Well established, supportive team
Company
Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.
We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.
Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.
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