Accounts Director

Description:

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a growing Top20 Accountancy Firm with offices nationwide who are now looking for an Audit & Accounts Senior Manager/Director, with a fast-track route to Partnership within 2 years. Working in their Oxford offices and reporting to one of the Partners, you will be responsible for managing your own portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients up to £120m turnover and supervising a team of Qualified & Junior staff. Key deliverables for the position include:

• Reviewing complex accounts & financial statements prepared by junior staff for partner sign-off
• Ensuring compliance with auditing standards around fixed assets & depreciation, stock, accrued/deferred income, accruals
• Managing complex audits, staff planning for audits, reviewing final audit files and conducting close-out meetings with clients
• Planning special project assignments, ownership of agreed budgets and meeting client deadlines.
• Setting objectives and completing appraisals for Audit staff, supervising them at clients/on-site and coaching
• Meeting Audit clients to review company accounts (inc group companies, partnerships and LLP’s) and corporate tax liabilities
• Point of contact for clients and other third-party stakeholders, with direct contact at CFO/MD level
• Ensuring all Audit & Accounts team work is carried out profitably and on a timely basis in accordance with the firm’s standards
• Business development activities, promoting other service lines within the firm and attending external business seminars/events as required