An established and growing UK accountancy and business advisory group is seeking an experienced Accounts Outsourcing Manager to join its London practice. This is a senior, client‑facing role with responsibility for managing a portfolio of outsourced accounting and finance clients while leading and developing a high‑performing team.
The role suits a commercially minded, qualified accounting professional who enjoys working closely with clients, driving service quality, and operating in a fast‑paced, forward‑thinking practice environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a portfolio of outsourced accounting clients, ensuring consistently high service delivery
- Review teams accounts preparations to ensure quality, compliance, and technical regulatory standards are met
- Act as a trusted adviser to clients, providing commercially focused insights and solutions
- Ensure all client deadlines, deliverables, and communications are met accurately and on time
- Drive efficiency and profitability through best‑practice processes and use of technology
- Build and maintain long‑term relationships with clients, senior stakeholders, and internal teams
- Contribute to strategic planning and revenue growth initiatives
- Take responsibility for client relationships with revenues up to approximately £180k
- Ensure all work complies with statutory, legal, and ethical requirements
- Lead, motivate, and performance‑manage team members, setting clear objectives and standards
- Develop technical capability and knowledge across the team
- Act as a role model for professional standards, behaviours, and values
Client & Technical Focus
- Preparation and review of statutory accounts using FRS102 and Companies House filings
- Monthly management accounts and some CFO support
- Oversight of VAT, PAYE, and Corporation Tax compliance
- Support for technology‑enabled and growth‑focused businesses
- Strong use of cloud accounting platforms, particularly Xero
Candidate Requirements
- ACA or ACCA fully qualified
- Proven experience managing a client portfolio within a practice environment
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with excellent attention to detail
- Experience leading and developing junior team members
- Confident communicator, comfortable operating in fast‑paced and entrepreneurial settings
- Commercially aware, proactive, and client‑focused
- Experience supporting tech‑enabled, start‑up, or venture‑backed businesses is advantageous
- Company pension
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase extra annual leave
- Life assurance
- Enhanced family leave
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Flexible benefits options (including health, protection, and lifestyle benefits)
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