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Permanent Milton Keynes Area
REF: -420860608 Salary: £c60K - 65K
General Practice Manager – Potential Succession Opportunity
Milton Keynes Area
£60,000–£65,000, potentially higher for the right person
Are you an experienced practice accountant looking for more influence, autonomy, and the opportunity to help shape the future of a well-established independent accountancy firm?
The firm primarily advises owner-managed businesses, including sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies. Its clients value the accessible, straightforward, and commercially practical support they receive, and many have worked with the practice for a considerable number of years.
The owners are now looking for a forward-thinking General Practice Manager who can take responsibility for managing client relationships, supporting the team, and helping the practice continue to develop.
This is not an audit position. It is a broad general practice role offering genuine involvement across accounts, taxation, business advice, and practice management.
The role
The position can be shaped to suit the experience and longer-term ambitions of the person appointed.
- Managing a varied portfolio of sole traders, partnerships, and owner-managed limited companies
- Reviewing accounts and tax work prepared by members of the team
- Acting as a senior point of contact for clients and providing practical advice throughout the year
- Overseeing workflow, deadlines, and the allocation of work within a small team
- Supporting, developing, and reviewing more junior colleagues
- Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes, and the service offered to clients
- Advising clients on business performance, taxation, and their wider financial affairs
- Working closely with the owners on the continued development and future direction of the practice
- Gradually assuming greater responsibility for the day-to-day management of the firm
Two possible career paths
The owners recognize that not every experienced manager wants to become a practice owner. They are therefore open to considering somebody who would like to build a rewarding, long-term career as a senior manager without progressing into ownership.
However, for someone with the appropriate ambition and commercial outlook, there may also be a genuine opportunity to become part of the firm’s longer-term succession plans. This could potentially lead to a phased buy-in and eventual ownership, subject to mutual suitability and terms being agreed.
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There is no predetermined expectation that the successful person must choose either route from the outset. The immediate priority is to find somebody who can make a meaningful contribution to the practice and build trusted relationships with its clients and team.
The person
- ACA or ACCA qualified
- Currently working at Manager, Senior Manager, or an experienced Client Manager level within UK public practice
- Experienced in managing a portfolio of owner-managed business clients
- Technically confident across accounts preparation and taxation
- Comfortable reviewing work and supporting the development of other team members
- Commercially aware and able to offer clients advice beyond straightforward compliance
- Interested in technology and ways of improving efficiency and client service
- Approachable, down-to-earth, and able to communicate effectively with business owners
- Comfortable working within a small practice where people contribute beyond narrowly defined job descriptions
No audit experience is required, and the role would particularly suit somebody whose background is firmly rooted in general practice and owner-managed businesses.
Why consider it?
This opportunity offers something that can be difficult to find within a larger practice:
- A senior and influential position within a well-established independent firm
- Direct involvement in decisions affecting the development of the practice
- Long-standing client relationships and varied owner-managed business work
- The autonomy to introduce ideas and improve how the practice operates
- A role that can be shaped around the successful person’s strengths and ambitions
- The choice of a long-term management career or the potential to explore future ownership
- A salary in the region of £60,000–£65,000, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate
This is not simply a position for somebody to maintain the status quo. The owners want to meet an individual who respects what has already been built but also brings the energy, ideas, and judgement to help take the practice forward.
A confidential initial discussion can be arranged before any personal details are shared with the firm.
Important Information
Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. This firm is unable to provide visa sponsorship.
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