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Financial Reporting Assistant Manager
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Assistant Manager - Accounting and Financial Reporting
Berkshire, Theale
Permanent, Full-Time
We are proud to be working with a boutique accounting and financial reporting firm, who are based near Reading and are on the search for an Accounting & Financial Reporting Assistant Manager.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the technical challenge and variety of work associated with audit, and who is now looking for greater flexibility, a better work-life balance, and an exciting opportunity to help build the future of the fast-growing firm.
Our client's team of specialists solve a wide range of complex problems for their clients across financial reporting, modelling, and financial operations.
Their client base ranges from fast-growing private-equity backed businesses through to listed companies and large multinational groups. What all their clients have in common is a high degree of complexity in their financial world.
The firm works with their clients in a collaborative manner and form an extension of their finance teams when they are under the most pressure.
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About the role:
We are looking for a technically minded, qualified accountant to join the firm's growing team of talented financial reporting and accounting specialists. If successful, you would work on a variety of projects for their diverse and ever-growing client base. These projects range from share-based payment accounting, listed company accounts preparation, consolidation rebuilds, and acquisition accounting.
You would be building sustainable working relationships with clients, whilst supporting the senior engagement team by coaching trainees and leading on the completion of more complex and judgemental client work.
You can expect a lot of autonomy in this role, so the firm looks for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to continuously improve their current ways of working, whilst also supporting their own professional development.
REPORTING TO:
Business Directors
QUALIFICATION:
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
- Strong practical experience with IFRS & UK GAAP reporting frameworks, ideally from a Top 10 or 20 Firm.
- Experience of undertaking client projects from planning to completion.
- A track record of establishing & maintaining meaningful working relationships, both with internal colleagues and external clients.
- Experience of coaching & delegation to more junior members of the team effectively.
- Confidence in challenging yourself & others to complete high-quality technical documentation.
- Experience of writing technical papers & reports, and presenting their results to clients.
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BENEFITS:
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Death in service benefit (4 x salary).
- Employer pension contributions matching the employee contributions up to 6% of basic salary.
- Participation in discretionary bonus scheme.
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