Savannah Search Ltd
Senior Accountant
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Senior Accountant – Accountancy Practice
Ilkley, West Yorkshire | Newly Backed, Fast-Growing Nationwide Firm
Our client is a UK-wide accountancy practice entering an exciting new chapter — newly rebranded and backed by significant investment, building a nationwide presence that combines the resources of a national firm with the warmth of genuinely personal service. Their Ilkley office serves an important, well-established catchment area, and they're looking for an experienced Client Manager to help lead it.
This is a genuinely client-facing role. You'll own a significant portfolio of clients as their primary point of contact, reviewing year-end accounts and tax work, providing commercially-minded advice, and playing a key leadership role — mentoring the team and helping shape how the office runs day to day.
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What you'll be doing:
- Acting as the primary contact for your own client portfolio, building long-term relationships
- Reviewing accounts, tax returns, and technical work prepared by the team
- Providing proactive, commercially-minded advice on tax, accounts, and business performance
- Leading, mentoring, and developing accounting staff
- Supporting business development, including meeting prospective clients
What they're looking for:
- Minimum 8+ years' experience gained within an accountancy practice
- Strong knowledge of year-end accounts and tax
- ACA/ACCA qualified, or qualified by experience — genuinely open on this
- Confidence building and managing client relationships
- Previous team leadership or supervisory experience
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Great accountants come from all sorts of backgrounds — if you've built your expertise through experience rather than exams and can demonstrate the technical knowledge and client skills required, you'd be a great fit.
They're genuinely flexible on how this role works — hours, working pattern, whatever helps secure the right person — because finding the right fit matters more than filling a seat. In return: real autonomy, a clear path to progress within a growing, well-backed practice, and the chance to help shape an office as it scales.
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