Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager

• Annual Salary: £45,000 (depending on experience)
• Location: Maidstone
• Job Type: Full-time

Reed is working with a well-established accountancy practice in Maidstone seeking a dedicated Assistant Manager to support the partner and senior managers with client’s portfolios. This role involves reviewing work undertaken by junior staff, providing training and advice to enhance their skills, and managing a small portfolio of clients which will build over time as the successful candidate grows with the role and in experience.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Assist the partner and senior managers with client portfolio management.
• Review and provide feedback on work undertaken by junior staff, helping to train and improve their skills.
• Manage and expand a small client portfolio, ensuring all accounting and tax affairs are meticulously handled.
• Provide expert advice on tax, accounting, and business matters to clients.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant or part-qualified ACCA or ACA.
• Experience in at least a junior management role, interacting with clients and junior staff, preferably with some client portfolio experience.
• Possession of a driving licence and own car, as client visits and other tasks may require travel.

Benefits:

• Negotiable starting salary with 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays.
• Team quarterly bonus scheme based on the firm’s turnover growth, effective post-probation.
• Free local parking (subject to future changes).
• Office-based role with flexibility in work arrangements.

Future Prospects:

• The successful candidate will have the potential to advance to a senior manager within 2-4 years and possibly even a director/shareholder, contingent upon demonstrating the requisite work ethic and qualities.

If you are looking for a new role which offers brilliant career development and progression within a well-established and ever-growing practice, please submit your CV and we will get in contact as soon as possible.