Audit & Accounts Manager - #2194358

REED Practice are actively working in partnership with a new Practice Client based in Bournemouth and recruiting an Audit & Accounts Manager due to growth of the firm. This is a flexible working opportunity with options to work from home (with the home office based in Bournemouth)

Role - Audit * Accounts Manager
Location: Bournemouth office / Fully remote
Salary: £50,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Core Responsibilities

• Lead audits from planning through to completion.
• Review audit files, statutory accounts and corporation tax computations.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 100 clients.
• Provide proactive business and accounting advice to clients.
• Develop and mentor junior team members.
• Manage WIP, utilisation, budgets and billing.
• Work closely with the Practice Principal and wider Charlton Baker Group.
• Drive audit quality and continuous improvement.

Essential Requirements

• ACA/ICAEW or ACCA qualified.
• Significant post-qualification experience within public practice.
• Strong audit management experience.
• Experience preparing and reviewing statutory accounts.
• Corporation tax knowledge.
• Client portfolio management experience.
• Previous staff supervision, coaching and delegation experience.
• Strong commercial awareness of SME businesses.
• Comfortable working independently within a remote environment.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Technically strong in audit and accounts.
• A confident client-facing adviser.
• Experienced managing multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Commercially minded and relationship-focused.
• Comfortable leading and developing junior staff.
• Organised, proactive and able to make sound professional judgements.

Benefits

• Fully remote working.
• Established local client base backed by a larger group.
• Leadership-level responsibility.
• Clear progression opportunities.
• Strong people-first culture focused on flexibility and development.

Suitable Backgrounds

Candidates currently working as:

• Audit Manager
• Audit & Accounts Manager
• Client Manager
• Assistant Audit Manager stepping up
• Senior Manager (Audit)
• Practice Manager with audit exposure