Client Manager

We are looking for an organised and conscientious candidate to complement our successful team. We are looking for longevity of service to enable consistency of contact for our clients. For this role experience in an accountancy practice is vital, actual qualifications are a benefit. The candidate would be involved in the following work:-

Sole Trader and Partnership Accounts
Corporate Accounts and Corporation Tax Returns
Business Taxation
Basic Personal Tax Returns,
Bookkeeping and VAT

We would measure success in this role on a number of things to include:-

Productivity and efficiency, without detriment to service levels.
Ability to add value on jobs, and think “outside the box”, to look for ways to help and improve for the client rather than focusing entirely on finishing the jobs as quickly as possible. This leads on to cross selling our additional services as well.
To work autonomously, meet our standards of accuracy and follow our systems on their own.

Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Place of work: Newton Abbot, Devon
Start Date: A.S.A.P

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Benefits

Pension

A Group Personal Pension Plan is in place and contributions would start after the first three months of employment. The contributions that the Practice will make into the scheme, together with the employee contributions team members are expected to make are detailed in the following table. The right to opt out is available if desired.

Period	Practice % of salary contribution	Your % of salary contribution
01/04/16 onwards	4%	4%

Optional benefit of Salary Sacrifice of Employee Pension Contributions.

Other Benefits

Payment of Subscriptions to Professional Bodies
Group Private Medical Cover Policy – non-contributory by you.
Private Medical cash back schemes, covering Optical (including contact lenses and glasses), Dental, Health Checks and others – non-contributory by you.
Group Income Protection Policy – non-contributory by you.
Death in Service (Life Cover) – non-contributory by you.

Free parking at Newton Abbot Office

Commission on introduction of suitable clients at 15% of the first year and 10% of the second year’s annual recurring fees.
Commission on introduction of suitable employees. £1,500 non senior roles and £3,000 for senior roles.

Flexi Time (with 1.30pm finish on Fridays as part of standard hours).
Two Duvet Fridays per holiday year.
Casual wear everyday.
Free snacks and fruit bowl provided.
Open culture to include regular staff meetings, including involving staff in practice development and achievement of goals.
Social Committee and events with a social fund provided by the Practice.
20 days paid holiday plus all statutory bank holidays
Christmas closure period 24 Dec to 1 Jan, all working days given as extra holiday.
Holiday entitlement increases with length of service.

All benefits subject to Terms and Conditions of employment.

Core Working Hours

February to December: 37 hours per week as follows:

Monday – Thursday 8.30 am – 5.00 pm (30 minute lunch break )
Friday 8.30 am – 1.30 pm (no lunch break).

For the month of January: 40 hours per week as follows:

Monday – Friday 8.30 am – 5.00 pm (30 minute lunch break).

Flexi Time

We offer a system of flexi time as follows:

Staff can work with the time range of 8.00 am to 6.00 pm on any working day in order to accrue flexitime or make up flexi time owing. Accrued flexi-time may be used to flex their hours by starting later or finishing earlier than the core working hours above, subject to the rules stipulated in the Staff Handbook.

Holiday Entitlement

20 working days per annum, increasing by 1 day per complete holiday year of service up to a maximum of 25 days holiday per annum.

In addition staff are entitled to Bank Holidays as holiday entitlement.

The “Holiday Year” commences 1 April.

Christmas Closure

The Practice closes from the 24 December through to 1 January. In addition to the standard holiday entitlement above, staff are given all working days in this period as additional paid holiday. This is normally 4 extra days, sometimes 3.

Duvet Fridays

In addition to the Holiday entitlement the practice will allow you to take two “Duvet Fridays” per holiday year.

These allow you to elect not to come in to work on two Fridays of the holiday year should they chose not to. Duvet Fridays will be valued at 5 hours for the purposes of the Flexi Time system and are subject to conditions as set out in the staff handbook. Duvet Fridays cannot be taken in the month of January.

Probation Period

The position will be subject to a review after an initial probationary period of 6 months.

Transport

Full UK Driving Licence required. Any journeys we ask you to make for us will be reimbursed as detailed in the staff handbook, however for cars it is currently 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles in any tax year, and 25p per mile thereafter.

Qualifications

Essential	Desirable
N/A	Guide part qualified ACCA/ACA/CIOT AAT/ATT QBE

We are not looking for a candidate that wishes to study towards a professional qualification and requires a study support package.

Computer Skills

Essential	Desirable
Microsoft Office literate (Word and Excel will be heavily used) Bookkeeping software (ideally Sage Line 50, Sage Cloud, Xero, Quickbooks) Standard accountancy practice software (e.g. IRIS, Sage, Digita etc)	IRIS

Technical Experience

Essential	Desirable
Proven minimum of 3 years experience in an accountancy practice Sole Trade/Partnership Full Accounts Corporate Accounts Business Tax Computations Corporation Tax Returns Personal Tax Returns general Client base portfolio management	Company Secretarial (minutes, dividends, confirmation statements etc) Personal Tax Returns advanced

General Experience and Personal Attributes

Essential

Previously worked in an accountancy practice.
Ability to clearly and professionally communicate with clients:-
- On the telephone
- Letter writing
- Emails
Ability to work autonomously, prioritise workload and manage deadlines.
Personable – will have client contact.
Sociable.
Organised – We strive for consistency and control to give a professional and proactive service.

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