Job Description

The Role

As an ABAS Manager, you will lead client account preparation, manage teams, ensure compliance with standards, and meeting deadlines. You will handle complex financial matters, maintain client relationships, and provide advisory services. Your role ensures high-quality service delivery and contributes to team and practice growth.

Core Skills

Client Focus o Is able to respond to client queries relating to role with minimal input from others o Demonstrates a clear understanding of clients' business, objectives, challenges and risks sufficient to brief more junior colleagues on assignment and direct work accordingly o Demonstrates a broad understanding of client/customer market and environment and understands the importance of driving new business o Manage flexible working of self and assistants based around client needs and business deadlines o Reviews WIP on a monthly basis to ensure that fees are raised for any work that is completed or at a billable stage and that any doubtful time that may not be recovered is adequately provided, by updating CCH with the required provision o Gain experience of winning new work through input into the preparation of proposals, fee quotes and attending client tenders. Technical Excellence o Committed to developing knowledge in specialist area and actively communicates/feeds back salient areas to team members o Delivers departmental training and development initiatives o Maintains up to date technical knowledge and awareness of wider business advisory opportunities through technical reading and attending in house departmental seminars, to identify potential issues and emerging opportunities in own and other service areas of the business. Commitment o Identifies skills and knowledge gaps in department and actively makes suggestions to resolve o Aware of their unconscious bias and ensures this is appropriately considered throughout the candidate selection and recruitment process. Considers whether candidates fit within the wider Azets values, doesn't solely focus on technical skills o Takes responsibility for actioning departmental development initiatives o Checking on a weekly basis all staff timesheets ensuring work is posted to correct matter and any unusual non chargeable entries challenged o Takes responsibility for the work flow planning of the team o Demonstrates real enthusiasm and motivation at work and engages in team/corporate activities beyond core role o Identifies, agrees, and delivers personally challenging objectives.

Key accountabilities

Attention to Detail o Demonstrates a commitment to developing team members by assigning challenging work ensuring to give support where appropriate and necessary o Empowers team members to think independently o Is able to make rational and informed decisions even if they may appear unpopular o Is able to process constructive feedback and take ownership of their mistakes and performance. Decision Making o Confident in taking decisions within agreed remit o Deals with instances of colleagues failing to adopt core values and respect by either addressing or escalating to senior team members when aware o Suggests solutions to problems rather than waiting for suggestions from senior colleagues o Supporting managers in delegated aspects of team management such as sickness reporting and holiday approvals. Participate in the interview and selection process for new junior hires. Efficiency o Challenges and assesses client fee levels against job recovery trends o Challenges existing approaches and offers alternative suggestions to deliver work more efficiently without compromising of quality of output o Champions new technologies aimed at improving quality and efficiency and takes the lead in departmental implementation of them. Living Our Values o New to Azets: Shows good understanding of our company values, and making good progress towards consistently demonstrating required behaviours o Existing Colleague: Consistently 'lives our values' - demonstrates expected behaviours in line with our company values

Technical Skills

o Hold year end accounts discussion/meeting with client and ability to cross sell where relevant o Can provide meaning full interpretation of working capital ratios such as debtor days o Gather relevant information including detailed understanding of client working capital cycle to prepare 3 way cashflow forecast for projection purposes o Identify basic consolidation adjustments o Able to prepare consolidated accounts o Is able to explain when prior period adjustments are required and identify appropriate course of action o Can review set of projections including cashflow report and apply client knowledge to identify anomalies o Can prepare and document supporting assumptions rationale relating to projections and cashflows o Understand VAT partial exemption/reverse charge entries and ensure these have been posted correctly o Demonstrates ability to draw commercial interpretation from accounts results o Can make suggestions on group loss relief for review o Is able to consider a range of options with respect to remuneration planning and provide advice for review.

Qualifications

Holds an accountancy qualification or qualified by experience (e.g. ACA/ACCA/CA).

Essential Experience

It is expected that the above core and technical skills will have been developed through work experience in an accountancy practice.

Job Reference: AZ04829