Manager - UK Accounting - CA

Talent Formula is a consulting firm that offers outsourced financial and accounting talent to Chartered Accounting firms worldwide. We are currently looking for Talented UK Accounting Manager.

Overview of Client

PKF is the 11th largest accountancy brand and the 9th largest audit practice in the UK. We are also an active member of PKF International, a global network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.

Business Services Outsourcing Team

Our Outsourcing team helps our clients to better run their finance functions. We provide scalable and flexible solutions to fit clients' needs and ensure they are compliant with changing accounting and tax legislation. Businesses of all sizes in many different industries rely on PKF Littlejohn to manage their finance, payroll, and company secretarial needs. We provide as much or as little as required to complement or run a fully outsourced solution.

Duties and responsibilities Portfolio

- Independently control of a portfolio of clients, ensuring all reporting & payment deadlines are met.

- Full review of management accounts, reports and VAT returns, ensuring technical accuracy and that any anomalies are resolved before submission to the client.

- Full review of statutory financial statements and supporting work paper files, ensuring technical accuracy and that any anomalies are resolved before submission to the client.

- Coordination of the submission of VAT returns and any necessary payment. Liaising with local service providers, ensuring all foreign compliance returns are filed in a timely manner, as needed.

- Liaising and responding effectively to reporting or ad hoc technical queries from clients whether by email or telephone.

The review of payment runs and online BACs payment submissions.

Staff supervision and control of work

- Regular review and scheduling of work plans for staff to ensure resources are fully and efficiently utilized.

- Delegate down responsibilities to Accounts Assistants and Financial Administrators

- Supervision of Accounts Assistants and Financial Administrators, ensuring that they are completing their work correctly, providing guidance and training where necessary.

- Complete regular appraisal documents and attend feedback/coaching sessions for staff in order to continue developing the skillsets in the team.

- Identify and, where appropriate, implement enhancements to the existing compliance/processing routines, and control systems to improve efficiencies..

- Communicate proactively and effectively with clients and relevant team members.

Technical skills

- Review work of Accounts Assistants and Financial Administrators, identifying issues and errors proactively. Resolve these independently with the client and team. Understand clients business to ensure accounts produced are in line with expectations and accurate.

- Review of specialized / ad hoc reports for clients if when required. E.g. budgets, cash flow statements

- Comprehensive knowledge of UK GAAP accounting standards - including FRS 102, FRS 102 Section 1a and FRS 105

- Thorough understanding of comprehensive VAT reporting requirements Making Tax Digital, imports, purchase & sale of EC goods & services

- Basic understanding of other UK tax reporting requirements. E.g. corporation tax, p11d, s.455 tax etc.

- Keep up to date with technical developments affecting work. Carry out proactive research (tax & financial reporting related)

- Enhance and develop variety of accounting software skills to ensure knowledge with accounting packages on the market and benefits/differences of each is kept up to date.

Skills and Qualifications

- CA Qualified mandatory, ideally ACCA qualified also.

- Extensive experience with UK Accounting

- Previous experience working within an accountancy practice firm in a similar role is required.

- Experience of managing teams who are performing UK accounting activities.

- Fluent and professional English communication

- Detailed Software knowledge and experience with Xero (mandatory), and ideally also Sage, QuickBooks, Dext and Caseware preferably.

How to apply?

To be considered for this role, you must complete 3 steps:

1. Apply to this job on Naukri and upload your resume

2. Complete the Skills Tests for this role. You must follow the link below and complete the testing assessments. The first assessment is a Skills Test, to assess your technical ability and numerical reasoning.

3. Complete the Psychometric Test for this role

If you successfully clear the Skills Test, you will be redirected to a Psychometric Test to assess how you think and make decisions.

To complete these tests, you must go to

https://es.peoplogicaskills.com/es/quiz?testId=8b3118e550acefad and complete the assessments.

If you do not complete the assessments then you will not be considered for the role.

Note: This is an Office Based role