Business Services & Outsourcing Assistant Manager 2

at  Cooper Parry

About the role…:
Are you a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) looking for your next challenge? Do you love finding solutions to clients problems and adding value to their business? We have an exciting new role within our growing Outsourced Business Services team that could be your perfect fit.
Day to day you’ll be working with our entrepreneurial, owner-managed businesses one of the largest entrepreneurial client base in the South East, spread across every sector, making a genuine impact on their success.

We offer an end-to-end process to our clients, acting as a fully outsourced finance team for some, whist taking the pain out of their compliance needs for others. This role has a focus on working with our owner managed business clients. Specifically:

• Working with entrepreneurial businesses across a range of industries, dealing with client’s outsourcing requirements including statutory accounts, management reporting and VAT returns.
• Supporting on various projects
• Supporting more junior members of the with daily development and coaching of the team
• Project managing a slick and efficient process from start to finish, keeping both the client and various internal teams happy, including working capital management

By joining us you will be working with a team and company that inspires you and be given an active opportunity to shape the future of our company and encouraged to be innovative.

About you…:

• You will ideally be ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualified, although we would consider applications from nearly qualified individuals. But above all, you will need to be passionate about client experience, constantly looking for ways to add more value to our clients. Ideally, you will have:
• Excellent project management and time management skills, to project manage client work to precise deadlines
• Have experience working in a practice environment, with exposure to management accounts, statutory accounts and VAT return preparation
• Experience using a range of accounting software, notably Xero, Sage or QBO
• Ability to build strong client relationships and deliver an outstanding client experience
• Ability to coach more junior team members and delegate effectively when needed
• Umpf! A genuine passion and drive for “getting stuff done”, someone with excellent project management and communications skills
• Have a “play all in” team spirit to support the wider department, with the ability to coach more junior team members and delegate effectively when needed
• Have a hunger for continuous improvement and a curiosity for finding the best way of doing things!

About us…:
We’re a straight-talking, next-gen Accountancy firm, who put people and relationships before products and services. This is what’s made us the fastest growing firm of accountants in the UK… and our vision is to continue.

Over the last couple years alone, we have:

• Achieved 6 awards at the Inspiring Workplaces – Best in Class for Wellbeing, Employee Voice, Culture & Purpose and Employee Experience, as well as Best Company/Most Inspiring Place to Work For - No.1 in Large Companies category and No.3 in Top 50 overall list
• Became B Corp certified! Measuring and improving our impact beyond business for a brighter tomorrow
• Awarded Best Companies No.1 Accountancy Firm to work for in the UK & No.30 Best Large Company to work for 2023

• Working with entrepreneurial businesses across a range of industries, dealing with client’s outsourcing requirements including statutory accounts, management reporting and VAT returns.
• Supporting on various projects
• Supporting more junior members of the with daily development and coaching of the team
• Project managing a slick and efficient process from start to finish, keeping both the client and various internal teams happy, including working capital managemen