Client Manager – Accountancy Practice
📍 Location: Exeter
💰 Salary: DOE / Competitive
🕓 Hours: Full-time
The Opportunity
A forward-thinking and growing accountancy practice is seeking an experienced Client Manager to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual with solid practice experience who’s ready to take the next step in managing a diverse portfolio of clients.
You’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality client service, supporting a range of SMEs, sole traders, and limited companies, while helping to develop and mentor junior members of the team.
Key Responsibilities
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Managing a varied portfolio of clients, ensuring deadlines and compliance requirements are met
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Reviewing year-end accounts, VAT returns, and management accounts prepared by junior staff
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Overseeing corporation tax and personal tax compliance for clients
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Acting as the main point of contact for clients, offering proactive business and financial advice
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Supporting and mentoring junior members of the accounts team
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Building and maintaining strong client relationships
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Supporting business development and contributing to the firm’s continued growth
About You
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ACA / ACCA Qualified (or QBE with strong practice background)
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Proven experience working in an accountancy practice, ideally in a supervisory or client management role
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Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
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Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards, VAT, and tax
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Able to manage workloads, meet deadlines, and lead a small team effectively
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Proficient in accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, or IRIS
If this sounds like the kind of opportunity you’d be interested in, please do get in touch - I’d be happy to share more details.