Head of Accounting Services

5 months ago

Luton, United Kingdom Moore Insight Full time

Are you based near Luton and looking for an exciting new senior finance role? Can you use your breadth of finance and accounting abilities to support our clients? Do you love variety, being busy and leading a fabulous small team in a client facing role? We have a full time, permanent Head of Accounting Services vacancy and we'd love to hear from you We are a professional services firm and we specialise in outsourced accounting support, executive administration, company secretarial duties and event management. Our clients are trade and professional associations, academic societies, charities and other not for profit membership organisations. This is role is a hybrid role based between Luton / remote each week.

Key to this role will be overseeing a full client portfolio of accounts supporting to provide an excellent accounting service, quality control, data integrity and reporting for our valued membership and Charity clients.

**What will I be doing in this role?**
- Oversee a portfolio of client accounts from a QA perspective and provide support where needed in processing accounts payable, accounts receivable and bank transactions, reconciling VAT and other balance sheet accounts.
- Effective leadership in coaching and developing the small team and understand training requirements to build resilience and capability.
- Review, streamline and automate finance activities within the team including processes and systems, and make recommendations to improve efficiency, focusing on internal controls relating to financial policies and procedures.
- Leading on the preparation of financial reports and management accounts for strategic client accounts
- Lead on strategic commercial objectives to develop and grow client base and set results focused KPI’s and metrics to measure success.

**What skills and experience should I be able to demonstrate?**
- Ideally a fully qualified accountant with professional membership (CIMA / ACCA)
- Practical and comprehensive experience of accounting software, particularly SAGE, QuickBooks or Xero
- Previous experience of working with a number of clients in a client facing role or managing a portfolio of client accounts
- Able to analyse and interpret financial data in order to manage the financial health of the clients and able to analyse data quickly and accurately and present clear reports
- Demonstrate a depth of knowledge in accounting principles, financial analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, and tax regulations.
- An understanding of the importance of governance, audit and compliance
- Extensive senior level finance experience in a finance function performing a broad range of technical accounting activities
- Able to demonstrate ideas for process improvements, increased efficiency and smarter ways of working across the client base to ensure effective resource utilisation
- Focuses on providing an outstanding service to our clients and understand they are our priority
- Possesses leadership and people management experience in developing a high performing and engaged team
- Strong professional ethics, with an ability to manage confidential and sensitive data

**What else would attract me to this role?**
- We are certified as a Great Place to Work through the outstanding feedback from our employees
- A positive work / life balance - Flexible and Hybrid working
- A sense of belonging, a shared vision and values that highlights our purpose and mission
- A passion for people and keeping our team and our clients at the heart of our business
- Autonomy, opportunity for growth and ongoing Professional Development
- Ongoing commitment to green initiatives
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives
- Embracing diversity and inclusion to work in a collaborative and supportive environment that respects and values all team members in their contributions

Full job spec on request. You must be eligible to work in the UK on a permanent basis and be able to regularly travel to the Luton office each week as well as working remotely. Closing Date 22nd September.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you a qualified Accountant?

**Experience**:

- Accounting software: 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Luton

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