PwC’s Accounting Services (AS) team is a leading market focused business, providing corporate accounting services to national and multinational corporations, with a focus on helping them to remain compliant and providing insights to their operations.

The services provided by AS are high quality, process / cost efficient and relationship based. They are delivered by a technically proficient, innovative, commercially focused and agile national team. AS are a team that respects and values each other, and has a strong reputation and profile.

As part of PwC, the largest global accounting firm, AS offers a challenging and exciting career path.

AS have a varied and prestigious client base and work with various specialists in their own field which, combined with the importance placed on continuous technical training and personal development, provides an excellent opportunity for career development.

What your days will look like:

The AS team is looking for a qualified ACA / ACCA Senior Manager, with wide-ranging accounting / finance experience gained working within practice, to join the team.

AS provides outsourced accounting services, along with advisory services, and delivers accounting projects, ranging from one-person secondments to large and complex assignments, for our clients

Outsourced Accounting Services include:

• the preparation of statutory financial statements (SFS)

• bookkeeping and preparation of periodic management accounts

• Managing and controlling the preparation of local SFS for cross border clients

Advisory services include advising clients on:

• statutory accounting compliance requirements

• Improvements to the SFS cycle i.e. the production, audit and filing of SFS

• providing skilled accountants on secondment where clients have a temporary need for additional resources.

Accounting projects includes:

• Investigating, data gathering and analysing to ensure the accuracy and robustness of the statutory financial statements, usually for multi-national and multi entity organisations

• Preparation of compliance data to present to auditors as part of the year end compliance process

• Managing the delivery of the statutory compliance process for multi-entity, global organisations (i.e. the production, audit and filing of SFS)

An AS Senior Manager requires the ability to manage a portfolio of clients and manage a team to deliver a large and complex accounting and finance projects.

The role is for you if:

• You possess an accounting professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ATT, CTA,CA, ACCA (or an international equivalent)

• Strong accounting skills and technical knowledge on financial reporting matters including the ability to work from first principles.

• Very good working knowledge of UK GAAP / IFRS and awareness of US GAAP.

• IT literate, ideally with some experience of accounting packages and very good excel spreadsheet skills.

• Highly professional attitude to leading a quality service on challenging assignments in a deadline driven environment, demonstrating flexibility in changing client environments.

• Self motivated with strong communication skills (written and oral).

• Strong supervisory skills and ability to develop and coach staff, working in a team environment.

• Able to manage teams to deliver large and complex finance and accounting projects.

What you'll receive from us:

 No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions. 

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.