Accounting Manager

Downey Osborne is seeking an Accounting Manager to join a leading business advisory setting. This is a hands-on role where you’ll lead complex accounting work across diverse portfolios, with autonomy, variety, and the opportunity to shape the development of junior colleagues.

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What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid working
• Modern, collaborative, and supportive team culture
• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare coverage

About You

• ACA or ACCA qualified (or international equivalent)
• Strong technical accounting skills with ability to work from first principles
• Around 3 years post-qualification experience
• Confident preparing and reviewing detailed financial statements and management accounts
• Experienced in supervising, coaching, and developing junior team members
• Skilled across multiple accounting processes, reconciliations, and reporting
• Highly professional, adaptable, and effective in a hybrid working environment
• Solid working knowledge of local and international accounting standards (UK GAAP/US GAAP/IFRS)

About Your Role

Always

• Lead preparation and review of management accounts and detailed financial statements across multiple portfolios
• Provide meaningful insight and variance analysis to guide decision-making
• Ensure accounting compliance, financial controls, and reporting standards are consistently applied
• Mentor and support junior colleagues, acting as a senior presence across assignments

Often

• Oversee day-to-day bookkeeping, reconciliations, and client-focused accounting tasks
• Participate in temporary assignments or secondments as required
• Contribute xwzovoh to process improvement, technology adoption, and risk management initiatives
• Maintain budgets, forecasts, and financial models
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders as needed

Occasionally

• Assist with special projects, operational initiatives, or system rollouts
• Advise on proposals, accounting compliance, or workflow enhancements
• Support team development and resourcing decisions

Never

• Lose sight of the story behind the numbers
• Challenge a spreadsheet to a staring contest