Senior Accounts Manager/Associate Director in Preston - Clarify Consultancy Ltd

Our client, a national Accountancy Practice, is looking to recruit a proactive, dedicated and ambitious Senior Accounts Manager with the drive and expertise to help modernise systems, shape strategy and grow business.

Working closely with Directors and Partners to set a clear direction for the practice.

Duties to include:

• Guide and grow your team, creating a culture of high standards, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Help adopt smarter, more efficient ways of working. There is real scope here for someone who enjoys making change happen and isn’t afraid to challenge “how things have always been done.”
• Deliver excellent service across audit, accounts, and advisory work. Build lasting client relationships, identify opportunities to add value, and ensure we remain a trusted advisor to clients.
• Spot commercial opportunities, develop new business, and expand what we offer to existing clients. You’ll play a key role in driving profitable growth for the practice.
• Work with the management team on practice-wide priorities, whether that’s preparing for growth, improving our processes, or developing new service lines.
• Embrace and lead change, bringing the team along and helping everyone adapt to new systems, technologies, and ways of working.

As a successful candidate ideally, you will be ACA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with strong post-qualification experience in practice.

Experience leading teams, managing people, and comfortable developing others to reach their potential would be desirable as would an understanding of what makes a practice profitable and can spot growth opportunities, both with existing clients and in the market. An infinity for new technology, and experience leveraging digital tools, AI, or automation in practice would also be beneficial.

In return the company offers a strong salary, performance-based bonus, private healthcare, pension, life assurance, employee benefits scheme, and 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays with the option of flexible Hybrid working with excellent scope for career progression.