Role: Senior Manager – Accounts & Business Advisory
Location: Aberdeen
Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Accounts & Advisory professional to lead a portfolio of clients, overseeing the delivery of high-quality accounts, tax compliance and advisory services. This role combines technical leadership, client relationship management, team development and commercial responsibility within a collaborative and forward-thinking professional services environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a diverse portfolio of accounts and compliance clients, ensuring exceptional service delivery and strong commercial performance.
- Provide technical oversight on complex accounts and tax matters, identifying opportunities to deliver value-added advisory services.
- Build and maintain long-term client relationships, acting as a trusted senior adviser.
- Lead, mentor and develop managers and wider team members through coaching, performance management and career development.
- Oversee quality, risk and regulatory compliance, ensuring work meets professional and legislative standards.
- Manage portfolio performance, including work in progress, budgets, billing, resource planning and profitability.
- Utilise practice management and cloud-based accounting systems to drive efficiency and enhance client service.
Skills & Experience:
- ACA, ACCA or CA qualified (ATT/CTA desirable).
- Significant post-qualification experience in practice, operating at Senior Manager level or above.
- Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102), accounts preparation and tax compliance.
- Proven ability to manage complex client relationships and lead commercial conversations.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong commercial awareness with excellent organisational and communication skills.
Key Outcomes:
- Consistently delivering high-quality accounts and tax work to agreed deadlines.
- Building trusted client relationships that create opportunities for advisory services.
- Developing a motivated, capable team through effective leadership and mentoring.
- Maintaining strong financial control across the client portfolio while ensuring outstanding client service.
Benefits Package:
- KPI-related bonus scheme
- Hybrid working to support work-life balance
- Relocation package available for the right candidate
- Life Assurance – 4x annual salary (up to age 65)
- Electric Car Scheme
- Pension Package
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 33 days’ annual leave including public holidays
- Referral bonus schemes for staff and client referrals
If you’re ready for a new challenge leading and developing a high-performing team, we’d be delighted to hear from you. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, or someone in your network then get in touch!
Interested in finding out more? Give us a call or send us a message:
01224 454 070
ashleyfoget@major-recruitment.com
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