Total 217 Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in City of Bristol, BS1 5TR

Role Summary: We are seeking an experienced and proactive Program Manager to lead our Quarterly Investment Reporting (QIR) program. In this pivotal role, you will ensure effective project governance and facilitate communication between key stakeholders while managing development resources based in Helsinki and Poland.

Key Responsibilities:Main Stakeholders:

• Work alongside the Performance Monitoring Team
• Engage with Financial Controllers for Fund Accounting

Team Management:

• Oversee development resources across both onshore and offshore teams
• Guide a Business Analyst (BA) to ensure project alignment and effective communication

Project Governance:

• Regularly report to and engage with steering committees
• Create and manage comprehensive project reports and plans

Workstreams:
You will be responsible for two main workstreams:

• Back End Development
• Front End Development

Candidate Profile:Attributes:

• Proactive mindset with strong stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple moving parts effectively
• Experience working collaboratively with developers; while a technical background is not required, you should have sufficient knowledge to engage with them effectively

Experience:

• Familiarity with QIR or similar client reporting initiatives
• Experience with low code/no code automation is preferred
• Private Equity (PE) experience is advantageous
• Essential: Fund accounting experience

Project Timeline and Details:

• Current Project:
  Focused on enhancing our Quarterly Investment Reporting (QIR) efforts
• Systems Used:
  In-house built system utilizing the Neptune automation tool
• Current Phase:
  Data reconciliation for Fund Accounting

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid working arrangement: 3 days a week in our London office

Compensation:

• Rate: £800 per day inside IR35 via umbrella
• Duration: Initial 6 months

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV

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Your new firm
This longstanding accountancy and business advisory firm, with a large national presence is seeking to appoint a Senior Audit Manager to join their already large and established audit team based in Manchester City Centre. This Senior Audit Manager job within the not-for-profit team is vacant due to an extended period of company growth, as well as succession plans within the firm. This presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual to take their career to the next level, working alongside and reporting to some of the industry's highly renowned Audit Partners. Overall, this is a fantastic choice for an experienced Senior Audit Manager who is looking to continue to work in the not-for-profit space, with a portfolio ready to be handed over from day 1, at a firm that truly values its workforce, making your career a priority and ensuring you develop as an audit professional.
Your new role
As a Senior Audit Manager in the not-for-profit team, you will be responsible for:

• Managing an already large portfolio of not-for-profit clients, with an opportunity for that portfolio to continue to expand in time.
• Get involved in the strategic planning of your team as well as the wider audit business, where you will be encouraged to bring your ideas to the table.
• Pitching for work, and getting involved in business development and networking opportunities.
• You will lead the planning and decision-making of the engagements within your portfolio.
• Managing a portfolio, you will ensure you are building solid client relationships, as well as looking at opportunities to add value with other services areas from across the firm. Therefore, collaboration across the firm's departments will be vital to your individual role and the firm's development.
• Looking at ways to improve audit efficiencies, and improve internal processes at all times.
• Reviewing your team's work, giving constructive feedback where appropriate.
• Coaching and training will be an important part of your role, to ensure the development of the trainees within your own direct team and the wider audit division.
• Working closely with the Audit Directors and Partners, you will receive continuous support throughout your role and will be part of the team's wider succession plans.

What you'll need to succeed
This firm is looking to appoint a Senior Audit Manager who demonstrates the following:

• A desire to specialise in a portfolio that is wholly not-for-profit. You may already have a mixed portfolio with some NFP experience, or delivering on a specialised portfolio already.
• Looking to excel in your career - there will be a progression pathway ahead of you from day 1.
• You must display leadership qualities, and have excellent interpersonal skills in order to develop both internal and external relationships.
• You must have strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills to complete reviews, ensuring you adhere to financial regulations and standards.
• You must display a strong commitment to providing professional excellence to help you to build strong client relationships.
• You will be ACA/ ACCA qualified.
• The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and expand upon their own skills as an audit professional, as there will be plenty of opportunity to develop both soft and technical skills throughout your journey with this accountancy firm.

What you'll get in return
This Manchester-based senior audit manager job is an excellent opportunity to join an already large and established audit team, within a growing accountancy firm that will give you exposure to a fantastic portfolio of clients in the not-for-profit industry, whilst working in a people-positive environment. You will have a career pathway laid out in front of you from day 1. You will work with a supportive network Directors and Partners who are willing you to succeed and are invested in your career development. Additionally, this firm will offer you a competitive salary that is reflective of your experience and qualifications, which includes a healthy holiday package, as well as an array of schemes and internal benefits, focusing on flexibility and health, with an excellent hybrid working policy that will prioritise your work-life balance.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Your new role
The Hays senior finance team in Bristol are looking for qualified, technically strong accountants for a year-end & audit support project role in Bristol. This would require up to 3 candidates who could start relatively quickly & commit to working for the rest of this calendar year at least.
The interview process would be a 1 stage process via teams & then you would be likely to start relatively soon afterwards, so we need to speak with candidates who can be available at short notice.


We are looking to speak with accountants who are fully qualified & experienced in audit / financial statements, ideally for large multinational businesses & you need to have experience using/ working with IFRS.

• This project role is OUTSIDE IR35 and paid weekly
• You will need to be able to prepare notes and disclosures for group accounts.
• Be able to support ad hoc audit queries or year-end preparation needs
• Ability to stay on top of deliverables and intervening to resolve impasses.
• Be able to work on a hybrid basis in the Bristol area
• Experience working with large, multinational companies is essential.
• Experience of using IFRS is essential.

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or reach out to Charles Maidment from the Hays Bristol senior finance team.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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This role will primarily support management of day to day operational activities within the global month-end and journals team. This role will support the manager in executing operating plans such as putting controls in place to ensure quality and timeliness of output, reporting gaps and recommending process improvements for more efficient service delivery.  The role will involve day to day management of the team to ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, policies, and procedures.

• Evaluate frequency of ad hoc reports and raise change requests as needed
• Act as the first level interviewer for team member hiring
• Authorize overtime and approves team members’ submitted timesheets[TD1] 
• Review and approve reconciliations performed by the R2A team members based on the Global Process Maps

• Identify and analyze complex issues and recommend solutions or alternatives.
• Act as first level escalation point for questions and issue resolutions ensuring issues are addressed on a timely manner Responsible for escalating the issues further as and when necessary.
• Provide regular performance and operational progress reports to managers to ensure issues are being flagged on a timely manner and ensures performance/operational gaps are addressed.
• Responsible for the implementation of team’s business continuity plan.
• Recommends resource planning solutions for changing resource loading and work volumes.
• Sets performance and behavioral expectations.  Conducts regular review, provide feedback and coaching, and other developmental, training and learning opportunity plans to ensure the success of the individuals within the team. Lead short term projects and supports medium to long term projects and contribute to long term initiatives planning.  
• Develop strong stakeholder relationship by ensuring escalations are managed effectively and proactively and elevating it further as and when necessary.
• Ensure team compliance to and delivery of service level agreements, policies and procedures as a agreed with the Manager.