The role Education and experience

Job specification

Manager (Accounts) ? Inverness

The role

To become part of the team providing a wide range of audit, accounting and advisory services to our clients. We are able to offer varied and interesting work involving client contact with the people who make the decisions.

An Accounts Manager in the Inverness office will have responsibility for managing a wide portfolio of clients that operate in a range of sectors, reporting directly to the Partners and Senior Managers. The position would involve accounts preparation work, as well as one-off assignments and special work, as required. Responsibilities will include:

yy Managing the accounts preparation process

yy Managing and monitoring progress of work and budgets

yy Ensuring all work is delivered on time and to a high standard

yy Supervising and coaching qualified staff and trainees

yy Liaison with tax team

yy Opportunities to work on special assignments and projects

Education and experience

Applicants should be CA/ACA/ACCA qualified with a good exam record and likely to have at least 2 year's post qualification experience. The successful candidate is likely to have either an accounts or general practice background with a focus on private and corporate work. An excellent understanding of FRS 102 is essential, and IFRS an advantage. Systems used are Excel, Word, CCH Accounts Production and CCH Audit Automation.

The Department

Our Audit and Accounts team in Inverness, one of the fastest growing cities in the UK, advises a wide range of private and commercial businesses, not-for-profit organizations and charities across the Highlands & Islands. Our commercial client base ranges from large multi-national companies to small and medium sized family businesses, many of which are owned by wealthy individuals. Our Inverness office currently comprises 5 Partners and 40 members of staff. We aim to provide outstanding client service tailored to our clients specific needs.

We provide regular technical training and soft skills development to help support your development and progression.

The individual

The position will require a strong level of ability, commitment and flexibility. Candidates should be selfmotivated, display a positive approach to work and have the ability to get things done. In addition, they should possess the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements.

Role reports to

Reporting will be to the partners and senior managers.

Salary/benefits

yy We are able to offer a dynamic and varied workload

yy Competitive salary depending upon experience

yy Salary review annually in October

yy Six month probationary period

yy Eligibility for assistant managers/managers' bonus scheme

yy Group Personal Pension Scheme: under the requirements of pension auto-enrolment you will be automatically enrolled into the Group Personal Pension scheme (4% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution).

yy Company car on a salary sacrifice basis

yy Eligibility for the firm's private medical insurance scheme upon completion of probationary period



Job specification

Manager (Accounts) ? Inverness

yy 25 days annual leave. In addition, under the flexible benefits programme, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday a year, subject to partner approval.

yy Life assurance cover of three times salary.

yy Eligibility for the firm's Profit Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm.

yy Interest free season ticket loan on completion of probationary period.

yy Access to a number of other benefits with preferential rates under the flexible benefits programme, which include; health screening/GP support, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme and private medical insurance.

The organisation

Saffery Champness is one of the UK's top 20 accountancy practices with a network of nine offices in the UK plus offices in Dubai, Guernsey, Dublin, Geneva and Zurich. The firm is independent, but maintains a network of affiliate firms in over 100 countries across the globe via membership of Nexia International.

With over 80 UK partners and more than 600 employees, we are recognised as one of the UK's leading firms of private client advisers, specialising in providing advice to a broad range of individuals, their families, businesses and wider interests. The sectors in which we operate include: private wealth; owner-managed businesses; landed estates and rural businesses; sports and entertainment; not-forprofit organisations; corporate finance and professional firms and consulting businesses.

Our style is personal and we value our strong client relationships and genuinely partner-led service. Staff and partners alike demonstrate our shared values of Excellence and Integrity in all that we do and being Enthusiastic and Collegiate in the way that we do it. Providing excellent training and development opportunities for staff is an important part of what we do, as our long-standing Investors in People accreditation demonstrates. We are also very proud to have been named as one of `Britain's Top Employers' for every consecutive year since 2004.



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