Agriculture and Property Manager

• Manage a portfolio of clients and drive the delivery of accounting and tax planning solutions
• Build relationships to effectively deliver projects and grow members of the team
• Provide unique, tailored solutions to key rural clients
• Provide exceptional levels of service to clients on a wide variety of areas, on a cost effective & timely basis
• Respond to client queries, and those from third parties (e.g. HMRC) in a timely manner
• Seek to gain experience/ progress role and those of other staff by seeking to take more advanced work from partners and delegating more routine work to others
• Develop knowledge of clients and their businesses as to become their point of contact on day-to-day matters
• Review accounts and tax returns prepared by more junior staff, including corporate and unincorporated clients
• Assist with the management of the Agriculture and Property Department to meet departmental objectives through planning
• Complete staff appraisal forms providing feedback (good and bad) and training as required
• Seek to identify business and tax planning opportunities, VAT issues, NIC issues, business planning points, etc as part of the review process
• Assist partners with specific assignments- e.g. business planning, advisory and tax matters
• Assist partners in controlling WIP within the section by progressing work to completion/ billing point swiftly
• Monitor progress against deadlines and ensuring these are met- e.g. company reporting, P11ds, tax returns, etc
• Ensure work is planned and progressed in an efficient, timely and cost effective manner by liaising with Partners and supervising staff

• ACA, ACCA or CTA Qualification or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 years Accounts and Tax experience within a Practice environment (Essential)
• Experience at manager level within a Practice environment (Desirable)
• Experience with rural business or related services (Desirable)
• In depth knowledge of accounts preparation
• In depth taxation knowledge
• Solid MS Office products knowledge
• Ability to review and complete accounts files quickly and efficiently
• Ability to review and complete personal tax returns quickly and efficiently
• Strong computer literacy
• Strong active communication and listening skills
• Excellent problem resolution skills and ideas generation ability
• Strong marketing, networking and business development skills
• Pro-active management skills, resulting in high performance teams
• Strong presence
• Quickly builds rapport and trust
• Highly confidential
• Resilient and energetic
• Achiever and self-motivated
• Organised
• Creative
• Analytical – quick thinker
• Live within commuting distance of Kettering
• Able to work outside normal hours as required

• Experience at manager level within a Practice environment
• Experience with rural business or related services

competitive salary plus great company benefits