Accounting Director (Agriculture Team)

Job Description

Job title: Accounting Director (Agriculture Team)

Company: Armstrong Watson

Job description: About Armstrong Watson LLP

As an expanding business with 16 offices at present, Armstrong Watson LLP is a leading independent accountancy firm ranked in the top 35 firms of accountants and business advisers.

With approximately 570 colleagues, our people and our culture are at the heart of what we do. We recognise the unique impact our employees have on not only our clients, but also our colleagues and the communities in which we operate in. Our success is dependent on every colleague behaving consistently across all four of our values: Passion, Trust, Honesty and Humanity.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced individual to join us as an Accounting Director, with a focus on Agriculture throughout Cumbria and South West Scotland. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team committed to the growth and sustainability in the ever-evolving agricultural sector and be at the forefront of our mission to offer our clients an unrivalled level of service.

The main responsibilities of this role will include but not be limited to:

• Overseeing the planning and prioritising of all relevant client work ensuring effective departmental workflow
• Overseeing and ensuring establishment of scope and budget for each piece of client work and ensure adequate briefing to team members
• Ensure full agreement of client for work to be undertaken and communicate likely fees prior to commencement to maximise fee recovery
• Owning and managing departmental financial performance. Agree and brief departmental targets, monitor performance and publish monthly results
• Supporting the Accounting team in delivering the required departmental incremental fee
• target via networking, meeting attendance, business pitches and input into marketing
• strategy
• Proactively contacting clients when items of interest or benefit to the client arise therefore
• adding value
• Ensuring adequate contact availability for clients, Armstrong Watson personnel and
• external organisations with self and team members as appropriate
• Provide expert business advisory services encompassing accounts, tax, and broader industry considerations
• Stay abreast of industry trends and regulations to ensure proactive advisory support.
• Providing input into the recruitment of ‘the very best’ people for job roles within Accounting as required
• Ensuring the defining and the agreement of formal objectives for all direct reports

The Candidate

In order to fulfil the role, we expect a candidate to be / have:

• Experience within the Agricultural sector or have a genuine passion for the industry
• Either ACA or ACCA qualified
• Experienced in providing advice to clients and colleagues and ensure all advice which is given is accurate technically (appropriate and clear)
• Focused on the development and implementation of plans to ensure the firm is ‘prepared’ for future technical or legislative developments
• Able to complete required CPD records and ensure this remains up-to-date
• Able to make decisions courageously and confidently often where outcomes may be unpopular or uncharted
• Experienced in managing the performance and development of reports and be able to inspire them to achieve their career ambitions
• Determined to drive the firm forward and be able to build strong (both prospect and current client) relationships

Please note that we will not be accepting candidate submissions from agency suppliers in connection with this position at present.

The Benefits

In return for your hard work helping us shape our future growth and development; we will provide a competitive salary and a positive benefits package which includes:

• 3.1% Employer Contribution Pension Scheme including Life Cover and Income Protection
• Enhanced Annual Leave which will increase throughout your length of service and option an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional days annual leave each year
• Flexible & Smart Working – giving you the ability to balance home-working, office location etc.
• Life Cover of 4x your salary
• Health Shield Cash Plan (provides cash back on a range of Health benefits and discounts on fashion, entertainment, holidays etc)
• Employee Assistance Programme (confidential support for emotional wellbeing)
• Detailed and thorough on-the-job training

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from an award winning employer, you will be given the utmost encouragement and support to develop your career further.

When you’re with us… we’re with you.

Expected salary:

Location: Carlisle

Job date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:59:40 GMT

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