Rural Accounting Practice Manager – Chelmsford

Accounting & Finance
January 7, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Rural Accounting Practice Manager – Chelmsford

Company: BNP Paribas

Job description: The Role

The client accounting team at Strutt and Parker provide a wide range of bookkeeping and accountancy services to clients of the firm. Specialising in business in the Rural, Land and Property sector.

We are looking for a strong leader who wants to have a positive impact and to head up the team of 20, based in our Chelmsford office.

As the Rural Accounting Practice Manager you will be responsible for:

  • Ensuring the team delivers a high quality, high standard bookkeeping, and accountancy service to our clients
  • Provide solutions to client servicing requirements
  • Client quotations and pitches for new work
  • Monitor and maintain compliance within the team
  • Act as final resolution point for all queries
  • People and team development
  • Authorisation of all supplier payments
  • Completing review of annual accounts files
  • Ensure all department heads and their teams are meeting agreed timetables and objectives
  • Training the team & colleagues across the business

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • To hold a relevant professional accountancy membership (ACCA / ACA / CIMA)
  • People and team management experience
  • To have an appetite for and experience of change management

The ideal candidate will likely have:

  • Practice experience
  • Client management experience
  • Knowledge of the Rural or property sector
  • Knowledge of VAT rules applied to land and property businesses
  • Change management experience
  • Be confident in delivering staff training

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

  • Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work
  • Financial: Pension, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection, long term disability insurance, interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

BNP Paribas Real Estate is proud to be an inclusive employer, as recognised by our RICS Inclusive Employer status and membership to Stonewalls Diversity Champion Programme.

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Expected salary:

Location: Essex

Job date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:56:52 GMT

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