Assistant Manager - Business Performance & Insights

Assistant Manager - Business Performance & Insights | Top 10 Firm | Northern Region All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description. Are you an ACA-qualified accounting professional who thrives on variety, solving inefficiencies, and connecting with people Are you eager to move beyond traditional compliance to deliver forward-looking, insight-led advisory services to ambitious SME clients As an Assistant Manager in a rapidly growing national team, this rare role offers direct client portfolio management, team coaching, and an expansive national network to accelerate your career. About the Firm This Top 10 Firm is one of the UK's premier accountancy and business advisory practices, trusted by privately owned businesses and middle-market leaders across the country. Driven by rapid growth and market-leading technology, the firm's Business Performance & Insights team delivers high-value advisory, financial modeling, and performance improvement solutions while maintaining a highly collaborative and supportive culture.

Responsibilities

As an Assistant Manager - Business Performance & Insights, you will: Support Managers in delivering high-quality management accounts, VAT compliance, and core financial processes for a portfolio of SME clients. Translate financial data into actionable commercial insights to help clients understand performance and strengthen decision-making. Act as a key daily point of contact for client leadership, building strong relationships and identifying opportunities to cross-sell additional advisory services. Manage engagement profitability, monitoring budgets, WIP, and billing while proposing solutions to operational challenges. Supervise, mentor, and train junior team members, taking an active role in coaching and reviewing financial outputs. Leverage UK GAAP standards (FRS 102 and FRS 105) and cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50) to deliver accurate, modern accounting solutions. What We Are Looking For ACA qualified (or equivalent qualification) with strong knowledge of UK GAAP, including FRS 102 and FRS 105. Relevant experience within a professional practice environment, ideally within an accounting advisory or practice team. Proficiency in cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50) and Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word). Strong commercial awareness combined with effective project management, organizational, and communication skills. Proven experience working directly with clients and supervising or mentoring junior team members. xwwtmva What You'll Receive 26 days holiday (with the option to purchase additional days) Electric car salary sacrifice scheme Access to virtual GP services and financial wellbeing tools Access to 300+ on-demand development courses through the in-house Talent Development team At Austin Rose, we specialise in Public Practice recruitment and use our market insight to support professionals in securing roles aligned with their long-term ambitions. #publicpractice #icaew #businessadvisory #accountingjobs