Are you a qualified (ACCA or ACA) audit or accounts professional, seeking more freedom and influence?

This Audit & Accounts Manager opportunity based in Coventry offers something many don''t - real influence, genuine flexibility with true work life balance, and the chance to work closely with ambitious clients, where your input adds value.

You won''t be stuck in a rigid structure or just ticking compliance boxes. Instead, you''ll be trusted to lead, shape client relationships, and contribute to bigger commercial decisions.

You''ll join a growing, forward-thinking environment where its people are prioritised and development is taken seriously, with a pathway to be a Responsible Individual (RI) if desired.

This is a career opportunity to manage your own portfolio, meaning you can build your career in a way that suits you.

If you''re a qualified practice professional looking for a firm that will invest in you, where you''re respected and give autonomy, not micromanaged, this is well worth exploring.

Role Overview

• Approximately 40% audit & 60% accounts remit
• Managing a varied audit portfolio with fees around £500k, largest client approx. £35m t/o, predominantly local or remote based clients
• Leading large but not too complex audit assignments from planning through to completion, reviewing audit files and ensuring compliance
• Involved in the preparation of year-end accounts, review draft accounts files to ensure compliance with FRS 102, FRS 105 and UK GAAP
• Oversee team workflow, performance, budgets, delivery and development

The Ideal Candidate

• ACA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with experience of managing a portfolio of clients and leading audits within a UK accountancy practice
• Comfortable reviewing work and maintaining high-quality standards, supervising a team and offering support & guidance
• Familiar with audit software including CCH, CaseWare & MyWorkingPapers
• Strong communicator who can explain technical points clearly and manage multiple deadlines effectively

What''s on Offer

• A starting salary up to £65,000 with annual pay reviews
• Hybrid working from home - 3 days office, 2 days from home
• Core office working hours, flexible start / finish times
• 28 days holiday, option to buy additional holiday days plus your birthday off
• Clear progression and ongoing development support
• Enhanced family benefits and wellbeing support
• Regular social events and performance-related social fund
• Reimbursement in full of one professional subscription per year
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free onsite car parking

Register your interest by applying today or call Luke or Ashley on (phone number removed) to discuss this opportunity further, always in complete confidence.

Addington Ball is a specialist finance and accounting recruitment consultancy covering the Midlands and Northern Home counties. We are a member of TEAM and are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Job ref - ABJ/(phone number removed)- Audit & Accounts Manager.