Accounts and Business Advisory Senior Manager

Business Services Senior Manager We are seeking an experienced Business Services Senior Manager to oversee a portfolio of complex client accounts, providing high-quality strategic financial advice and ensuring full compliance with professional and regulatory standards. This role combines senior leadership with hands-on delivery, requiring strong client management, technical expertise, and a commercial mindset. You will act as a trusted adviser to clients, lead and mentor teams, and contribute to business development and practice growth. This is a key leadership role with real influence over quality, culture, and future direction. Key Responsibilities:Client Leadership & Advisory

• Act as the primary point of contact for key clients, maintaining strong, trusted relationships
• Lead client and stakeholder meetings with confidence
• Understand clients' commercial priorities and challenges, providing proactive and forward-looking advice
• Anticipate legislative, regulatory, and industry changes and support clients through them
• Tailor service delivery to client needs, including scope, timing, and cost
• Identify opportunities for additional services and cross-functional support

Technical Excellence & Quality

• Take responsibility for the quality of work delivered across assigned teams
• Review statutory accounts, completion accounts, and corporate tax returns
• Advise clients on materiality, unadjusted errors, audit thresholds, and compliance risks
• Ensure disclosures are adequate and compliant with relevant standards
• Collaborate with tax, VAT, audit, and specialist teams on complex matters
• Share technical and regulatory updates internally to support consistent delivery

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and mentor managers and senior team members
• Build high-performing, engaged, and inclusive teams
• Manage performance effectively, including development plans where required
• Delegate appropriately, supporting both individual development and departmental objectives
• Mediate conflicts and support teams through change

Efficiency & Continuous Improvement

• Promote efficient working practices and the effective use of technology
• Encourage ideas to improve workflow, processes, and client delivery
• Implement improvements in collaboration with the wider team

Business Development & Growth

• Build and maintain a strong professional network
• Identify and develop new business opportunities and referrals
• Promote specialist expertise to clients and external contacts
• Support achievement of team growth and revenue targets

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Strong understanding of statutory accounts and completion accounts (including SPA-linked accounts)
• Ability to review low- and medium-risk corporate tax returns and identify escalation points
• Knowledge of audit thresholds and group structures
• High-level advisory capability on VAT registration and scheme options
• Understanding of associated company rules and group loss relief
• Awareness of accountancy technology solutions and when they add value for clients

What We're Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CA) or qualified by experience
• Proven experience at Senior Manager (or equivalent) level within practice
• Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills
• Commercially aware, proactive, and client-focused
• High standards of professionalism, collaboration, and integrity

Why Apply?

• Senior leadership role with scope to influence strategy and growth
• Varied client portfolio and technical challenges
• Clear opportunity to develop people, services, and your own career
• Supportive and professional environment that values quality and collaboration