Accounting Manager

📍 Remote, South Africa

💰 R650,000 - R900,000 per year

🚀 Lead quality control and training within a UK accounting practice

Role Overview

An established UK accounting practice is looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to take ownership of quality control, staff development and accounting standards across its accounts production function. You will be joining their team remotely from South Africa.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will review high volumes of UK limited company accounts, VAT returns and personal tax returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance before work reaches clients. You will also act as a technical resource for Account Managers, provide structured training to junior accountants and identify opportunities to improve processes and the quality of work delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and quality control: Review high volumes of UK limited company accounts, VAT returns and personal tax returns, identifying errors, inconsistencies and areas requiring correction before client submission.
• Financial statement and tax review: Analyse trial balances, reconciliations, working papers and financial statements, ensuring compliance with FRS 102, FRS 105 and relevant HMRC requirements.
• Technical corrections: Process or oversee accounting adjustments, including journals, VAT corrections, directors' loan accounts, dividends, fixed assets, accruals and prepayments.
• Training and development: Provide structured feedback to junior accountants, deliver technical training sessions and develop practical training resources to improve accuracy and reduce recurring errors.
• Technical advisory: Support Account Managers with complex UK accounting and tax queries, researching relevant legislation and providing clear, practical recommendations.
• Client-focused accounting: Identify tax planning opportunities, potential financial risks and ways to improve accounting structures for owner-managed businesses.
• Process improvement: Identify recurring errors and inefficiencies, implementing improvements to review procedures, checklists and training materials to strengthen overall quality.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified Professional Accountant (SA), AGA (SA), or in-progress CIMA.
• At least two years’ experience in a UK accounting firm.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK limited company accounts, including FRS 102 Section 1A, FRS 105, corporation tax computations, directors' loan accounts, dividends and year-end adjustments.
• Practical experience with UK VAT, including standard, flat rate and cash accounting schemes, Making Tax Digital, VAT reconciliations and adjustments.
• Experience preparing and reviewing UK personal tax returns, including self-assessment, income tax, property income, dividends and capital gains.
• Proven experience reviewing the work of junior accountants, identifying errors, processing corrections and managing high volumes of work against multiple deadlines.
• Experience training, mentoring or providing structured technical feedback to junior team members.
• Proficiency in Xero, QuickBooks, advanced Excel and UK accounts production or tax software. Experience with TaxCalc, developing training resources or tax planning for owner-managed businesses would be advantageous.

Salary & Benefits

• R650,000 - R900,000 per year