Accounting Manager
1 day ago
Belfast
Downey Osborne is seeking an Accounting Manager to join a leading business advisory setting. This is a hands-on role where you’ll lead complex accounting work across diverse portfolios, with autonomy, variety, and the opportunity to shape the development of junior colleagues. What’s in it for you? • Hybrid working, • Modern, collaborative, and supportive team culture, • Bonus scheme, • Enhanced maternity leave, • Generous annual leave, • Healthcare coverage About You • ACA or ACCA qualified (or international equivalent), • Strong technical accounting skills with ability to work from first principles, • Around 3 years post-qualification experience, • Confident preparing and reviewing detailed financial statements and management accounts, • Experienced in supervising, coaching, and developing junior team members, • Skilled across multiple accounting processes, reconciliations, and reporting, • Highly professional, adaptable, and effective in a hybrid working environment, • Solid working knowledge of local and international accounting standards (UK GAAP/US GAAP/IFRS) About Your Role Always • Lead preparation and review of management accounts and detailed financial statements across multiple portfolios, • Provide meaningful insight and variance analysis to guide decision-making, • Ensure accounting compliance, financial controls, and reporting standards are consistently applied, • Mentor and support junior colleagues, acting as a senior presence across assignments Often • Oversee day-to-day bookkeeping, reconciliations, and client-focused accounting tasks, • Participate in temporary assignments or secondments as required, • Contribute to process improvement, technology adoption, and risk management initiatives, • Maintain budgets, forecasts, and financial models, • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders as needed Occasionally • Assist with special projects, operational initiatives, or system rollouts, • Advise on proposals, accounting compliance, or workflow enhancements, • Support team development and resourcing decisions Never • Lose sight of the story behind the numbers, • Challenge a spreadsheet to a staring contest