Reporting to: Head of Accounting
Salary: €61,000 – €71,000 DOE (Depending on Experience)
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Fully Remote, Ireland
About the Role
We are seeking an exceptional Accounting Manager to join our growing team. This is a senior, client-facing leadership role with responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients and leading a team of qualified and trainee accountants.
This is a fully remote role, designed to provide flexibility and autonomy while maintaining strong collaboration and client relationships. The role includes, on average, quarterly in-person team meetings, together with ad hoc in-person client meetings, industry events and other business events where required.
The role is ideal for an ambitious, commercially minded accounting professional who thrives on delivering outstanding value and service to clients, including larger and more complex organisations.
As Accounting Manager, you will play an important role in delivering excellent client service, developing high-performing teams and identifying opportunities to create additional value for clients and the wider practice.
Key Responsibilities
Client Portfolio Management
- Take full responsibility for the revenue and margin performance of your client portfolio.
- Be accountable for client satisfaction and reducing client churn.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term client relationships.
- Work in partnership with clients to understand their needs and identify opportunities to deliver additional services and value.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, particularly larger and more complex organisations.
- Ensure clients receive consistently high-quality, commercially focused accounting and advisory support.
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, develop and manage a team of qualified and trainee accountants.
- Ensure the team delivers against individual and collective KPIs and performance targets.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and support to enhance technical and professional development.
- Develop and maintain a high-performance culture where deadlines are consistently met and quality standards are exceeded.
- Conduct regular performance and development conversations with team members.
- Support the creation and implementation of individual professional development plans for team members.
- Identify skills gaps and opportunities for training, progression and career development.
- Promote a collaborative, supportive and accountable remote-working culture.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure all compliance, statutory and internal deadlines are achieved for your portfolio.
- Oversee workflow planning and resource allocation within the team to maximise efficiency.
- Monitor team performance and address issues proactively to maintain delivery standards.
- Drive continuous improvement in processes, controls and client service delivery.
- Ensure appropriate quality control and review procedures are consistently followed.
- Identify opportunities to improve the use of technology, automation and systems across the team.
Commercial & Strategic Contribution
- Take ownership of achieving agreed revenue, margin and value-added sales targets.
- Identify opportunities to enhance client satisfaction and expand service offerings.
- Support the development of commercial strategies within the practice to maximise profitability.
- Act as a key link between clients and the wider firm, ensuring client feedback and insights contribute to practice growth.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the firms service offering, systems and strategic direction.
- Support initiatives that strengthen client retention, profitability and overall practice performance.
Qualifications & Experience
- ACCA, ACA or FCA qualified.
- Minimum 7 years' post-qualification experience.
- Demonstrated experience at a senior level within an accountancy practice.
- Strong background in managing large clients and complex, multi-entity or high-value portfolios.
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
- Minimum 5 years' people management experience.
- Proven experience implementing strategic initiatives and contributing to wider business direction.
- Commercially astute, with a consistent track record of delivering value and driving client satisfaction.
- Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to operate confidently with senior client stakeholders.
- Highly organised, dependable and capable of managing competing priorities in a remote environment.
- A proactive approach to identifying opportunities, solving problems and improving processes.
Salary & Benefits
Compensation
- €61,000 – €71,000 per annum, depending on experience (DOE).
- 5% employer pension contribution.
- Annual payment of applicable professional accounting body membership fees, including ACCA, ACA or FCA fees.
Working Arrangements
- Fully remote working from within Ireland.
- 35-hour working week.
- Average of quarterly in-person team meetings, alongside ad hoc client meetings, events and other in-person business requirements.
- Discretionary four-day working week arrangements available after successful completion of probation, subject to role requirements, performance and business needs.
- Flexible and autonomy-focused working environment built around trust, accountability and outcomes.
Annual Leave & Time Away
- 23 days' annual leave, in addition to statutory public holidays.
- Ability to purchase additional annual leave after successful completion of probation, subject to the applicable company policy.
- Sabbatical leave available after 3 years' service, subject to company policy and approval.
- Family-friendly maternity and paternity leave benefits available after 2 years' service, in accordance with the company's applicable policies.
Professional Development
- A structured professional development plan designed to support your career progression and long-term development.
- Payment for structured, approved CPD courses relevant to your role and professional development.
- Support for maintaining and developing technical, leadership and commercial expertise.
- Payment of applicable annual professional accounting body membership fees.
Equipment
To support effective remote working, the necessary IT equipment is provided, including:
- Company laptop.
- Monitor.
- Keyboard.
- Other equipment as required and approved in line with the company's remote-working policy.