Senior Accounts & Tax Manager - Sheffield

A well-established and growing UK accountancy group is seeking a Senior Accounts & Tax Manager to take full responsibility for a regional office. This is a newly created leadership role, offering the opportunity to shape site performance, lead a high-calibre team, and play a key part in a wider 3-5 year growth strategy.

The Senior Accounts & Tax Manager Opportunity
This role sits at the heart of the practice, with accountability across client delivery, people leadership, operations, and compliance. You will act as the senior leader on-site, driving performance, embedding standards, and ensuring a consistently high-quality client experience.

The firm is modern and forward-thinking, focused on making accounting more efficient, insightful, and commercially valuable to clients through a combination of smart technology and clear, practical advice. A key part of the role will be translating financial data into meaningful commercial insight, helping clients identify opportunities for growth, improve profitability, and make confident strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Performance
* Take ownership of day-to-day site performance across service delivery, operations, and compliance
* Set and maintain high standards for quality, turnaround times, and client experience
* Lead from the front, fostering a high-performance, values-driven culture

People Leadership
* Lead, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals
* Embed a mindset of commercial awareness within the team, ensuring outputs go beyond compliance into value-added insight
* Drive structured performance management and continuous development
* Support hiring and scaling of the team as the business grows

Client Management
* Build and maintain strong client relationships
* Lead client meetings, providing clear financial insights, forward-looking analysis, and practical recommendations
* Act as a trusted adviser, helping clients understand key drivers of performance, cash flow, and profitability
* Identify opportunities to support client growth, including efficiencies, cost control, and strategic planning
* Manage and resolve escalations effectively and professionally

Technical Oversight
* Oversee delivery of statutory accounts, management accounts, and financial reporting
* Ensure outputs include clear commentary, KPIs, and practical commercial insights
* Ensure accuracy and compliance across bookkeeping, VAT, and payroll
* Maintain high standards aligned with UK accounting regulations

Compliance & Operations
* Ensure adherence to HMRC, Companies House, and GDPR requirements
* Support digital compliance initiatives including Making Tax Digital
* Drive operational improvements, standardisation, and scalable processes

About You
* ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified
* Proven experience within a UK accountancy practice (minimum 5 years)
* Strong leadership background, with experience managing and developing teams
* In-depth knowledge of UK GAAP, compliance, and regulatory frameworks
* Commercially minded, with the ability to interpret financials into strategic insight
* Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
* Comfortable using modern accounting software (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks, Sage)

Why Apply?
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership position with real influence-joining a business that is actively investing in growth, innovation, and operational excellence, and where you can play a key role in shaping how clients grow and succeed.

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