Virtual Finance Function Manager - Glasgow

Due to continuous growth, the VFF team are looking to recruit a Manager. Typically, you will collaborate with clients to understand their unique business challenges and complexities, provide a tailored range of accounting services and capture their greatest opportunities so they can focus on the areas of activity that matter most.

The role will be diverse in nature, we are looking for an individual who can draw upon their previous skills, knowledge, and experience to provide specialist advice to existing finance teams. Someone who is able to understand the heart of a finance function, what does best in class look like. Manage teams and clients concurrently and ensuring that the day to day is done on time and accurately whilst also supporting the growth and commercial teams within the businesses we work with.

The role is client facing and will ideally suit an enthusiastic team player who have both industry (incl secondments) and professional experience. Someone who can apply technical best practice to the realities of industry.

Purpose of the role/key responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of accountancy services to a portfolio of clients, such as:
  • Overseeing preparation of management accounts
  • Managing client relationships
  • Statutory reporting and review
  • Manage one-off projects at the request of the client.
• Take ownership for the delivery of all aspects of client accounting work from start to finish, on budget, liaising with other departments to agree timescales and plan performance of work and act to ensure delivery by all agreed deadlines
• Providing commercial finance insights to our clients and our team
• Lead on the delivery of finance functions to our clients , new and existing.
• Deliver for clients one-off finance projects such as system insights, process and control reviews and other financial information remediation exercises.
• Determine resource requirements ensuring that the team has relevant experience, support and skills to ensure an unrivalled client experience.
• Lead, motivate and coach all members of the team, aiding development of both technical and client management skills and identifying any training needs.
• Build strong and credible relationships to understand the clients' priorities, providing them with trusted and valued advice, ensuring delivery by all agreed deadlines.
• Collaborate effectively, embrace diverse perspectives, and work holistically with stakeholders including, different business areas, the wider professional network, and the community.
• Develop a detailed knowledge of AAB's specialist services and actively identify opportunities for business development in response to our clients' needs.
• Be a vital part the VFF management team, involved with the day-to-day operations of the team, ensuring financial targets and deadlines are met and assist with delivering the strategic objectives of the department and wider firm.

Experience and skill set required for the role:

• Fully qualified with experience of working within practice or industry.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge across both UK GAAP and IFRS and other local GAAPs.
• Experience delivering one off projects.
• A passionate problem solver, bringing solutions, making recommendations, and driving implementation of agreed approach
• Experience of handling a client portfolio with strong client engagement
• Team player with the necessary interpersonal skills to build professional relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
• A growth mindset and continuous desire for lifelong learning

• Experience in utilising technology, cloud accounting software and implementing client-driven solutions