Assistant Manager - Service Charge Accounts

About the role

Adele Carr Recruitment is recruiting for an Assistant Manager to join a growing accountancy and advisory business with a specialist property team. The role involves managing a portfolio of property clients and delivering high‑quality service charge accounting and advisory services in a supportive, modern office environment.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of property and service charge accounting clients.
• Review service charge accounts and financial statements prepared by the team.
• Ensure assignments are completed accurately and delivered within agreed deadlines.
• Build strong relationships with clients, providing excellent service and proactive advice.
• Identify opportunities to support clients with additional services where appropriate.
• Assist with planning workloads, resource allocation and meeting client deadlines.
• Review work in progress and support fee management.
• Support and mentor junior team members through coaching, training and performance reviews.
• Assist with recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
• Work closely with senior leadership on complex client matters and technical queries.
• Ensure compliance with current accounting standards and industry regulations.

Required profile

• Experienced accountant seeking career progression.
• Enjoys building client relationships.

Required skills

• Preparation and review of service charge accounts.
• Knowledge of accounting standards and industry regulations.
• Client relationship management.
• Team leadership and mentoring.