BPO Manager

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BPO Manager

London

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Location:

London

Job ID R1037098

Job Type Permanent

Time Type Full time

Categories Strategic Advisory

Benefits To Help You Thrive, Such As Core benefits

including life cover, income protection and matched pension

Supporting your health

with screening, dental and eye care and Doctor@Hand

Financial support through

mortgage advice, will writing, investment accounts and more

Lifestyle benefits including

buying holiday, bike schemes, discounts and cashback

Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Job Description A look into the role

As a Manager in our CFO Solutions team, you’ll lead the delivery of finance services for a varied portfolio of clients. You’ll help shape a service built on Xero and automation, and you’ll develop the people who deliver it.

You Will Lead on client work

• Manage a portfolio of clients of varying complexity, with exposure to different business sectors
• Plan and co-ordinate client work, including staffing, so it meets its objectives on time, on budget and to a high quality
• Take the lead in setting up more complex clients and guide the team where needed
• Understand each client’s business and expectations, and act as a key contact
• Make sure client queries and supplier payments are handled accurately and on time
• Lead conversations with clients about what’s working well and what could be better, so they have a great experience

Drive technical quality

• Review management accounts, statutory accounts, VAT returns and electronic payment files, and manage the risks that come with them
• Spot technical issues in VAT returns and work with our VAT specialists to resolve them
• Support the team with technical queries
• Review files prepared by junior colleagues

Build our Xero offering

• Play a key role in implementing Xero and related apps on new and existing client assignments
• Help develop a service with Xero and automation at its core

Develop and inspire your team

• Act as line manager, giving guidance, constructive feedback and opportunities to grow
• Understand what matters to your colleagues and how they like to work, and act on the needs of individuals and the team
• Put the right people on the right tasks, drawing on individual strengths
• Guide the team on day to day resourcing and scheduling
• Help create and sustain a dynamic working environment

Manage the commercials

• Manage your own working capital and monitor the team’s, raising issues where needed
• Guide the team on billing and debt
• Keep work on track against timescales, budgets and risk management procedures
• Understand how your decisions affect productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service

Help us grow

• Contribute to proposals and presentations for prospective clients
• Contribute to our departmental marketing
• Build your network, including with Grant Thornton member firms around the world
• Contribute to team, departmental and office meetings

Knowing you’re right for us

You’ll Need

• Proven experience delivering outsourced accounting or finance services, including management accounts, statutory accounts and VAT
• Experience of reviewing technical work and managing the risks that come with it
• Experience of managing and developing a team, including resourcing and scheduling
• Experience of working with Xero and related apps, or a clear appetite to lead on them
• Excellent communication skills for both clients and colleagues
• Commercial awareness, including working capital, billing and fee recovery
• Good organisational and IT skills
• A proactive approach and a willingness t…