Assistant Manager - Financial Reporting

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881—helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

What you will be doing ?

Our Financial Reporting team is currently looking for a talented Assistant Manager - Financial Reporting to join their team in Birmingham. The Financial Reporting team is a part of the wider team of Audit and Assurance, which will give you a great opportunity to collaborate with other teams across Audit and Tax. In your role, you will focus on preparation of complex financial statements (under both IFRS and UK GAAP), consolidations and working for a diverse portfolio of clients.

As Assistant Manager - Financial Reporting, your responsibilities will include among others

• Preparing complex financial statements (such as consolidation and IFRS)
• Supporting other managers within the team with various administrative tasks and projects that arise from time to time
• Ensuring quality is consistent and to a high level across all outputs.
• Interacting with clients to undertake accounting work as required - both over telephone/e-mail and potentially occasional on-site client visits.
• Working closely with the audit and business tax teams to provide a seamless service to clients and ensure deadlines are met.
• Sharing ideas about how best to operate the accounts preparation process in order to improve efficiencies for the firm.

To be successful in this role, you should

• Have ACA / ACCA or equivalent qualification
• Exposure or previous experience in Financial Reporting
• Great attention to detail
• Very good communication skills as you will be collaborating with different teams

Desired skills

• Previous experience in completing a wide variety of accounts assignments under FRS 102 of varying sizes and complexity
• Previous exposure to IFRS
• Previous experience on accounting software such as CaseWare

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.