Accountancy Partner
Employer Location Birmingham, West Midlands (GB) Closing date 29 Jan 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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About the Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategically minded individual to join our expanding Accountancy and Advisory team. We are open to recruiting this role at Partner or Director level, so are keen to hear from ambitious candidates ready for that challenge and who are looking to make a positive impact within a rapidly expanding firm.
Working closely with the head of this service line and our Senior Management Team (SMT), you will play a significant role in the development of our Business Advisory and Accountancy service line across our offices.
Joining as a senior member of a large team, you will be expected to promote best practice to deliver proactive relationship led advisory services to our corporate clients. You will need to be highly commercial in your approach and will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of developing new business opportunities through the leveraging of your network.
Working closely with our Partners, you will look to contribute to the continued growth of the client base and to the overall client service delivery and experience.
Day to day responsibilities will include:
1. Building strong relationships with our owner-managed business clients and ensuring that we continue to offer a quality trusted advisor service
2. Monitoring developments in the accounting marketplace to help retain competitiveness and efficiency of service provision
3. Playing a pivotal role in Business Development activities and looking to build/retain a good network of local contacts to aid service line growth
4. Working alongside our existing SMT to develop and grow our team – this will include recruiting team members, coaching our people so that they can reach their potential and succession planning
5. Working with our head of service line and other Partners to formulate and deliver our firmwide accounting and advisory services strategy
About You
To be considered for the role, you will need to be/have:
6. ACA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with experience of working within a business services environment
7. A strong business developer who is keen to build contacts and network within the local business community
8. Good current knowledge of developments in the market with particular reference to cloud-based systems and outsourcing opportunities
9. An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills who can influence at all levels
10. A strong People Manager who enjoys building and developing a team
11. Keen to contribute to the overall success of Bishop Fleming
Why Bishop Fleming?
Bishop Fleming is an award-winning and certified Great Place to Work® provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands. With a turnover of £48m, the firm saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. Currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.
From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of
Bishop Fleming is also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.
With 9 offices, over 47 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs. From owner-managed businesses to large businesses; to schools, not-for-profit and public sector organisations; and private clients we have the full-service expertise to advise our clients.
12. 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
13. Extra time off at Christmas - in addition to your annual leave entitlement, we close between Christmas and New Year
14. Competitive salary
15. Hybrid working
16. A contributory Pension scheme
17. Life assurance
18. Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
19. Yulife employee wellbeing app
20. Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
21. Numerous opportunities for development
Please contact Will Hanbury; Partner or Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.
We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.
We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated.
The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.
As part of our recruitment process and our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we carry out background checks on all successful applicants. These checks will include verification of references, confirmation of right to work in the UK, and, where applicable, a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process
Company
Bishop Fleming are an innovative accountancy practice that offer a refreshingly different culture to other accountancy firms.
What makes our culture different? For starters, investing in and developing our people is at the heart of everything that we do, that’s one of the reasons why we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®.
We’re expanding rapidly and have a network of offices across the South West and West Midlands. We’ve just recruited a record number of graduate trainees and are not stopping there….we are looking to continue with this trend as we begin recruiting for our 2024/25 trainee intake.
We have Graduate and Industrial Placement vacancies available in Accountancy, Audit and Tax throughout our business – by joining us you will get real responsibility quickly and will get to play a key role in helping your clients businesses succeed.
You will start your career with us in either our Accountancy, Audit or Tax service lines, but will have the opportunity to gain experience in other specialisms such as Restructuring and Corporate Finance to ensure that you become a rounded business advisor.
Check out our careers site () and our Glassdoor page to find out more and hear from some our existing trainees on what it’s like to work here.
Company info Website Telephone 01392 448800 Location Stratus House
Exeter
Devon
EX13qs
United Kingdom
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