Company Description
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.
Job Description
Business Tax
We provide a wide range of tax and consulting services to a broad range of companies, from housing associations to owner managed businesses.
Through establishing close relationships with our clients, we ensure that we are able to deliver the most comprehensive business tax advice, and also ensure we are aware of the key opportunities and risks faced by our clients.
Purpose of Role:
To manage your own portfolio of clients, working with Partners/Directors or alone on complicated consultancy and advisory projects. A significant part of the role will be business development of existing and new clients as well as potentially developing a specialist field of technical and/or sector knowledge and expertise.
Key responsibilities:
Client work
- Act as trusted adviser and engage with clients on wider commercial and strategic issues
- Manage portfolio of complex advisory and compliance cases
- Give exceptional client service, taking the lead in managing and developing client relationships
- Technically strong
- Identifying opportunities on client portfolio
Staff management and development
- Liaison with Partners
- Appraisals/monitor staff performance, acting as formal ADR managers for some staff
- On the job training for junior staff on a one-to-one basis
- Dealing with staff questions
- Work collaboratively with peers in team and across firm to ensure joined up approach
Practice development
- Involved in business development activities/profile raising locally
- Actively use network of established relationships to drive new business opportunities and cross referral of services
- Able to take advantage of marketing/PR opportunities
- Compliance
- Ensuring procedures are followed taking
