Cherry Professional - Relationship Led Recruitment
Director - Accountancy Practice
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Director – Accountancy Practice
Midlands
Salary: £100,000–£110,000 (negotiable) + bonus scheme + benefits
Cherry Professional is delighted to partner with an established and highly regarded firm of Chartered Accountants in the Midlands to appoint a Director to help lead the next phase of growth. This is a pivotal hire: you’ll take ownership of day-to-day operational leadership and client delivery, while driving new business and expanding the firm’s footprint both locally and further afield, enabling the Senior Partner to step away from day-to-day deliverables and focus on wider strategy and long-term growth.
The Opportunity
This role blends practice leadership, business development and high-value client advisory. You’ll be trusted to lead a busy team, strengthen client relationships, develop new revenue streams, and ensure technical excellence across accounts and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Business development & growth: Build and execute a robust growth plan, winning new clients and developing strategic referrer relationships across the Midlands and beyond.
- Leadership & operations: Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing team in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
- Client advisory: Provide proactive, commercial advice to owner-managed businesses and larger SMEs (e.g., performance improvement, structuring, profitability, cashflow, and growth planning).
- Quality & technical oversight: Oversee accounts and compliance delivery, ensuring high standards and strong governance.
- Signing responsibility: Be able to sign off accounts on behalf of the firm (or be close to obtaining signing/RI status and able to secure it quickly).
- Partner support: Take ownership of delivery so the Senior Partner can reduce day-to-day involvement and focus on strategy, culture, and expansion.
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What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience at Director/Associate Director/Partner level (or ready to step up) within an accountancy practice environment.
- Strong and demonstrable business development capability—you can evidence revenue growth, new client wins, and/or referral network development.
- Track record of leading teams and managing competing priorities while maintaining quality and service levels.
- Results-focused with a commercial, growth mindset and high personal drive.
- Confident delivering advisory services to external clients and acting as a trusted senior figure.
- Ability to sign accounts (or already holds relevant signing authority/RI), with the credibility to represent the firm in the market.
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What’s On Offer
- £100,000–£110,000 (negotiable depending on experience)
- Bonus scheme aligned to growth and performance
- A senior leadership role with genuine autonomy and influence
- Clear route to longer-term progression as the firm expands
Interested?
If you’re a commercially minded practice leader who enjoys winning work, developing people and delivering high-impact advice, reach out to me today.
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