Senior Manager, Business Advisory

Location: Bury St Edmunds | Salary: £60,000-£68,000

About the role

Our client is a well-established, multi-office accountancy and business advisory practice with a strong UK presence. They are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Manager to join their Business Advisory team.

This is a genuine step-up opportunity for someone ready to take ownership of a meaningful client portfolio, drive growth across their section, and play an active role in developing the people around them. If you're an ambitious qualified professional looking for a role with real autonomy and influence, this is worth a closer look.

What you'll be doing

• Managing your own client portfolio with a higher degree of client responsibility, ensuring consistent delivery of quality advice
• Overseeing your team's portfolios and contributing to workflow planning across the section
• Identifying and developing new opportunities for the practice, escalating leads to Directors and Partners as appropriate
• Building and sustaining strong, long-term client relationships across a range of industries
• Working alongside Directors and Partners on technical matters, helping to reduce the need for direct partner-client contact
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members, supporting their professional growth
• Working both independently and collaboratively as part of a wider team
• Contributing to revenue and profitability targets in line with business objectives

What we're looking for

• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification
• Proven experience managing a client portfolio across a variety of sectors
• A track record of coaching and mentoring junior colleagues effectively
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to spot and develop opportunities
• The confidence to work with a high degree of autonomy while remaining a collaborative team player

Nice to have

• Experience working with agriculture clients or within the rural business sector

How to apply

If this sounds like the right move for you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now with your CV or get in touch directly for a confidential conversation about the role and what it could offer you.

Ambition is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

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