Manager (Business Advisory)

In a nutshell

Are you ready to take the next step in your career with a role that’s as dynamic as it is rewarding? In this hands-on, client-facing position, you’ll be a trusted advisor from day one—building meaningful relationships, delivering strategic insights, and helping entrepreneurial clients thrive.

You’ll help lead and mentor a talented team, contribute to their growth, and work across a diverse portfolio that keeps every day fresh and engaging. With clear career progression, exposure to a wide range of accounting, tax, and commercial challenges, and a supportive, forward-thinking environment, this is more than just a job—it’s a chance to shape your future.

What Makes This Role Special

• Client-Facing from Day One – Build trust and deliver value to a wide range of ambitious clients
• Leadership Opportunity – Inspire and guide junior team members while developing your own leadership style
• Career Growth – Enjoy structured progression, ongoing learning, and the chance to make your mark
• Variety & Impact – No two days are the same. You’ll be solving real problems and making a tangible difference

Why Join Us?

We’re a people-first firm that values initiative, collaboration, and authenticity. You’ll be supported, challenged, and empowered to grow—professionally and personally. If you’re looking for a role where your ideas are heard, your work is valued, and your career can flourish, we’d love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing day to day

You’ll work with entrepreneurial clients, providing guidance and support as their trusted advisor. Your key responsibilities include:

• Leading client relationships
• Monitoring budgets, time, and expenses
• Reviewing working papers, accounts, and tax compliance
• Offering tax, accounting, and commercial advice
• Resolving accounting and tax issues
• Ensuring compliance with firm standards
• Maintaining long-term client relationships through effective communication
• Discussing significant findings with the engagement Partner
• Identifying opportunities to offer additional services to clients

About you

• ACA / ACCA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience, with relevant experience in a similar role
• Experience of managing a portfolio of clients and assisting partners in maintaining client relationships
• Strong technical knowledge of accounts preparation and tax compliance
• Proven background supervising a team of accounts staff
• Organised, accurate, flexible and able to plan use of time efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with both clients, team members and colleagues, with the aptitude to quickly build rapport
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

We’re the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England. We have nine offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

The firm, which celebrated its centenary in 2019, has annual revenue of over £65 million and a 900-strong team based across our offices. Our continuing growth offers you the opportunity to expand and develop your career in a direction that interests you.

We offer a supportive and flexible culture, taking your career seriously to enable you to be the best you can be. Since September 2022, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work.

We work hard to ensure that ours is a culture where you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. We ranked as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2023, and again in 2024 when we rose nine places to 24^th in the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces (Large Organisations).

We’ve also been ranked 46^th out of 89 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2023 (Large Organisations) and 40^th out of 79 in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2023 (Large Organisations). PKF Francis Clark has been highlighted as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’re ranked 28^th among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers by the Department of Education and High Fliers Research.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of  firms, which together are ranked as the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK by Accountancy Age. As part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries, the opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world are endless.

Your core benefits 

Financial benefits:
•    Pension
•    Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
•    Group income protection
•    Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare 

Health & Wellbeing benefits:
•    Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
•    Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
•    Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
•    Cycle to work*

Other benefits:
•    Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
•    Gifts for career and family milestones
•    One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
•    Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation 

Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.