Director - Financial Reporting (6-12 Month FTC)

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.

What will you be doing?

We’re seeking a talented individual to join our Financial Reporting Team in Birmingham on a fixed term contract. The Director/Associate Director is part of the leadership team with responsibility for collaboratively leading on operations and project integrations. With strong leadership skills and an appetite for Business Development you will be keen to help lead and continue to build the team.

Our Financial Reporting Team is based in Birmingham.  The team size is currently 30 with plans to grow further.  The team has a national focus affording the postholder excellent opportunities to develop relationships and network across the whole firm.

As Financial Reporting Director/Associate Director, your responsibilities will include among others

• Staff Management: Co-leading our management team to effectively project manage the delivery of client work
• Training and development: Working with the wider business to establish a structured training programme for the Financial Reporting team and ensure that timely feedback is given to staff on all jobs and any performance concerns are addressed.
• Client Contact: Ensuring that clients receive an efficient, proactive and timely service; Internal liaison with client Partners and other S&W Partners staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues; Add value to the client relationship, identifying and developing opportunities to improve the clients’ businesses and/or develop additional services for S&W.
• Technical: Oversee the provision of financial reporting services to clients under IFRS and UK GAAP, including highly complex consolidations and ensuring the team maintains an awareness of changes in accounting standards and the wider economic environment to understand the commercial impact on our clients’ businesses as well as the implications for our work.
• Financial: Overseeing the overall financial performance of the department, ensuring divergence from budget is understood and appropriately addressed, monitoring fee structures, WIP and debtor management across the client base to ensure appropriate returns are achieved by the department.
• Business/Practise Development: Preparation of proposals for new work, attendance at marketing events, development of personal contacts and identification and development of opportunities for S&W with current clients.

To be successful in this role, you should

• ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent
• Significant financial reporting experience gained within a professional services environment under UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting standards, including industry specifics and their application.
• Experience of working with businesses of all sizes, including international groups.
• Extensive experience of team management, development and motivation to ensure best performance.
• Experience of business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events
• Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
• Monitoring of financial performance on a team wide and individual client basis.

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.