Practice Director / CEO - Law Firm

Our client is a high growth, UK wide group of Solicitors (Legal Services). With sizable recent investment and disruptive mindset this Group has ambitious plans of both UK wide M&A and organic growth over the next 3-5 Years.

As part of the companies continued expansion, FRS have been enlisted to assist with the recruitment of a experienced Practice Director / CEO to join the Group.

This position is being recruited on a full time permanent basis and offers a high level of flexibility for candidates to be based across their offices in the Northern Home Counties) along with hybrid working being offered once estbalished

Working closely with the Partner Group this is key role to group forming part of the executive team, This position promises to be wide reaching too and will be key to the company’s ongoing growth and expansion.

Responsibilities can include

• Management of support staff including Training/Recruitment - HR, H&S
• Operational Performance Control & Review, Refine and Develop KPI’s / Metrics / MI to monitor performance, Tendering & Bids for news business and growth
• Business Partnering, building and maintain relationships with C Suite and Fee Earners
• Practitioner Work-Stream Coordination/Mentoring Support
• Financial Governance & Control (Assistant COFA), Regulatory & Statutory Compliance/Policies/ Controls
• Strategic Business Planning working closely with C Suite on future growth and M&A
• Facilities Management/Supplier Outsourcing, Marketing, IT and General Firm Administration.

Alongside the above BAU areas, candidates need to be comfortable joining a dynamic and growing business. A passion for ongoing change and improvement is therefore key.

Applicants must have previous or recent experience gained operating within the legal services industry ideally operating at Practice Manager, Practice Director or CEO Level.

A sound understanding as to the industry including Regulations / SRA is essential to this role along with the ability to build and develop a high functioning support staff team.

In return this position promises to be both varied and progressive with excellent scope for ongoing development as part of this Groups expansion plans.

A basic salary of up to £130,000 + Benefits and Bonus Awaits.