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Title: Audit Partner – St Albans Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire | Hybrid & Flexible Salary: Competitive + Benefits Job Type: Full-Time Job Summary We are seeking an Audit Partner in St Albans to lead audit engagements for nonprofit and SME/owner-managed clients, with experience in the hospitality sector desirable. This role combines audit leadership, client relationship management, and business development within a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead audit engagements for SME and nonprofit clients, ensuring high-quality audit standards, • Win, grow, and maintain client relationships with confidence and proactivity, • Develop and expand local networks across Beds, Bucks & Herts, • Mentor and lead teams, promoting collaborative and high-performance culture, • Engage in business development, identifying opportunities for growth and cross-selling services About You • ACA qualified (or equivalent), • Partner or Senior RI Director experience in a similarly sized firm (Top 30 preferred), • Expertise in nonprofit and SME/owner-managed business audits, • Experience in the hospitality sector is desirable, • Strong local networks or ability to build them quickly in St Albans region, • Energetic, collaborative, and client-focused leadership style What’s on Offer • Leadership of a portfolio of high-value SME and nonprofit clients, • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, • Opportunity to drive business development and growth, • Collaborative, supportive senior management team, • Competitive salary and benefits package Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire | Commutable from Harpenden, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Hatfield, and surrounding areas Apply: Contact Jack Wood at or call

We are partnering with a leading specialist research organisation in Hertfordshire to recruit a strategic Interim Finance Director, on a 12m FTC basis. This is a senior leadership role reporting to the CEO, responsible for driving financial strategy, governance, and long-term sustainable performance across the organisation. You must have a wealth of experience at the Finance Director level, with strategic financial management in a complex organisation. Including strong skills within governance, audit, risk, long term financial strategy development. The Role: As Interim Finance Director, you will: • Lead the development and execution of the organisation’s long-term financial strategy, ensuring resilience and sustainability., • Drive integrated financial planning, aligning operational needs, research objectives, and available resources., • Provide Board-level financial insight, guiding strategic decisions and highlighting emerging risks and opportunities., • Oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, cashflow management, and performance reporting., • Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all financial reporting, statutory accounts, and management information., • Maintain robust financial controls, risk management, and compliance frameworks, including internal audit oversight., • Lead investment planning, capital expenditure evaluation, and financial appraisal of research and commercial opportunities., • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance team, embedding a culture of collaboration and business partnering. Your Profile: • CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent qualified., • Proven experience as a Finance Director or senior finance leader in a complex organisation, you must relevant sector/industry experience within a research, grant-funded, not-for-profit, or public sector organisation, • Track record of restoring confidence in financial information, implementing systems, and improving controls., • Strong commercial acumen with experience translating funding streams or complex grants into actionable financial strategies., • Excellent communicator, capable of influencing Board and executive decisions., • Collaborative leadership style with experience coaching and developing high-performing teams. Why Apply: This is a rare opportunity to influence the financial strategy of a high-impact research organisation, support innovative work with societal or scientific impact, and shape long-term organisational growth.

Financial Controller Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Salary £65,000p/a - £70,000p/a Office based - 9am -5pm (with flexibility) An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, hands-on Financial Controller to lead the finance function of a well-established, privately owned business based in Welwyn Garden City. This is a broad and influential role, offering the chance to take full ownership of finance, support board-level decision-making, and help shape the future direction of the business. Reporting into senior leadership, you will combine strategic input with day-to-day operational involvement, while managing and developing a small finance team of three. The Role Key responsibilities include: • Ownership of financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, • Statutory accounts, audit and compliance, • Cashflow, working capital and financial planning, • Oversight of payroll, VAT, payables and receivables, • Stock and cost control, • Strengthening financial controls and processes, • Business partnering with senior stakeholders and the Board For someone looking to take ownership of a finance function, influence strategy, and grow into a future Finance Director role, this is an excellent next step. • They will consider (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or QBE, • Previous experience in a senior finance role, ideally within an SME, • Strong technical skills, • Confidence working closely with senior leadership, • A hands-on, proactive approach, • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, • A collaborative mindset and positive attitude

A leading Top 30 firm is seeking a dynamic Audit Partner for its St Albans office to drive growth and influence across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hertfordshire.This role requires an established Partner or a high-performing Director to lead the growth of a diverse client portfolio while ensur