Business Development Manager

linkup; Kingsdown; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent professional services firm seeks a Business Development Manager to lead growth initiatives in the Bristol region. In this senior role, you will collaborate with tax, audit, and corporate finance leaders to develop strategies, manage key account relationships, and mentor colleagues. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in business development, outstanding communication skills, and the ability to support a culture of collaboration and growth. This position also offers benefits such as private medical insurance and a flexible hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Pension

Private medical insurance

Group life assurance

Virtual GP service

Counseling support

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts on shopping and gym fees

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in business development within professional services.
• Confident engaging senior stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Collaborative leader who inspires and supports others.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic business development initiatives across various sectors.
• Manage and optimise a robust business development pipeline.
• Drives engagement with senior-level prospects and stakeholders.
• Mentor colleagues to elevate business development capabilities.

Skills

Outstanding communication

Relationship-building skills

Project management

Strategic thinking

Job description

Overview

In a nutshell Are you a seasoned and strategic business development professional ready to take the next step in your career? As our business development manager, you’ll lead high-impact growth initiatives and play a key role in shaping our business development strategy across a dynamic corporate market. Lead with influence: drive growth across the Bristol region. Strategic collaboration: partner with senior tax, audit and corporate finance leaders to unlock new markets and build high-value client relationships. Strengthen key accounts: take ownership of our most important client relationships, enhancing service delivery and deepening engagement. Shape the future: reporting directly to the chief marketing officer, you’ll be a senior member of our 17-strong BD / marketing team, contributing to a collaborative, innovative and high-performing environment.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Lead strategic business development initiatives in collaboration with tax, audit and advisory partners, aligned with our growth priorities
• Manage and optimise a robust business development pipeline, qualifying high-value opportunities and leads
• Design and execute BD and sector campaigns to engage senior-level prospects
• Oversee a portfolio of key client accounts, ensuring exceptional service and identifying opportunities for growth
• Work closely with client engagement partners to expand service offerings across existing relationships
• Mentor and coach colleagues across the firm to elevate their business development capabilities
• Provide expert guidance on proposal development, pricing strategies and pitch presentations
• Champion the use of CRM to track relationship-building activities and business development progress
• Facilitate strategic BD meetings with multidisciplinary teams to drive collaboration and innovation

About you

To thrive in this role, you’ll need to: Bring substantial experience in business development within professional services. Demonstrate outstanding communication, influencing and relationship-building skills. Be confident in engaging senior internal and external stakeholders across multiple disciplines. Excel at managing multiple priorities and performing under pressure. Be a collaborative leader who inspires and supports others. Hold a full driving licence and have access to your own transport.

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisers in South West England, PKF Francis Clark offers a breadth of opportunities to develop your career in the way that’s right for you. Established in 1919, we’ve grown to a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro. This means we’re big enough to do challenging work for exciting clients, but small enough to maintain our friendly and supportive culture. We work hard to ensure you can belong, be yourself and be brilliant as part of a forward-thinking team. This includes a flexible approach to hybrid working. And our focus on wellbeing and learning and development has been recognised nationally. For the past three years, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work and ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces. In 2025, we climbed four places to 20 out of 100 large organisations on this prestigious list. We’re also in the UK’s top 10 Best Workplaces for Women (6 out of 100 large organisations), as well as being ranked among the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (35 out of 100), Best Workplaces for Development (24 out of 100) and Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services. All these lists are compiled by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work. Our rankings are a direct result of feedback from our people in a confidential, independent annual survey. The success rates of our trainees mean we’re also ranked 33rd in The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2025. While we’re proudly independent, we collaborate with colleagues around the world to enable our clients to succeed. PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of this international network provides opportunities to connect with like-minded accountants and business advisers in 150 countries.

Benefits

Your core 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:

• Private medical insurance
• 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

• 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
• Electric vehicle lease scheme

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.