Senior Associate

FRP Advisory; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national business advisory firm in Birmingham seeks a chartered accountant to join their financial advisory team. The role involves diverse assignments including financial due diligence, analysis, and report preparation. Ideal candidates should possess an ACCA or ACA qualification along with strong Excel skills and a solid understanding of debt structures affecting SMEs in the UK. The position emphasizes clear communication, client relationship building, and continuous professional development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant qualification (ACCA / ACA).
• Strong professional exam performance with first-time passes in core modules.
• Proficient in Excel with strong maths abilities.
• Experience in non-financial services businesses with stock.
• Understanding of UK SME debt structures.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and compile financial reports including management accounts.
• Identify trends or variances in financial information.
• Review and develop forecast financial models.
• Support project delivery through clear communication.
• Build positive client relationships.

Skills

Chartered Accountant (ACCA / ACA qualified)

Proficiency with Excel

Strong core maths skills

Experience with stock businesses outside financial services

Awareness of debt structures for SMEs in the UK

Education

Chartered Accountant qualification

Strong professional exam performance

Tools

Excel

Job description

About FRP

At FRP, we are a leading national business advisory firm based in the UK. With over 900 team members, including more than 100 partners, we specialise in Corporate Finance, Debt Advisory, Forensic Services, Financial Advisory, Restructuring Advisory and Real Estate Advisory. Operating from 35 offices across the UK, Isle of Man and Cyprus, we are dedicated to helping clients navigate complex and difficult situations to create, preserve, and recover value.

Our approach is known for being honest, clear, and considered. We provide strategic solutions that cater to a broad range of businesses, from multinational organisations to small enterprises. Our commitment is to deliver expert advice and support, ensuring our clients can make informed decisions and achieve their goals.

Job Description

The experienced and dynamic Birmingham Financial Advisory team is looking for a chartered accountant to join their team. The successful candidate will work on a wide range of assignments spanning financial due diligence and independent business reviews. These assignments include pre-lend forecast reviews, buy-side financial due diligence and options reviews for distressed or semi-distressed companies.

Key Responsibilities

Financial analysis and report preparation

• Analyse, present and provide commentary on financial information including management accounts, audited accounts, budgets and forecasts.
• Identify and comment on unusual trends or variances and their potential causes by understanding the operations of the business and linking this to the financial information.
• Review forecast financial models including the structure of the model and how assumptions are modelled.
• Develop and analyse sometimes incomplete financial information, such as compiling a cashflow or funds flow from a profit and loss statement and balance sheet.

Communication And Client Engagement

• Support efficient delivery of projects through clear communication and collaborating with the team.
• Contribute to positive client relationships by gain an understanding their needs and objectives.

Development

• Engage in continuous learning and development activities both through on-the-job training and proactive use of the available training resources.
• Identify personal development needs demonstrating a desire to build knowledge and experience.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (ACCA / ACA qualified)
• Strong professional exam performance, with first-time pass grades in most modules, including the core accounting and financial analysis modules of your relevant qualifying body
• Proficiency with Excel, strong core maths skills
• Experience working with businesses that hold stock and are outside the financial services sector
• Awareness of debt structures and bank facilities available to SMEs in the UK

Additional Information

Our Values

• Straightforward : We provide clear, no-nonsense advice
• Confident : Our guidance is backed by expertise and evidence
• Pragmatic : We focus on practical solutions and tangible outcomes
• Real : We are professional yet approachable, understanding the challenges our clients face

Our Commitment to You and the Environment

At FRP, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on the natural environment.

We are always striving to improve in all areas – whether it’s our people, our clients, our planet or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse culture for our people. We maintain an Equal Opportunities Policy, ensuring that recruitment and employment decisions are based solely on the skills and experience required for our professional services — regardless of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We believe every individual should have the opportunity to thrive.

Our learning and development programmes enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers. We aim to empower our team members to each achieve their potential.

We are committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We are emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.