Business Services Senior

Why Lubbock Fine?

Lubbock Fine is a successful 22 Partner accountancy and tax advisory practice based in the City of London. We are also a founder member of the award-winning global network Russell Bedford International. Continuing our successful organic growth, we plan to expand our team to 200 professionals in 2025. The overarching strategy of the firm at the heart of our success is our vision to ‘redefine exceptional’. Now is a perfect time to join us to be part of that success and to help shape the future.

We have a diverse range of clients, both within the UK and around the world. Our specialist business desks look after clients in France, Portugal, India, the Middle East and Africa, we have a newly launched German desk and business operations in the Cayman Islands. Our Dubai office, established in 2006, was one of the first to register as auditors with the Dubai Financial Services Authority.

Our clients cover an array of sectors including property investment businesses, natural resources, and renewable energy firms, the media & entertainment sector, technology, FCA registered firms, charities and not-for-profit and large funds with up to £4bn in assets. With such a diverse client base our work is both challenging and gratifying and offers our people many opportunities to gain exposure to new industries, or to specialise.

We take CSR seriously and are a carbon neutral firm. We are heavily engaged in social mobility and charitable activities giving you the opportunity to give back. Employee wellbeing, flexibility and a quality working environment are at the core of the firm’s values. We have an extensive range of benefits. LF understands that everyone will have different long-term personal goals. Consequently, each team member is able to develop a tailored development plan to help them reach their specific career goals. Some of our team members who moved into Industry are now our clients. After a period of time with the firm we offer sabbaticals and international secondments within the RBI network.

If you are looking to take your career path all the way to partnership, the path to achieving this will be completely transparent. LF operates a unique ‘Path-to-Partner’ training and mentoring programme, allowing you to progress from trainee, into management and then Partnership as fast as you are capable of doing so.

Our Business Services Team

Our Business Services Team has around 35 staff, ranging from Trainee through to Partner. As a member of our Business Services Team, you will be reporting to Managers, Associate Directors and Partners, depending on the assignment.

We have an interesting and diverse client base ranging from SMEs, corporate entities, OMBs and funds. Working in the Business Services team, you will become an integral part of the clients’ teams as trusted adviser and first point of contact. The main services that we provide are year-end accounts, VAT, cash flow and management accounts. As well as compliance, we help our clients fulfil their ambitious growth plans by providing projections. We have a varied client base operating in a number of different sectors including property, professional services, entertainment and hospitality, leisure, PR, IT and technology.

Start-up companies are an interesting and rapidly growing section of our client base. In addition to assisting entrepreneurial businesses with the initial set-up of their business, we help them with their ongoing financial planning as well as finding suitable finance and investors.

Job Description

You will be responsible for a range of clients preparing management accounts, VAT returns, statutory accounts and a range of ad hoc reporting across a range of industry sectors

You will prepare often complex and bespoke management accounts

You will carry out bookkeeping review using a range of accounting software prepared by clients or junior members of staff

You will supervise and review staff output and provide guidance to junior members of the team

You will have constant interaction with the team and business services partners including those from other business units within LF

You will be the main point of contact for your clients

You will receive training, feedback and development from an exceptional team of practitioners as well as international advisory exposure to clients

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

The ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualification

The ability to provide clear, accurate and commercial advice to clients

The ability to build strong client knowledge and act as an extension to the client

At least three years’ accounting experience gained within a medium-sized practice

The ability to interpret client information and challenge the client appropriately

The ability to liaise and coordinate effectively with members of the team and other service lines across the firm

A real team-player with a ‘can-do’ attitude

A keen interest in working in a challenging and sociable environment

A commitment to continuous learning and to improve your own technical expertise

What we will offer in return

A competitive salary as well as a fully comprehensive range of benefits to include:

Smart Working with core hours from 10am to 4pm

Discretionary bonus scheme

2% bonus at Christmas

4 or 5% pension (matched)

Private Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Interest free season ticket loan

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Leave packages

Flexible benefits: including healthcare assessments, cycle to work, health cash plan etc

Employee assistance programme

Fresh fruit and snacks in the office every week

Massage Angels Quarterly

Annual away day and Christmas party as well as numerous other socials

Annual wellbeing calendar with free seminars, freebies, lunch & learns

A supportive working environment where development and progression are actively encouraged!

All applications are treated in the greatest confidence.