Associate - Accountancy Partnership

Location: Clerkenwell

Job Title - Accountancy Partnerships & Consultative Sales

Location:

Farringdon, London
Salary: £32,000 per annum + performance-related bonus
Working pattern: 9am-6pm Hybrid, 2-3 days (36 hours) per week in the office

The Role

We are recruiting an Associate to build and develop long-term relationships with accountancy firms that advise R&D-active clients. This is a consultative, relationship-led role operating in a technically focused and reputation-sensitive environment.
You will help accountants understand when R&D tax moves from a generalist consideration to a specialist area, and how working with a specialist protects both their clients and their professional reputation. You will also learn the consultative sales process and support client meetings as part of a wider sales team.
This is not a cold-calling or product sales role. Success comes from credibility, professionalism, and long-term relationship building.

Key Responsibilities

· Build and maintain a targeted list of accountancy firms

· Research firms to understand client mix and sector focus

· Engage partners and senior managers through thoughtful, professional outreach

· Explain how and when R&D tax moves from generalist to specialist

· Develop long-term referral relationships based on trust and technical credibility

· Coordinate client introductions between accountants, clients, and the technical team

· Maintain CRM records and track referrals, engagement, and account management

· Attend relevant accountancy, tax, and finance events

· Feed back insights on market trends and partner needs

· Learn the consultative sales process, from research and discovery meetings through to pitching and supporting senior consultants
Requirements

· Comfortable building relationships with professional advisors

· Able to speak with accountants as peers, not prospects

· Strong communication skills, written and verbal

· Interest in tax, innovation, and business structures

· Organised and disciplined in managing multiple relationships

· Professional, detail-oriented, and compliant in approach

· Willingness to learn consultative sales techniques in a technical environment
Previous R&D tax experience is not required. A strong respect for compliance, professionalism, and reputation is essential.
Salary & Bonus
·£32,000 base salary

· Performance-related bonus linked to referral activity and contribution

· Full training and development provided

Benefits

· Full role-specific training and structured onboarding

· Curated external sales training following induction

· Flexible benefits platform with 5% salary contribution

· Company pension contribution

· Life assurance up to three times basic salary

· Private medical insurance post-probation

· Employee Assistance Programme

· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

· Option to buy or sell holiday

· Expenses policy for travel and subsistence where relevant

· Regular company social events

· Modern, well-appointed office in London

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, which is being advertised by Smart
10 Recruitment Group, who are acting as an employment agency / business. Your application will be considered in competition with others and we will contact you within 3 working days if you have been short listed.
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