About FRP
FRP is 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- Job Title: Financial Advisory –Senior Associate – newly qualified accountant
- Location: London
- Job Type Permanent – Full Time – Onsite/Hybrid
Role overview
The experienced and dynamic London 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.
- 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.
Personal Attributes:
- Strong communicator both verbal and written.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Adaptable and resilient, with a proactive approach to challenges.
- Committed to delivering exceptional client service and achieving operational excellence.
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.
