Client Services & Accounting Lead

About Starfish Accounting

Starfish Accounting is an independent and growing purpose-led practice that champions a human‑centred, assured, and compassionate experience that their customers can confidently depend on.

On top of receiving multiple awards, Starfish were nominated as finalists for Xero’s Small Firm of the Year in 2023. Their ambitions to enhance operational capacity, expand their delivery team, and deepen personable support to small businesses has only flourished since proudly joining the responsible business movement and becoming B Corp certified in 2025.

This brand‑new appointment for an additional Client Services & Accounting Lead is true testament to this.

• Attentively manage a varied portfolio of clients, with an emphasis on building and managing valued relationships
• Oversee and review the quality and consistency of output across your pod.
• Coach and nurture your team, instilling leadership capabilities, and a sense of pride in their work
• Enthusiastically drive innovation and change across the organisation, while supporting initiatives for continuous improvement.

• Experienced and qualified Accountants (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with a track‑record reviewing the output of Accountants and Bookkeepers
• Personable leaders with interpersonal skills and prior experience of delivering within a client facing role
• Proactive, and adaptable leaders with familiarity towards continuous improvement
• Individuals who can balance commercial judgement with an efficient focus on delivery.

As Client Services & Accounting Lead, you will be joining Starfish ahead of a positive and steady period of evolution. This is not a role for someone who is uncomfortable with responsibility, wants to trudge along, and is averse to change and digital innovation.

As an employer that values and celebrates flexibility, Starfish’s culture reflects the ethos of their business as one that is genuinely invested in their community.

If you would like to explore this Client Services & Accounting Lead opportunity in more detail, please submit your CV via the application link on this website. A cover letter will also be required as part of the process.