Ian Smith

Chartered Accountant (FCA)

Expertise:

Ian trained and qualified with the firm, has over 30 years’ experience and now wears many hats in his day-to-day activities.
He is an Audit RI and currently our Head of Audit dealing with a wide array of medium sized UK companies and groups.
He has expertise in Cloud Accounting and IT, acting as the firms IT partner.
He looks after our Payroll Bureau which acts as an outsourced facility for processing client payroll.
While handling clients in all sectors, Ian has strong expertise and experience in property investment & development businesses, professional partnerships and is the firm’s SRA Accounts Rules expert handling all our Law Firm clients’ regulatory needs.
His internal roll as Operations and HR Partner gives him a unique perspective that he can share with all clients in managing their own businesses while keeping a close eye on the finances, preparing cashflow forecasts and managing the workforce (even maintaining the office equipment!).
He also regularly works with our business tax specialists in advising clients on corporate structures and strategy.

Extra-curricular:

Having retired from playing rugby Ian is a self-confessed petrol head. He regularly attends car shows with his 1976 Nissan Skyline KenMeri or attends track days in his Nissan 350z, but insists, at best, is an average driver!