Make your career count

At Price Bailey, we provide exciting opportunities for training, personal growth and career engagement. We believe in fostering happiness and fulfilment in your work, whilst supporting and inspiring you to grow. We understand that your life extends beyond the workplace, which is why our Smart Working culture promotes flexibility, allowing you to choose when and where you work, whilst still providing excellent client care.

We are a well-established, independently owned firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, offering a comprehensive range of services including audit, accounting, tax, and corporate finance. We proudly support a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a strong focus on entrepreneurial, owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.

What does the role involve?

You will take full ownership of the Partner's professional life, ensuring priorities are managed intelligently, and time is protected and deployed to best effect. You will operate with authority and confidence, acting as a gatekeeper, sounding board and organiser, anticipating needs before they arise and resolving issues with discretion and efficiency.

You will work closely with senior colleagues, clients and external contacts, handling sensitive information with absolute confidentiality and always exercising sound professional judgement. Your contribution will be integral to the smooth running of the Partner's work portfolio and the wider success of the firm.

You will be a highly experienced Executive Assistant, most likely with a background in professional services, who is confident operating at Partner or Board level. You will bring gravitas, resilience and credibility, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage competing demands with calm authority.

You will be exceptionally organised, detail‑driven and commercially aware, with the confidence to ask the right questions and offer constructive challenge when appropriate. Your communication skills will be outstanding, and you will take pride in producing work of the highest quality.

What will I be doing?

As an Executive Assistant you will have ownership of the following tasks:

• Managing diaries, schedules and daily priorities.
• Coordinating and organising meetings, arranging travel and accommodation if required.
• Overseeing inbox management, including prioritising and responding to emails.
• Handling billing processes and raising credit notes as needed.
• Preparing engagement letters and carrying out anti–money laundering checks.
• Overseeing planning and coordination of office and sector events.
• Supporting content creation and managing timelines for PR and marketing activities.
• Maintaining and updating the business development pipeline and activity rota.
• Preparing and coordinating content for social media channels.

What experience do I need?

Whilst having the following experience is advantageous, we value passion and potential. If you meet the minimum criteria listed below and are eager to develop yourself, we would love to hear from you:

• Significant experience managing busy diaries and acting as a gatekeeper for C-Suite professionals (minimum criteria).
• Familiarity with the nuances and working practices of the accountancy/corporate finance sector (minimum criteria).
• Able to demonstrate reliability, discretion, confidentiality and flexibility.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience assisting in the organisation of internal and external events.
• Confident asking insightful questions and offering constructive challenge when appropriate.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook.

What's on offer?

In addition to your salary, we also offer the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday)
• Private medical
• Contributory pension scheme
• 4x life assurance
• All employee share scheme
• Family friendly policies e.g. paid time off for dependants 
• 2 days paid for volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts

Price Bailey aspires to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their social background, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We are an equal opportunities employer and place inclusion at the heart of what we do. Our workplace is one where diversity is embraced and where everyone is empowered to be their authentic selves.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in the appropriate section of your application. For candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria of the role, we also offer a guaranteed interview, which you can opt into as part of your application.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

Price Bailey will only accept CV's from recruitment agencies who have been briefed on specific roles by our Resourcing team and where contractual agreement exists already. We do not accept speculative CV's and agency fees will not be owed in these instances. Should you wish to be considered for our approved supplier list please contact recruitment@pricebailey.co.uk