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About the Role:

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in a top UK firm? We are seeking a proactive and strategic IT Director to lead our technology infrastructure, ensuring the firm operates with optimal efficiency and security. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and advance our technology landscape, driving the firm’s infrastructure strategy while ensuring robust governance, user support, and network security.

Key Responsibilities:

As IT Director, you will be responsible for:

• Infrastructure Strategy – Developing and implementing the technology infrastructure strategy, from procurement to lifecycle management, to keep our systems up-to-date and aligned with the firm's goals.
• Security and Compliance – Designing security and governance strategies to achieve and maintain relevant accreditations, providing staff training, and ensuring security through regular testing.
• Network Management – Overseeing voice and data networks to ensure reliable and secure communication channels, aiming for high network uptime and minimal downtime.
• Vendor and Budget Management – Managing vendor relationships, licensing, and budgets to meet the firm's needs efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Disaster Recovery and Backup – Developing disaster recovery and backup plans, executing regular drills, and keeping the business prepared for unexpected incidents.
• User Support – Ensuring responsive and effective user support, maintaining up-to-date procedures, and managing third-party support relationships.
• Change Management – Leading change management initiatives, maintaining a risk register, and ensuring compliance through policies and assessments.
• Team Leadership – Leading the Infrastructure team, fostering a high-performing culture, and ensuring employee engagement and development.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partnering with leaders across Production, Core, Marketing, and Risk to support joint projects and align infrastructure efforts with business needs.

About You:

• You'll have a proven track record of developing and implementing technology and infrastructure strategy.
• The ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and influence at all levels.
• Strong leadership skills with experience in team and project management.
• Expert knowledge in infrastructure and security.
• Excellent negotiation skills with experience in budget management and vendor performance oversight.
• Experience of ITSM, ITIL and ISO27001 is desirable

Why Bishop Fleming?! 

Bishop Fleming is an independent leading provider of audit, accountancy, tax, and advisory services in the UK. With a turnover of £38.4m, the firm saw growth of 15.5% per cent over the last 12 months. From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming has a wealth of knowledge and experience in areas such as internal and external audit, corporate and personal tax, corporate finance and deals and accounting services.

Bishop Fleming is currently ranked 33 in the Accountancy Age league table and is the number one provider of audit services multi-academy trusts in the academy sector. The firm was also ranked fifth in the inaugural UK Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index.

With 8 offices spanning from the West Midlands to the South West, the firm has 43 partners and nearly 500 staff, and is a certified Great Place to Work®.

Bishop Fleming is a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

We are a firm that thinks clients, people and communities. As a member of Business in the Community (BITC) we are focussed on improving our responsible business practices and collectively making positive impacts for the benefit of society.

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including: 

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off! 
• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working 
• A contributory Pension scheme 
• Life assurance 
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services 
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts 
• Yulife employee wellbeing app 
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Numerous opportunities for development 

Please contact Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential.  We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated. 

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.