At Accountancy Capital we connect organisations with qualified accounting, financial control and finance talent across the UK. Our approach combines current knowledge of the finance market with a consultative recruitment process that matches technical capability, business need and cultural fit. We are a small team, and that is deliberate: you deal with the same people from the first call to the day your new hire starts.
We take pride in building lasting relationships with businesses and candidates alike, helping clients strengthen their finance operations and helping finance professionals find roles where they can do their best work.
Adrian Lawrence
Founder & Director
Adrian Lawrence founded Accountancy Capital with a clear vision: to build a recruitment firm rooted in professional accounting expertise and real commercial understanding. With extensive experience in finance and executive recruitment, Adrian leads the strategic direction of the business and ensures the highest standards of client service.
Adrian works closely with employers to define role requirements and understand business objectives, ensuring every candidate presented can contribute meaningfully to financial performance and organisational success.
Jodie Garrington
Joint Founder & Director
As Director of Talent Strategy, Jodie combines deep recruitment experience with a strong understanding of what makes accounting and finance professionals excel. She leads candidate assessment and shortlist development, ensuring individuals presented to clients have been rigorously evaluated for both technical proficiency and cultural alignment.
Jodie’s focus on quality, clear communication, and relationship building enhances the experience for both clients and candidates throughout every stage of the recruitment journey.
Sarah Partridge
Operations & Governance Support
Sarah ensures that Accountancy Capital delivers consistent, efficient, and compliant recruitment services. She manages the operational infrastructure that supports the firm’s work across permanent, interim, and contract placements.
Her meticulous approach to documentation, governance, and internal process management helps the team deliver seamless, professional outcomes for clients and candidates alike.
Sacha Tunks
Senior Recruiter
Sacha leads candidate delivery across our qualified finance searches, running the direct approach work that reaches the finance professionals who are not actively looking, and building the shortlists our clients see.
Working across permanent, interim and fractional appointments, she manages candidates through the process from first conversation to offer. Her understanding of where talent sits, what it costs and what motivates people to move is what turns a difficult brief into a credible shortlist.
Jessica Lawrence
Client & Candidate Coordination
Jessica plays a central role in ensuring smooth communication and outstanding service throughout the recruitment process. She coordinates interviews, manages key interactions between clients and candidates, and helps ensure everyone stays informed and supported from initial contact to placement.
Her friendly, responsive approach makes the recruitment experience professional and positive for all stakeholders.
Our strength lies in the combination of recruitment experience, operational rigour, market insight and a founder who is a qualified accountant. Whether you are hiring a Financial Controller, a management accountant or a senior finance professional on interim terms, the team works together to understand your needs and deliver a shortlist you can act on.
How Our Team Covers Your Search
Every search benefits from the whole team, not just whoever is named as the lead consultant. Here is who does what, and what it means for you.
Founder, Client Briefing — Adrian Lawrence FCA
Adrian founded FD Capital in 2018 and later built Exec Capital, NED Capital, Accountancy Capital and SMF Capital. He is a Fellow of the ICAEW with a practising certificate, holds a BSc from Queen Mary College, University of London, and is a former listed-company Finance Director. Adrian handles initial client calls, prepares proposals and briefs the team, so the search starts from an accurate understanding of the role. More on his background is on Adrian’s profile page.
Candidate Assessment — Jodie Garrington, Partner
Jodie is a Partner in the group and a co-founder alongside Adrian; her title at NED Capital is Partner. On Accountancy Capital searches she leads candidate assessment, so every candidate on your shortlist has been evaluated for technical ability and fit before you see a CV. Jodie also has a strong network of tax professionals, which is a real advantage on tax recruitment, where the best candidates are rarely on the open market.
Candidate Delivery — Sacha Tunks, Senior Recruiter
Sacha runs day-to-day delivery once a search is live: client liaison, sourcing, candidate calls, shortlists and interviews. That includes direct approaches into the passive market, so your shortlist reflects who is right for the role rather than who happens to be looking. Sacha is usually your main contact while the search is running, and uses our salary guides to keep expectations on both sides realistic.
Operations, Governance and Sourcing — Sarah Partridge, Candidate Resourcer
Sarah keeps the process consistent and compliant, whether the placement is permanent, interim or fractional. She also sources candidates and handles outreach, building the long list that the shortlist is drawn from. That matters most on interim and fractional recruitment, where speed has to come with proper checks.
Coordination — Jessica, Junior Recruiter
Jessica supports the team across live searches, helping with candidate contact, interview arrangements and communication, so nothing falls through the gaps between brief and offer. If you need to reach the team, our contact page has every route in.
How a Search Runs, From First Call to Start Date
- First call (Adrian). We respond the same working day. Adrian takes the initial call to understand the role, the team, the systems, the reporting cycle and why the position exists, and gives a frank view on salary or day rate.
- Proposal and terms (Adrian). A written proposal sets out the approach and timetable. Fees are agreed in writing before a search starts.
- Briefing the team (Adrian, Jodie, Sacha). The brief is shared with the people who will run the search, including the technical points the hiring manager cares about most.
- Sourcing (Sarah, Sacha, Jessica). We search our own network, the shared group network and the passive market, and make direct approaches.
- Assessment (Jodie). Candidates are interviewed and tested on technical depth, motivation and expectations before they are put forward.
- Shortlist and interviews (Sacha). For permanent roles a shortlist typically follows within one to two weeks; for interim and fractional roles, within days. Sacha arranges interviews and gathers feedback from both sides.
- Offer to start (Sacha). We manage the offer, references, notice period and the run-up to the start date, and stay in touch through the first months.
If you are about to brief us on an interim role, our guide on how to brief an interim finance search covers the information that speeds things up.
Speak to the team — 0204 553 8893
Tell us about the finance role you need to fill. We reply the same working day. Email recruitment@accountancycapital.co.uk or send us the details online.
How We Assess Finance Candidates
A founder who is a qualified accountant changes how assessment works. Our questions are written by someone who has run a listed company’s finance function, so they test whether a candidate can actually do the job rather than whether their CV uses the right words.
- Technical questions. For a Financial Controller we probe the month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, consolidation, controls and audit readiness. For FP&A candidates we ask how they build a forecast and explain variances. Our Financial Controller interview questions show the kind of ground we cover.
- Qualifications checked. We confirm membership of the relevant body, whether the ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA, rather than taking a CV at its word.
- Sector and system fit. We test familiarity with the systems, reporting frameworks and regulatory requirements the role involves, including client money and prudential reporting in FCA-regulated firms.
- Motivation and expectations. We confirm why the candidate wants to move, their salary or day-rate expectations, notice period and working pattern, so there are no surprises at offer.
Why a Small Specialist Team Works Better
Large generalist agencies often pass a brief from a sales consultant to a resourcer to a delivery desk, and detail is lost at every handover. Our team is small enough that the people who heard your brief are the people who run the search. Adrian’s notes from the first call go straight to Jodie and Sacha, and candidate feedback comes back to you without being filtered through layers of account management.
Because we only recruit qualified finance roles, the team also builds up a working knowledge of the market that a generalist desk cannot match: which candidates are open to a move, what a realistic package looks like for a Finance Manager in a given region, and where scarce skills such as consolidation or client money experience can be found.
One Network Across FD Capital Group
Accountancy Capital is one of five specialist firms in FD Capital Group, alongside FD Capital, Exec Capital, NED Capital and SMF Capital. The team draws on one shared network of finance professionals, senior executives and board directors, which widens the reach of every search. Where a role sits at Finance Director or CFO level, it usually runs with FD Capital; non-executive roles go to NED Capital. Our about us page explains how the group fits together.
Where You Can Meet Us
Our London office at 167–169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF is staffed, and the team regularly meets clients and candidates there. Our West Midlands office is at Watling Court, Orbital Plaza, Watling Street, Cannock WS11 0EL. We also meet at clients’ premises or by video call, and recruit nationwide. See London accountancy recruitment and the full list of locations we cover.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who will I deal with day to day?
Adrian takes the first call and briefs the team. Once the search is live, Sacha is usually your main contact, with Jodie leading candidate assessment and Sarah and Jessica supporting sourcing and coordination.
Which roles does the team recruit?
Qualified finance roles below director level, typically £50,000 and above: Financial Controllers, Finance Managers, Heads of Finance, management and financial accountants, FP&A, finance business partners, tax specialists and finance roles in FCA-regulated firms, on permanent, interim and fractional terms.
How quickly will we see candidates?
We respond the same working day. Permanent shortlists typically follow within one to two weeks, and interim or fractional Financial Controller candidates within days.
How are fees agreed?
Fees and terms are agreed in writing before a search starts, so you know the cost before any work begins.
I am a finance professional. How do I get in touch?
Register through our candidate registration page or browse current finance jobs. Your details are never sent to an employer without your consent.
Adrian Lawrence FCA — Founder, Accountancy Capital
Fellow of the ICAEW | Chartered Accountant holding an ICAEW practising certificate | Part of FD Capital Group
Adrian is a former listed-company Finance Director with a BSc from Queen Mary College, University of London. He built the team around a simple idea: finance hires should be assessed by people who understand the work, using questions grounded in how a finance function really runs.
Related Pages and Resources
About Us
Who we are and how we work.
For Candidates
Career guidance and current roles.
Work with our team — 0204 553 8893
Whether you are hiring or looking for your next finance role, we will respond the same working day. Email recruitment@accountancycapital.co.uk.