Hear from Jamie Wooldridge about his career journey, his varied role, and our approach to service…
I joined Mercer & Hole in 2012, from a small, three partner firm in the West End of London. I had been there for eight years and had qualified with them. When I came to Mercer & Hole, I was looking for a larger organisation, different clients, career opportunities and a change of scenery.
Since joining the firm in 2012 as a Senior Manager, I progressed to Director in 2016 and and then, in October 2022, I became a Partner. During my time at Mercer & Hole I have also had the opportunity to relocate from the London office and I am now based in the Milton Keynes office.
Working in Audit and Business Advisory Services, I deal with a wide variety of clients. Our largest clients have turnovers of around £50 million and balance sheets with hundreds of millions’ worth of assets, whilst at the other end of the scale I also work with non-incorporated sole traders. Although they have different requirements, the one thing they have in common is that they are looking for a quality personalised service and value for money.
Spotting tax issues and planning opportunities is one of the aspects of my role that saves clients money and also avoids them getting into unnecessary difficulties. In one case I worked on, the company were about to spend a large amount of money on a property as a retail outlet, when I realised there was a VAT issue that could have cost them about £1 million. I think they were pretty happy about that!
As a firm, we go out of our way to help clients and to provide them with as much service as we can. We do more than churn out accounts; we are proactive and will always look for opportunities of what more we can do to help, such as tax planning, for instance.
There is a great culture at Mercer & Hole – everyone is very approachable. It’s very friendly and within the team, there is a really solid working relationship, which makes it a pleasant place to work.
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