UK accounting and advisory firm serving mid-market and private clients
S&W is a 140+ year-old accounting and advisory practice operating across tax, audit, corporate finance, and restructuring services. Their tech stack is heavily Microsoft-centric (Office, Power Platform, Power BI, Azure) with accounting-specific tools (Xero, Silverfin, Sage 50, QuickBooks), reflecting a traditionally managed professional services operation. Finance-heavy hiring (82 of 117 roles) signals scaling of delivery capacity rather than platform innovation; active projects cluster around M&A tax due diligence, succession planning, and compliance automation, while pain points cite post-merger integration and value realization challenges — typical friction points for a growing advisory firm consolidating client work.
Notable leadership hires: Business Development Director
S&W is a privately held accounting and advisory firm headquartered in London with 1,001–5,000 employees. Founded in 1881, the firm serves growing businesses and private clients across the UK and internationally with services spanning accountancy and tax compliance, audit and assurance, corporate finance and transactions, restructuring and recovery, and forensic advisory. The company operates a traditional professional services model: client-facing specialists are supported by a finance-dominated back office, and current hiring focuses on senior practitioners and managers to expand delivery capacity across property, real estate, and corporate tax verticals. Recent projects emphasize M&A tax diligence, trust and succession planning structures, and workflow automation in tax compliance.
S&W operates primarily on Microsoft infrastructure (Office, Power BI, Azure, Power Platform) paired with accounting software Xero, Silverfin, Sage 50, and QuickBooks. Backend capabilities include SQL, Terraform, Python, and PowerShell.
Current projects center on M&A and property tax due diligence, real estate transaction support, succession planning through trust and corporate structures, tax compliance automation, and post-merger integration activities.
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