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Our client is an established audit and are looking at recruiting for a Chief Operating Officer. Duties include: • supporting the Managing Partner, to provide strategic leadership across the firm’s operational functions, ensuring alignment with the firm’s objectives and maintaining the highest standards of operational excellence. • Overseeeing the day-to-day management of the HR, marketing, operations and administrative functions, ensuring effective coordination, collaboration, accountability and the delivery of a high-quality internal service. • Lead, coach and develop the firm's support function leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement. • support resource planning and organisational capacity across the support functions, ensuring the firm is appropriately structured to meet its operational and strategic objectives. • Oversee the firm's premises, facilities, systems and operational infrastructure, ensuring they remain efficient, fit for purpose and support the firm's continued growth. • Oversee the firm's internal committees, ensuring objectives are achieved, actions are followed through and measurable outcomes are delivered. • Drive firm-wide strategic initiatives and organisational change by translating strategic decisions into clear actions and ensuring their successful implementation across the firm. • Monitor the progress of projects, initiatives and key deliverables, ensuring timely execution through effective follow-up, accountability and consistent implementation across the firm. • Continuously identify opportunities in collaboration with the relevant teams and internal committees, to improve operational processes, systems, technology and automation to enhance efficiency and the overall employee and client experience. • Establish operational OKRs and budgets for the support functions, in collaboration with the respective teams and monitor performance against agreed objectives. • Keep the Partners abreast of all relevant operational updates. • Oversee firm-wide internal communication to ensure consistency, alignment and transparency. • Ensure operational policies, procedures and internal documentation remain effective, up to date and consistently applied across the firm. • Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, proactively identifying operational risks, proposing practical solutions and driving continuous organisational improvement. • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and client service. • Oversee the firm's internal learning and development programme, ensuring alignment of training initiatives across all functions and levels, in collaboration with the HR function, the Managing Partner and other stakeholders. • Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, speed and continuous improvement across the firm, ensuring the firm's values are consistently embedded in day-to-day operations.