Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager.

Manchester or Leeds

A leading accountancy firm is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to support and accelerate growth across its Northern region. This is a newly created role, offering an exciting opportunity to shape regional business development activity and make a visible impact across multiple offices and service lines.

Working closely with partners and senior stakeholders, you'll be responsible for developing and delivering strategic BD plans, using market, sector and client insight to identify growth opportunities and prioritise activity.

On a day‑to‑day basis, this will include building and managing key intermediary relationships, supporting partners with client targeting programmes, spotting cross‑selling opportunities, and ensuring follow‑up activity is progressed and tracked.

You'll play a hands‑on role in coordinating business development initiatives across the Northern offices, working collaboratively with marketing, bids and wider business services teams to ensure a consistent and joined‑up approach. This will involve advising partners on BD best practice, helping to embed a more proactive and commercial BD culture, and acting as a trusted adviser to the business.

The role will also include supporting pitches and tenders, overseeing regional BD activity and budgets, and reporting on pipeline development, outcomes and return on investment. Regular travel across the North will be required, with occasional travel to London.

About you

To be considered, you will need:

• Proven experience in business development within an accountancy or legal firm
• Strong credibility working with partners and senior stakeholders
• Experience managing intermediary relationships, client targeting and cross‑selling initiatives
• A proactive, organised approach with the confidence to influence and challenge where needed

This role would suit someone who enjoys working at both a strategic and hands‑on level, and who is motivated by the opportunity to help shape a newly created position within a growing firm.