Prime Accountants appoints senior tax manager

Leading Coventry accountancy firm has promoted Paisley Godley to the position of senior tax manager.

Godley has worked for Prime Accountants Group for 22 years across numerous departments in eight different roles, during which time she discovered her passion for tax accounting.

Prime has offices in Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham and Paislei – who is based in the Coventry office, within Whitley Business Park, and lives in the city – joined the firm in November 2001 as an office junior.

She began her training soon after starting as a tax secretary, passing her Association of Tax Technicians exams in 2011, followed by her Chartered Institute of Tax exams in 2013.

Regarding working at the firm, Godley said: “Working at Prime is a real privilege. I started in an admin role back in 2001 and soon found a passion for the tax industry, so I spoke to our managing director Kevin Johns to share my desire to train in this new area.

“Throughout the two decades I’ve worked at Prime, the support and approachability from the whole team has been a key driver for my continued commitment to the company and my career in tax.”

Godley is one of the company’s many employees who are celebrating long standing milestones with the business. 

In total, Prime has 26 employees across its three offices who have achieved a decade of service, with a further 14 who have been part of the team for more than 20 years – surpassing the average employee retention of a UK firm, which stands at four years and six months. 

Kevin Johns, managing director of Prime, said: “Paislei has always been a fantastic employee and we’d all like to congratulate her on her well-deserved new senior role.

“We’re glad that having the ability to work flexibly has helped Paislei in her career with us. We understand that people have a life outside of work, and we are proud to be an employer which allows flexibility where needed.”