Rural Business Adviser
Brooks Leney is an ambitious and forward-thinking firm of Land Agents, Rural Business Advisors and Estate Agents, operating from offices near Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds and servicing clients throughout East Anglia.
We pride ourselves on bringing together teams of like-minded knowledgeable professional advisors to provide first-class advice and support to our clients and their businesses, delivering tailored solutions with a combination of traditional values and a forward-thinking approach. We aim to build trust within the team and with our clients to create long-term relationships with people who value our honest and straightforward advice.
We provide a broad range of property and farm business-related services to a mixture of traditional private clients, non-farming investors and institutional clients.
We pride ourselves on bringing together teams of like-minded knowledgeable professional advisors to provide first-class advice and support to our clients and their businesses, delivering tailored solutions with a combination of traditional values and a forward-thinking approach. We aim to build trust within the team and with our clients to create long-term relationships with people who value our honest and straightforward advice.
We provide a broad range of property and farm business-related services to a mixture of traditional private clients, non-farming investors and institutional clients.
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Rural Business Advisor - Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds
Are you a seasoned, commercially minded professional with deep experience in farm management and rural consultancy? Do you thrive on overcoming challenges, building meaningful client relationships, and delivering strategic solutions that help agricultural businesses thrive — even in uncertain environments?
As a Rural Business Adviser, you will play a key role within our established Rural Business Advice team, working with a wide variety of farming businesses across East Anglia. We are looking for an experienced (preferably 5 years minimum), commercially minded and resilient individual who can deliver high-quality strategic advice, build strong relationships, and support clients through both opportunities and challenges in a rapidly evolving sector.
You will be involved in a broad and stimulating range of advisory work, including:
- Farm Business Appraisals and strategic business reviews
- Advising on, establishing and optimising Farming Structure
- Identifying, assessing and managing Diversification Projects
- Preparing and submitting Subsidy and Rural Grant Scheme applications and claims
- Advising on and managing Environmental Schemes, including both public and private funding streams
- Monitoring and providing advice in relation to rural business performance, including financial analysis and benchmarking
- Preparing and managing Farming Tenders, including Contract Farming and Share Farming Agreements
- Producing clear and accurate Financial Reports, budgets, cashflows and financial analyses
- Managing ongoing Contract Farming and Share Farming Agreements
- Providing support to the wider Land Agency team on cross-disciplinary matters
- Advising on Carbon and Biodiversity opportunities and emerging markets
You will be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team where your expertise is valued, and where you will have the opportunity to develop your own specialist areas while contributing to the firm’s wider strategic direction.
If you are looking to take your career to the next level with a firm that values initiative, ambition and teamwork, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Core Benefits
- A holiday scheme which increases by one day per year for each year's service up to a maximum of 33 days (including Bank Holidays)
- Enhanced holiday entitlements for long service after five and ten years
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Income Protection Scheme
- Professional Development Support (CPD)
- Access to Business Mentor / Personal Coach
- Professional Subscriptions Paid
Additional Benefits
- An extra day of holiday on your birthday
- Enhanced Maternity Benefits
- Annual Summer and Christmas Social Events
Please send your CV and a covering letter to Will Hosegood, wjh@brooksleney.co.uk or for a confidential discussion, please ring Will on 07985 192116.
