ABOUT US
SENIOR TEAM
The senior team have many years of experience advising clients across all aspects of their business. As well as being accountants the partners have spent many years running their own business so they can truly deliver a unique approach.
We aim to help you achieve your business and personal goals by offering you our knowledge and experience, along with up to date technical advice to suit your needs.
We also have a talented team of professionals who take a proactive and commercial approach to their work, ensuring you are provided with practical solutions in a format and timeframe that
suits you.
Collectively, we pride ourselves on being flexible, responsive to your needs and committed to delivering a service which helps your business grow.
Sarah Butler
PARTNER
Sarah is a chartered accountant with in excess of twenty years’ experience.
She started her career in practice where she spent time working in both Manchester and London before progressing to work in private equity and investment and has recently gone back in to practice supporting other entrepreneurs with access to real advice.
Sarah has recruited the team at Portland and heads up the practice alongside her partners.
Daniel Finestein
PARTNER
Daniel is a chartered accountant with a wealth of experience.
He originally trained in Manchester and then sat on the national board for a top ten firm before leaving general practice to launch a fund management business.
With Sarah, he decided to go back into practice in order to offer access to his experience to new and existing clients.
Phil Vickers
Phil started his career in a small firm in Manchester working in general practice.
He then spent time in corporate finance and insolvency, before heading out into the corporate world for some real life experience.
Phil has worked with Sarah and Daniel in various guises for many years and has a wealth of knowledge to offer clients, both new and existing.
Ben Thomas
MANAGER
Ben trained as a chartered accountant after graduating in History from the University of Manchester.
He qualified with RSM, where he spent 8 years as an audit supervisor and audit manager with experience in manufacturing, corporate tech services, SMEs and pensions sectors.
Ben joined Portland in 2019 and works with the senior team in order to provide statutory accounts, corporation tax and business advice to a range of clients.
