Professional Advisors

Scotland has a large community of professional advisors that provide a broad range of services to the financial service industry.  Several of these firms are global organisations that have developed a significant presence in Scotland in tandem with the growth of financial services activity.  This sector encompasses prominent accountancy and legal firms as well as organisations involved in specific areas such as outsourcing and forensic services.

Key facts and figures

Scottish Financial Enterprise’s professional advisor members include both organisations that are headquartered in Scotland, and UK and international groups that have significant operating presences here.  The number of people they employ in Scotland that are dedicated to financial services activity is over 1,300.  Furthermore, covering all of their operations, they employ around 38,,000 throughout the rest of the UK, over 89,000 in the rest of Europe, 62,000 in the US, some 2,300 in Asia and 121,000 throughout the rest of the world.  All of SFE’s member companies in this sector service their UK wide customer base while many service clients throughout the globe.  Their activities encompass:

• Corporate finance
• Taxation
• Accounting services
• Financial consultancy
• Legal services
• Risk management
• Forensic services
• Political lobbying
• Conferences
• Human resource services
• Management consulting
• Technology services
• Outsourcing
• Audit services

Key Sector Statistics for SFE member companies

Did you know?

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland is the world’s first professional body of accountants, receiving its royal charter in 1854.

Famous Scottish Lawyers include Sir Walter Scott, John Knox, Robert Louis Stevenson and more recently Donald Dewar.