INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Silvia helps firms to achieve their aspirations
Possessing technical skills can be a great advantage in business but good leaders have so much more in their locker.
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hat’s the view of Silvia Vitiello, a vastly experienced accountancy practitioner and a partner at Moore Kingston Smith, an established UK accounting firm of accountants and business advisers. She says: “Leadership is not just about showcasing your technical and professional skills. Good leaders enjoy what they’re doing and really get under the skin of something and understand it. I like to think I’m a business advisor, a critical friend who my clients can use as a sounding board. I also enjoy developing people and seeing them grow. It’s incredibly rewarding.
I’ve trained people who’ve gone on to climb to the top of their career ladder and are bringing real advantages to businesses themselves.”
information, which took up a lot of time. We also use real-time accounting software which gives clients more visibility over their accounts at any particular time.”
Silvia has been a partner at Moore Kingston Smith for the last 12 years and currently leads the firm’s family business division. She has a genuine interest and excitement in working with her clients and also works with entrepreneurial businesses as well as non-profit and membership organisations.
“On balance, being able to use technology is great but it’s not a total replacement for people. Technology frees up time for our teams to do more for our clients, dive deeper into their business and to understand what they want and need and that’s also a much more enjoyable and fulfilling role to have too.”
“I always take the time to fully understand each client, including their personal and business goals, before creating bespoke solutions for them,” she says. “My ultimate goal is to simply offer clients cost-effective and solution-driven advice to help them achieve their aspirations. This could include helping them to grow revenues, tap into new markets, reduce unnecessary costs or perhaps make their operations slicker and more efficient. Every business is different.” Silvia says she’s lucky to work for a firm that has a long, distinguished history. Moore Kingston Smith has been helping clients thrive since 1923 and now has over 70 partners and more than 650 people based in and around London, including 65 in the St Albans office. It’s a leading member of the Moore Global Network, an international family made up of over 30,000 people across more than 100 countries. The network allows members to connect and collaborate to take care of clients’ needs at a local, national and international level. Silvia says: “Since I’ve been at the firm, there has been a lot of change in the way we’ve delivered our services. We now use artificial intelligence (AI) to explore data sets, whereas previously our teams would have to have analysed the
Outside of work, Silvia is a board member of Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and the Skills and Employment Committee for the Herts Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). She’s also chair of the City of Expertise. “Herts Chamber is a genuine supporter of local businesses,” she says. “It’s great to see an organisation that sits in the middle of the Herts business community and helps companies to connect with each other.” www. mooreks.co.uk
My ultimate goal is to simply offer clients cost-effective and solution-driven advice to help them achieve their aspirations. This could include helping them to grow revenues, tap into new markets, reduce unnecessary costs or perhaps make their operations slicker and more efficient. Every business is different. INSPIRE
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