AT JAMES COWPER WE BELIEVE IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMMON VIEW AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE THEREFORE CLEARLY DEFINED OUR PURPOSE, VISION AND VALUES.
Our Purpose is “To help our clients succeed” – this is why we do what we do.
Our Vision is “To be recognised as the natural choice for exceptional and innovative business and advisory services” – this is how we want others to see us.
Our Values are:
We value our people
People are our most valuable asset; they are our biggest investment. We strive to ensure that all our people enjoy a work-life balance, are recognised for their individual skills and ability and are praised and are encouraged to reach their full potential.
We offer competitive salaries and benefits – we introduced a flexible
benefits package before most of our competitors had even started thinking
about it. We offer attractive office environments with modern equipment
and the most up to date systems.
We recognise and value individual skills and ability.
We practise teamwork
We work together – we are one team. We support each other and respect each other’s roles. We work together and we play together.
Everyone has an important role within the firm. We work together to deliver the best possible advice and service to our clients. Whether you are the receptionist who takes the initial call, the student who sorts out the figures or the manager who presents the final report to the client, your contribution is recognised. We only win when the whole team succeeds. We’re also very keen on demonstrating this outside of work too – just ask the football team, netball team, cricket team, etc, etc.
We value our clients
We deliver what we say we will and always strive to exceed expectations . We work to help our clients achieve their goals. Our clients value us too- best demonstrated when they recommend us to their contacts.
We never forget that without them, we don’t have a job to do! We have a “can do” attitude; we aim to be ahead of the game; we do what we say we will. Our clients trust us to help them achieve.
We excite and enthuse people
We promote change, we reward achievement and we celebrate success. We make sure that people know what we’ve achieved.
We celebrate achievements; we share in the success of our colleagues. We don’t hold people back, we help empower and develop people. We know how to have a pretty good party too!
We value professionalism
We act with integrity at all times, we are honest in all our dealings and we will always work to do the right thing.
We make sure that all our people receive training and development - we are an Investor in People employer that recognises the importance we place on this. We are an ICAEW approved training provider and are recognised as a Platinum status employer – the highest level of award from ACCA.
We are fresh thinking
In today’s fast-moving business world, thinking of new ideas is critical to our future success. We welcome new ideas, innovation and creativity. We don’t put people in boxes.
None of the above things are rocket science, they’re not novel, they’re not even new – but we believe that that they are fundamental to the whole philosophy of what makes us the firm we are.
If you join us we can
demonstrate that we are wholly committed to our values.
Not only do we hold these values on paper – we act on them on a daily
basis, believing that actions speak louder than words every time.