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Paislei Godley promoted to Director at Prime accountants group

An award-winning West Midlands accountancy practice has promoted a tax expert to its Board of Directors – 24 years after she joined the firm straight from school as an ambitious office junior.
Paislei Godley joined Prime Accountants Group in 2001 under its previous guise of Pilley and Florsham and worked her way up the ranks to become a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser in 2013.
Now with more than 15 years’ experience in the discipline, Paislei was formally appointed as a Director on June 1 after previous roles as Senior Manager and Associate Director.
The promotion caps a fantastic rise through the ranks for Paislei, who won the career advancement award at the Solihull Chamber Employee Awards in 2011 for her drive, enthusiasm and willingness to learn in her career goal to become tax qualified.
She has since been certified by the Association of Taxation Technicians and Chartered Institute of Taxation and became a Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians in 2021.
Paislei heads up the tax compliance department at Prime, which has offices in Solihull, Birmingham and Coventry, as well as assisting with tax advisory work.
She said: “At the start there was a lot of general admin tasks – and making tea for the partners!
“In the years following that, I dabbled in several departments before becoming secretary in the tax department, and it was there I found my love of tax.
“The business supported me with everything I wanted to do – I was mentored, went on lots of courses and eventually