Stephanie is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Birmingham Business School, where she teaches financial reporting and taxation. She is also the Business School's Employability Lead, with a particular commitment to making skills development and employability more visible and embedded within the student experience. In recognition of her contributions to education, she has received Birmingham Business School Awards for Excellence in Teaching Innovation in 2025 and for Student Support in 2023.  

Stephanie is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with fourteen years of professional practice experience, including an audit manager role at Grant Thornton UK LLP where she worked across a range of organisations from owner-managed businesses to listed entities and charities. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and co-author of a taxation textbook. Stephanie completed her PhD at the University of Bristol, where she researched the impact of FRS 102 on private company financial statement comparability. 

Stephanie completed her PhD in Accounting and Finance at the University of Bristol in 2026 in the field of private company financial reporting.  Her research focusses on the impact of FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard in the UK and ROI on private company financial statement comparability.