Audit Manager

St Albans, England, United Kingdom

12/2/2024

Department: Advice, Audit & Accounts

Location: St Albans

Compensation: £66,000 - £73,000 / year

Description

Your role would be working directly with partners to provide client focused and commercially aware services in an efficient and professional manner. You will mentor, train and manage more junior members of staff at both trainee and post-qualified levels to enable them to develop, progress and reach their potential. Additionally, there is the opportunity to be involved with formal training, should you wish.

You will be responsible for a portfolio of clients with £500k+ gross recurring fees, covering a variety of business activities, sizes, and structures.

You will be assigned a partner mentor to help you work on your personal career development with progression opportunities available at all levels, including a route to Senior Manager and then subsequently Director and RI. You will actively promote and market the firm and its services, to attract new clients and retain and develop relationships with existing clients, with the opportunity to specialise in specific sectors.

As a firm, we are keen to empower our people, encouraging them to work directly with clients, building and managing relationships. We focus on developing our individuals and have a People First approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day leadership of audits including being the key contact for the client, engagement partner and supporting team members;


• Leadership of all aspects of audit assignment including Job planning and budgeting, Time and project management, Delegating to and supervising of the team ,Effective and timely communication to engagement partner and senior client contacts, ,Detailed review of file, debriefing team with a key focus on quality and feedback


• Planning jobs to ensure audits are carried out in the most efficient way possible while considering firm-wide productivity.


• Promoting the interests of the firm with all employed by the firm, clients, prospective clients and other third parties.


• Motivation and encouragement of team, providing timely constructive feedback.

People Management

• Being a proactive team player, bringing best practice from your own experience into the group and sharing perspectives on how we develop it.


• Overseeing and mentoring managers, qualified staff and trainees, providing assistance when required.


• Assisting in the motivation and supervision of people (especially trainees).


• Assisting people in finding suitable work to keep them fully occupied, also ensuring their development and progress and all team being fully debriefed after audit jobs.

Practice Development

• Identifying account development opportunities with clients and progressing these in liaison with the Partner.


• Assisting with preparation and presentation of new client pitches.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified to ACA/ACCA or equivalent


• Experience managing both people and a portfolio


• Experience leading audit teams including group audits


• Current portfolio must have a minimum of 70% audit work


• High level of familiarity with UK auditing and accounting standards


• Commercial awareness and able to apply and communicate technical knowledge in a clear and commercial way


• Experience in both substantive and controls based audits, group reporting and cross border groups


• Expertise in delivery of the primary accounting frameworks (UK GAAP, FRS 101, FRS 102 and IFRS)


• Commitment to client care and service beyond expectation


• Commitment to audit quality and attention to detail


• High level of personal motivation and drive, and ability to motivate and encourage others

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus three days off at Christmas


• Option to buy/sell additional days


• Hybrid Working


• Life cover


• Critical Illness cover


• Income protection


• Pension Scheme


• Wellbeing support, including generous absence pay, access to Digicare+ and an Employee Assistance Programme


• Weddings & birth vouchers


• Loyalty awards


• Employee & client referral awards


• Professional subscriptions


• Salary reviews twice a year


• Community volunteer scheme


• Fundraising matching


• Perkbox


• Eye Tests


• Cycle to work

A wide range of flexible benefits, including interest free loans for:

• Health Assessments


• Dental


• Gym memberships


• Cancer screening


• Genetic wellness tests


• Phones, laptops, tablets and computers


• Wearables


• Office furniture


• Cycle insurance


• Pet insurance


• Will writing