Audit Manager – Hybrid (Top 25 UK chartered accountancy firm)

Job Title: Audit Manager – Hybrid (Top 25 UK chartered accountancy firm)

Monday to Friday – Flexible hours

Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 (depending on experience) + Benefits

We have an exciting role for auditors, where you will be able to succeed professionally in a global company while keeping a great work-life balance!

If you are an ACA qualified professional, with a minimum of 5 years’ post qualified experience within a professional services environment, including proven audit experience with a wide range of clients, then this is the perfect position for you!

***Experience of UK GAAP, FRS102, and IFRS is required

The Firm:

Our client is a top 25 UK chartered accountancy firm. The practice comprises 28 partners and approximately 280 staff supplying a range of services spanning Audit, Corporate and Personal Tax, Corporate Finance and Forensic Accounting.

They operate from their office in Central London, where they have an incredible client base, including some of the largest companies in the world and highly successful individuals, who provide them with diverse and challenging work. Secondly, they have extremely talented people providing services to these clients, continuously striving to expand what they do and improve the way they do it.

The Role:

We require an experienced manager with a professional services background to work within our Audit and Accounts department.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for a portfolio of corporate clients across varied industries. This will include managing the client relationship and ensuring that expectations are managed accordingly. The main duties of this role include:

Planning, supervising, and reviewing audit, accounts, and corporation tax work

Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts in line with UK GAAP and FRS102

Supervising junior staff and providing assistance regarding technical queries and professional development, including conducting periodic appraisals

Performing billing management

Some staff-related administration duties

Ad hoc business consultancy

Assisting in generating new business

Other ad hoc duties in line with the role

As the role progresses, there may also be the opportunity to assist with staff recruitment.

The Candidate:

We require an ACA qualified candidate, with a minimum of 5 years’ post qualified experience within a professional services environment.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate:

Proven audit experience with a wide range of clients

Experience of UK GAAP, FRS102, and IFRS

Experience in managing audits

Proficient technical ability

An awareness of corporate tax, personal tax, and indirect tax

Proven leadership and supervisory skills

A proven ability to prioritise workload

Excellent communication skills

A good working knowledge of Microsoft packages

We expect the successful candidate to be an enthusiastic member of our audit department and to contribute with their ideas and experience.

It would also be desirable for the candidate to be skilled in at least some of the following packages: PROaudit; AP and Alphatax. However, training will be provided where necessary.

The Benefits:

Salary: Competitive

Group Life Cover

25 days holiday on commencement

Buying and Selling Holiday Scheme

Hybrid working policy – at least 2 days in the office a week, with a core hours system in place

PHI (Permanent Health Insurance)

Contributory Private Health Scheme

Non-Contributory Health Cash Plan

Season Ticket Loan (after qualifying period)

Discounted Gym Membership

Pension Scheme

Cycle voucher scheme

Extra info about the firm:

The two main services provided to these clients are Royalty Auditing and Contract Compliance, always utilizing advanced forensic accounting techniques and approaches.

Their main competition is from the Big 4 Accountancy firms, who cannot match their depth of experience and expertise across the sectors in which they operate (including TV, Film, Pharma, Automotive, Sport, Brand Extension and Gaming). Operating effectively as a boutique practice, they can move flexibly and swiftly to meet their client’s requirements. They have grown substantially over the last 10 years and continue to grow, which is why they are looking for a brilliant professional to join them.