Accounts and Audit Manager

Cripps Recruitment Limited; Lasham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Cripps Recruitment Limited is seeking an Accounts & Audit Manager in the UK. The role suits a qualified ACA or ACCA with substantial UK practice experience, handling a portfolio of accounts, tax and advisory work and up to around 50% audit.

You will oversee audits from planning through completion, supervise staff, and contribute to fee budgeting and client relations. This position requires strong leadership and regulatory knowledge.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA or ACCA with substantial UK practice experience.
• Experience across accounts, tax and audit for varied client portfolios.
• Experience reviewing work, supervising staff and providing feedback.
• Knowledge of limited companies, sole traders, partnerships and charities desirable.
• Excellent organisational and time-management abilities; ability to plan and prioritise.
• Strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts acting as principal point of contact.
• Oversee delivery of accounts, tax and advisory services with review of work by the team.
• Manage audit assignments from planning to completion ensuring standards compliance.
• Supervise audit fieldwork; review files and communicate obligations to clients.
• Lead planning and monitoring of workflow and budget for accounts work in the office.
• Input into fee quotes, budgeting and billing; manage time and budgets.
• Review accounts and tax computations; provide constructive feedback to staff.
• Maintain regular client contact by phone, email, letter and in person.
• Lead and develop reporting staff; oversee performance and provide coaching.
• Responsibility for appraisals, training plans and development of junior staff.
• Undertake ad hoc projects as required by partners.

Skills

Audit management

Client portfolio management

Team supervision

Communication skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

ACCA/ACA qualified

Job description

A long-established accountancy practice is seeking an Accounts & Audit Manager to join its team. The role would suit a qualified ACCA or ACA with significant experience gained within a UK accountancy firm. The role will include up to around 50% audit work.

The ideal candidate will have solid experience of providing accounting, business services, audit and UK taxation services to a varied portfolio of clients, including accounts preparation for limited companies, sole-traders and partnerships.

As Accounts & Audit Manager your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portfolio of clients, acting as the principal point of contact
• Oversee the delivery of accounts, tax and business advisory services, ensuring work prepared by team members is reviewed and completed to a high standard
• Manage audit assignments from planning through to completion, ensuring compliance with auditing standards, firm procedures and regulatory requirements
• Supervise audit fieldwork providing guidance to audit team members; review audit files prepared by team members, identifying key audit and accounting issues and ensure that clients are kept informed about their obligations
• Take a lead role in the planning and monitoring of workflow and the effective financial management of all accounts work within the office
• Have input into fee quotes, budgeting and billing as requested and set time and fee budgets for work within the portfolio
• Review accounts, tax computations and other assignments prepared by team members, identifying technical issues and providing constructive feedback
• Maintain regular contact with clients by telephone, email, letter and in person
• Lead, manage and develop reporting staff, overseeing workflow, reviewing performance, providing coaching and technical support
• Responsibility for appraisals, training plans and the development of junior staff
• To undertake any ad hoc projects as requested by the partners

To be considered for this Accounts & Audit Manager, you will have the following skills experience and attributes:

• ACA or ACCA qualified - exceptional qualified by experience applicants may be considered
• Significant general practice experience in accounts, tax, audit and client portfolio management, gained within a UK accountancy practice environment
• Experience in reviewing the work of others, supervising staff
• A good working knowledge of limited companies, sole traders, partnerships and charities is desirable, together with experience of accounts preparation, corporation tax compliance, client relationship management and, ideally, audit assignments.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential, with the ability to plan effectively, and manage competing priorities
• Strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a graduate visa.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.