Assistant Audit Manager

Palatine Talent; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Qualified ACA or ACCA Accountant for the role of Assistant Audit Manager in Wigan. The successful candidate will manage audits, collaborate with the team, and maintain client relationships. Competitive salary up to £45k with benefits like 25 days holiday and pension. This is a 100% office-based position with flexible core hours.

Benefits

25 days holiday

3% pension

Onsite parking

Good development/progression prospects

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA or ACCA Accountancy professional preferred.
• Experience in audit practices, especially in diverse sectors.
• Ability to handle client communications and queries effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to deliver audit services.
• Manage audits from planning to completion.
• Liaise with clients and ensure timely delivery of services.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Excel proficiency

Education

Qualified ACA or ACCA

Job description

16th September, 2025

Excellent opportunity for Qualified ACA or ACCA Accountant to join a highly regarded, well-established rapidly expanding Practice in the Wigan area. As Assistant Audit Manager your responsibilities will include:

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with Managers, Senior managers, Directors, and Partners to help delivery a professional audit service to the clients in your portfolio (including manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, and charities)
• Supporting the Management Team with identifying opportunities to enhance the firms' services and offering.
• Managing a variety of audits from planning to completion, leading a junior audit team
• Identifying and dealing with any complex audit matters and referring them on to the Senior Audit Manager as required
• Audit files and reviews
• Ensuring client files are organised and up to date with new information and key changes
• Liaise with clients ensuring a timely delivery of services and manage the relationship in a professional manner
• Handling any client queries
• External letters to clients, HMRC and statutory bodies
• Organise client meetings including agendas and memos
• Planning work schedules to optimise yearends, interims, stocktakes, IR forms and statutory deadlines
• Effective management of both individual and staff time management
• Use of Excel spreadsheets to present and analyse key information

Applicants should be Qualified ACA or ACCA Accounts Practice Professionals although non-qualified/"QBE" applicants with experience in a similar profile role/s will also be considered. You will have excellent communication skills and will be a team player familiar with working in a collaborative close-knit team environment where everyone works to support one another. Salary to £45k but could be flexibility on this depending on the level of qualification and experience, 25 days hols, 3% pension, good development/progression prospects, onsite parking. 37.5 hour per week, 100% office-based role (no hybrid) but with flexibility re start and end times around core hours of 8-6. Applicants must be fully eligible to work in the UK, through being a UK citizen or having gained ILR, and will live within a sensible commute of Wigan.

About Palatine Talent

Northwest based with UK wide coverage, Palatine Talent supports the recruitment needs of companies from Owner Managed Businesses/SMES to UK divisions of large multinationals and FTSEs. We recruit across disciplines including (but not exclusive to) Accountancy & Finance, Human Resources, Commercial, Health & Safety, Procurement and Supply Chain, representing professionals who are Part Qualified or Qualified in their field of expertise. Our mission statement is "Empowering Meaningful Progression" and we achieve this through providing companies with professionals who'll add real value and make a real difference, and through presenting the very best career opportunities to our candidate network. Visit our website for more information on our unique profile and market leading service and call/email today to hear more about this and other exciting local and UK wide opportunities.