Audit Advisor – Practice

Recruitment Solutions (NW) Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible benefits

8% employer pension contribution

Life assurance (4x salary)

Income protection

Private medical insurance options

On-site parking

Dress-for-your-day

Job summary

Recruitment Solutions (NW) Ltd invites applications for an Audit Advisor based in the Manchester area. This role focuses on planning and delivering statutory audits, leading teams, and building strong client relationships while supporting year-end accounts and advisory work.

Ideal candidates will have significant audit experience, be part-qualified or post-exam qualified, and demonstrate a proactive, client-focused approach with excellent communication and team skills.

Qualifications

• Significant audit experience in dedicated or mixed audit and accounts roles.
• Part-qualified or post-exam qualified accountancy status.
• Proactive approach with initiative.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to train and develop junior colleagues.
• Resilience and ability to manage competing priorities under pressure.
• Organisational skills and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver statutory audit assignments.
• Lead audit teams to achieve quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with managers, directors and partners.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships.
• Attend client premises across Lancashire and Greater Manchester; work from office and home.
• Support year-end accounts preparation and wider advisory work.
• Train and develop junior audit team members.
• Identify opportunities to improve audit quality and efficiency.

Skills

Audit experience

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Part-qualified status

Post-exam qualified

Job description

Are you looking for a role outside of your traditional practice? We’re partnering with a forward thinking business advisory group that want to expand across their audit function. They are looking for someone who thrives in an environment where growth and development are at the forefront of their business model – Internally and externally from their clients to their team members. The ideal candidate is from an Audit environment, working with everything from your smaller owner managed businesses, SME’s and larger corporates. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who already has significant audit experience working within an audit or a mixed audit and accounting role, and who is seeking to progress and personally develop in their audit career.

Audit Advisor – Responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering statutory audit assignments.
• Managing audit teams to ensure work is completed efficiently and to a high standard.
• Working closely with managers, directors and partners.
• Developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Attending client premises across Lancashire and Greater Manchester, as well as working from the office and home.
• Supporting year-end accounts preparation and wider advisory assignments.
• Training, supporting and developing junior members of the audit team.
• Identifying opportunities to improve audit quality and operational efficiency.
• Building towards taking responsibility for smaller audits and reporting directly to Responsible Individuals.

Audit Advisor – Candidate Specification:

• Significant experience in audit, either within a dedicated audit or mixed audit and accounts role.
• A part-qualified or post-exam qualified accountancy status.
• A proactive approach and the ability to use your initiative.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A genuine passion for delivering excellent client service.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team and contribute to its wider success.
• Resilience and the ability to manage competing priorities under pressure.
• Strong organisational skills and a positive attitude.
• An interest in supporting and developing more junior colleagues.

Audit Advisor – The Package:

• Salary – £30-35k
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Additional winter office closedown.
• Flexible Easter leave arrangements.
• 8% employer pension contribution.
• Life assurance at four times annual salary.
• Income protection.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Weekly flexitime and agreed overtime.
• Enhanced family-friendly policies.
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options.
• Private medical insurance options.
• Electric car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Paid sick leave.
• Extensive technical training and professional study support.
• Firm-wide success bonus.
• Employee wellbeing support and assistance programmes.
• Additional holiday purchase options.
• Free on-site parking.
• Dress-for-your-day policy.
• Access to mortgage and insurance advice.