Audit Assistant Manager

SW Group; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Cambridge is seeking an Audit Team member to manage audits for a dynamic client base. The role demands a qualified accountant with strong communication and supervisory skills to ensure high-quality service. Join a fast-growing firm that values diverse experiences and offers a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Fully funded training towards professional qualifications

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Eye care support

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA) is essential.
• Demonstrable audit and accounts experience required.
• Strong communication skills with clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Planning, performing and completing the audit process.
• Establishing relationships with clients and ensuring service expectations.
• Identifying issues and agreeing resolutions with clients.

Skills

Communication

Supervisory Skills

Organizational Skills

Client Management

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA)

Job description

Company Description

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK's top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881-helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose-to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

Job Description

Why join S&W Audit?

We're really proud of our highly successful S&W Audit department. We hold ourselves to high standards and work together to produce quality, incisive audit work in a collegiate environment. We're focused in working with an expanding client base of dynamic mid-market businesses whom are evolving and changing; which gives our team continual development opportunities and new experiences.

If you see yourself in an environment with an exciting and varied career journey and given the opportunity to perform and develop in one of the fastest growing audit firms in the UK, the S&W audit department might be exactly what you're looking for.

What You'll Be Doing

We're seeking a talented individual to join our Audit Team in Cambridge. In Cambridge we have a growing office which has recently doubled in size and has plans to grow further. You would be joining a team of strong people with extensive industry experience to learn from and the opportunity to work on an interesting portfolio of clients.

You will be responsible for planning, performing and completing the audit process for each assignment. You will ensure clients are provided with a high-quality service, through the effective management of resources and liaison with relevant departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish relationship with key contacts at the client.
• Ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and expectations are exceeded.
• Identify issues and agree resolution with client Partner or Director, ensuring they are up to date with the job's progress.
• Awareness of commercial aspects of clients' business and its impact on our work.
• Identify and highlight any opportunities for S&W apparent from work undertaken.
• Regular discussions with the client to confirm progress, identify solutions to any hurdles and ensure reasonable expectations are met.

Qualifications

What you'll need to be successful:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).
• Demonstrable audit and accounts experience gained within a professional services firm.
• Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.
• Demonstrable experience of supervising others and delegation of work.
• Ability to motivate staff to ensure best performance.
• Demonstrable ability to organise self and others, such that you can work on several different assignments at one time.
• Strong communication skills in order to liaise with clients, directors, staff and other professionals.
• Ability to pro-actively monitor costs against budget for individual clients.

Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.