Audit Director (Corporate Audit)

Iconic Resourcing Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Iconic Resourcing is recruiting an Audit Director (corporate mid-market) in Reading with hybrid working and flexible hours. The role offers permanent, full-time employment with a path toward Partnership and significant client portfolio leadership.

You'll lead high-quality audit engagements, nurture relationships with privately owned businesses, and contribute to regional growth strategies while coaching teams and driving profitability.

Qualifications

• Experience at Audit Senior Manager or Director level in an accountancy practice (UK).
• RI status, or ability to obtain it in the near term.
• Experience with privately owned, owner-managed, mid-market businesses.
• Strong knowledge of UK audit and financial reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of audit engagements for privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses.
• Win new work and strengthen existing client relationships.
• Develop and mentor managers and senior managers; help shape regional growth strategy.
• Oversee profitability and client service across your portfolio.

Skills

Audit leadership

Client relationships

Business development

Mentoring & team development

Job description

Audit Director (corporate mid-market)

Reading - hybrid, flexible hours

Permanent, full-time

Salary negotiable DOE

Influence the direction of a growing practice, deepen your relationships with ambitious privately owned businesses, and position yourself for Partnership. You'll have the autonomy to lead a significant client portfolio while playing a visible role in the growth and success of the wider business.

This role combines technical leadership with genuine commercial influence. You'll work closely with entrepreneurs, private businesses and their stakeholders, acting as a trusted adviser on issues that extend far beyond the annual audit. At the same time, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of the team through business development, mentoring, and contributing to regional growth strategy.

If you're looking for a firm that values collaboration over hierarchy, gives its senior leaders the freedom to make decisions, and offers a clear pathway towards Partnership, this is an environment where you can make a lasting impact.

What you'll do

You’ll lead a portfolio of privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, taking overall responsibility for the delivery of high-quality audit engagements while building long-term relationships with clients and their leadership teams. You’ll oversee complex assignments, working closely with Partners where appropriate, and ensure engagements are delivered to the highest technical and commercial standards.

You’ll play an active role in winning new work, strengthening existing client relationships, and identifying opportunities to introduce wider advisory services. You’ll help shape the firm's growth strategy across the region, contributing ideas that enhance client service, expand market presence, and support the continued development of the practice.

As a senior leader, you’ll also be responsible for developing your team, coaching managers and senior managers, identifying future leaders, and creating an environment where people can thrive. Alongside this, you’ll take ownership of the commercial performance of your portfolio, managing profitability, fee growth, and client service with equal focus.

What you’ll need

• Proven experience operating at Audit Senior Manager or Director level within an accountancy practice
• RI (Responsible Individual) status, or the ability to obtain it in the immediate future
• Strong experience working with privately owned, owner-managed and mid-market businesses
• Excellent technical knowledge of UK audit and financial reporting standards
• A track record of developing long-term client relationships and winning new business
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing high-performing audit teams
• Strong commercial awareness with responsibility for portfolio performance and profitability
• Ambition to play a significant leadership role and progress towards Partnership

About the company

You’ll be joining one of the UK's leading professional services firms, recognised for combining the breadth of a national business with a genuinely relationship-led approach to serving privately owned and mid-market organisations. The firm continues to invest heavily in its audit practice, creating opportunities for experienced leaders to influence strategy, develop teams, and build lasting client relationships.

The culture encourages collaboration, flexibility, and entrepreneurial thinking, giving senior professionals the autonomy to shape their portfolios while benefiting from the support of a well-connected national and international network. It's an environment where ambitious leaders are trusted to make an impact, recognised for their contribution, and given a clear route towards the next stage of their career.

At Iconic Resourcing, we understand that not all candidates will meet every desired qualification or skill listed for the job positions posted on behalf of our clients. However, if you believe you can add value to the role despite having a slightly different experience from what we've identified, we would be thrilled to learn more about you.

Iconic Resourcing is committed to partnering with clients who share our values of inclusivity and diversity. We work with many businesses that recognise the importance of creating a welcoming and respectful workplace for all employees. As an equal opportunities employer, we treat all applications fairly and equally. We act as both an employment business and an employment agency and are happy to accommodate any reasonable adjustments required.