Audit Manager

S&W; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and rapidly growing accountancy firm as an Audit Manager in Cambridge. This role is pivotal in managing client relationships and ensuring high-quality audit services. You'll lead a talented team, guiding them to exceed client expectations while maintaining rigorous standards. With a focus on engagement management, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to business development initiatives. The firm values professional growth, offering fully funded training towards qualifications and a range of competitive benefits, including a hybrid working model and generous holiday packages. Embrace the chance to make a significant impact in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Pension Contribution

Generous Holiday Package

Option to Purchase Additional Holiday

Shared Parental Leave

Fully Funded Training

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Eye Care Support

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with significant external audit experience in professional services.
• Strong communication and people management skills to ensure best performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and ensure high-quality audit service delivery.
• Oversee audit engagements and communicate findings to clients and partners.

Skills

External Audit Experience

Business Development

Communication Skills

People Management

Knowledge of Accounting Standards

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA)

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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

What will you be doing?

We are seeking an experienced Audit Manager to join our Cambridge Audit team. In your role you will be responsible for a portfolio of clients, including managing the relationship between the client and the engagement team.

Your focus is on engagement management and supervising others to deliver excellent client service and a high-quality audit. You might also assist with management of the team, department and potentially the wider firm and where appropriate, you may become involved in non-audit assignments on an ad hoc basis.

As an Audit Manager, your responsibilities will include among others:

• Monitoring and guiding quality and managing risk at the engagement level, whilst focusing on high-quality service
• Ensuring client expectations are exceeded by connecting the right team members to key client contacts
• Contributing to effective management of resources across the department, monitoring workload and communicating openly
• Monitoring status of audit engagements, proactively communicating status and audit findings to clients and engagement Partners
• Taking responsibility for the performance appraisal processes, coaching and presenting as required
• Managing fees and billing across the portfolio, regularly forecasting cost to complete with margining impact and effectively negotiating overruns if necessary

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA or other international qualification) with significant external audit experience gained within professional services environment.
• Have experience of (and appetite for) business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events
• Demonstrate working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards (FRS 102 and IFRS), industry specifics and their application.
• Have good communication skills to liaise with clients, Partners, staff and other professionals.
• Possess previous experience of people management and motivating staff to ensure best performance through effective communication

Desirable Skills

• Drivers license for easier commute to client site

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 value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to providing an inclusive environment. We make reasonable adjustments during the application process upon request.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance