Audit Manager

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment is seeking an experienced audit professional to join a dynamic audit and assurance team in the UK. You will manage a portfolio of audit clients, ensuring high quality work is delivered to deadlines while working closely with directors and fieldwork teams.

The successful candidate will plan audits, assess risks, develop tailored audit programs, and take responsibility for budgets, billing and client care.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent time management with multiple engagements and deadlines.
• Self-motivated and committed to quality.
• Client facing experience and ability to build relationships.
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting and auditing standards.
• Experience in audit management and planning audits.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality audit assignments to directors in a timely, efficient manner.
• Ensure audits comply with regulatory and professional standards.
• Plan audits, assess risks, and develop tailored audit programs.
• Own client relationships and support existing and new clients.
• Manage budgets, billing and recoveries to deliver targets.

Skills

Strong communication

Time management

Self-motivated

Commitment to quality

Client facing experience

Microsoft Office

MyWorkpapers experience

Technical accounting knowledge

Audit management experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

MyWorkpapers

Job description

My client offers a comprehensive suite of financial services to their clients including Accountancy, Financial Services, Wills & Probate, Commercial Finance, Residential Mortgages and Corporate Finance.

You will be an important part of the audit and assurance team. Working closely with the directors and fieldwork teams, you will manage a portfolio of audit clients, ensuring a high quality audit is delivered to clients in a timely and efficient manner.

Job Purpose:

• Delivering high quality audit assignments to a timely and efficient manner to the directors.
• Ensure all audits comply with regulatory and professional standards.
• Working with the directors and audit senior, plan audits, assess risks, and develop audit programs tailored to each client.
• Owning client relationships, supporting existing clients and new clients, to provide excellent client care.
• Taking responsibility for managing budgets, billing and recoveries to deliver targets.

The Successful Candidate

• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent time management, with the ability to manage multiple engagements and deadlines.
• Self-motivated.
• Enthusiastic about the role and potential for the future.
• Commitment to quality.
• Skills and Experience:
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting and auditing standards.
• Previous audit management experience
• Client facing experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Experience of audit software (MyWorkpapers experience would be ideal)

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful