Audit Senior Manager

SW Group; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Cambridge seeks a talented Audit and Assurance professional to manage client audits and oversee a team. You'll be responsible for delivering top-notch client service, leading audit engagements, and supporting business development initiatives. This role offers significant growth opportunities within a supportive environment that promotes inclusivity. A qualified accountant with a strong audit background and business development experience is ideal for this position.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Fully funded training

Qualifications

• Significant external audit experience in a professional services environment.
• Experience with OMB, SME, and AIM listed clients.
• Knowledge of accounting and auditing standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage a challenging client portfolio to exceed client expectations.
• Lead audit work and set budgets for clients.
• Develop proposals and participate in business development activities.
• Provide training and development feedback to staff.

Skills

External audit experience

Client management

Business development

Knowledge of accounting standards

Staff management and motivation

Budget 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

We're seeking a talented individual to join our Audit and Assurance team in Cambridge, which is responsible for managing the audit process 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. If required, you will also assist with management of the team, department and potentially the wider firm. As a growing office, there will also be the opportunity to not only help with growing and shaping the team but also to be involved in proposals and business development.

Responsibilities

• Managing a challenging client portfolio – ensuring that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year.
• Audit work and setting budgets – act as audit lead for broad mix of clients.
• Commercial awareness of all aspects of clients' businesses and the impacts on our work.
• Business / Practice Development – preparation and review of proposals for new work, attendance at marketing events, development of personal contacts and identification and proactive development of opportunities with current clients.
• Training and development – ensuring assessment forms completed and feedback given to staff on all jobs.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have

• Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
• Experience of working with entrepreneurial, OMB, SME and AIM listed clients.
• Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, industry specifics and their application.
• Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
• Previous experience of management and motivation of staff to ensure best performance.
• Monitoring costs against budget for individual clients.

Professional Qualifications and Education

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).

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.