Audit Director

ICAEW; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Annual leave

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits

Family friendly policies

Profit-sharing plan

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

ICAEW is recruiting an Audit Director to join the Ireland team, delivering a wide range of audit, accounting, and advisory services to clients in the film and TV space. The role involves managing a diverse client portfolio, some accounts prep, and occasional special assignments, reporting to Partners.

You will lead client engagements end-to-end, develop client relationships, and contribute to business development while guiding and mentoring the team to maintain high quality standards.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with at least 3 years PQE and 2 years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver high-quality services to clients.
• Lead contact for the client in production and delivery of accounts preparation, audit and compliance services.
• Develop and grow professional relationships with client portfolio with the service team.
• Oversee client engagements from inception to delivery, including planning, budgeting, file review, issue resolution with Partners and client, and delivery to Partners.
• Lead development of the team to ensure high-quality work.
• Ensure work is delivered on time and within budget.
• Support Partners in development of services for the portfolio.
• Act as a business advisor and grow market knowledge.
• Seek new business opportunities for the firm.
• Participate in professional development through updates.

Skills

PQE 3+ years

Management experience

Accounting & audit knowledge

Client relationship skills

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

The role

The successful Audit Director will become part of the team providing a wide range of audit, accounting, and advisory services to our clients. We are able to offer varied and interesting work involving client contact with the people who make the decisions. As the Director you will have responsibility for managing a wide portfolio of clients that predominately operate in Film and TV spaces reporting directly to the Partners. The position would also involve some accounts preparation work, as well as one-off assignments and special work, as required.

The responsibilities

• Manage and deliver of high-quality services to clients
• Lead contact for the client in the production and delivery of high-quality accounts preparation, audit and compliance services Develop and grow a professional relationship with your client portfolio in conjunction with the complete service team
• Manage the entire client engagement from inception to delivery, to include planning, budgetary control, file review, resolution of significant issues with Partner and client, and delivery of case to Partner
• Play a lead role in management and development of the team, ensuring a high quality of work
• Ensure that work is economically managed and delivered to ensure that the case is completed on time and within budget
• Support the Partner in the development of service provided to the portfolio
• Act in a business advisory role with the client, grow general and specialist market knowledge
• Actively seek to generate new business for the firm
• Participate in personal professional development through regular attendance at professional updates

The team

The firm's Film and TV department are the market leaders in this sector in both Ireland and the UK and offer a dynamic environment with huge scope for professional and personal development as the firm grows. Saffery in the UK are the market leaders in film and TV finance. The UK sector is the largest production hub outside of Los Angeles with countless LA companies and studios now choosing the UK and Ireland to produce their content. The ideal candidate will be a commercially focused, motivated, and ambitious individual looking for a challenge in an industry that has doubled in size in Ireland in the last three years and is set to double again in the next two years.

You

• Qualified Accountant with at least 3 years PQE and 2 years Management experience
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting and audit principles
• Ability to effectively project manage a number of assignments simultaneously
• Excellent team leading, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proactive approach to client service and business development
• Strong commercial acumen and relationship building skills

Reward and benefits

• A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4)
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies,
• Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.