Audit Senior Manager

Saffery Champness; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hour working week with hybrid/flexi

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Saffery LLP in Ireland is seeking an Audit Senior Manager to lead a wide portfolio of clients, with a focus on the Film and TV sectors, working closely with the London team. You will manage engagements from planning through delivery and contribute to business development.

The role combines high-quality audit and advisory work with opportunities for leadership and career progression within a market-leading firm, with a hybrid working policy.

Qualifications

• 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 multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Excellent team leading, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive approach to client service and business development.
• Strong commercial acumen and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver high-quality services to clients.
• Lead contact for the client in production and delivery of accounts, audit and compliance services.
• Oversee end-to-end client engagements from inception to delivery, including planning and budget control.
• Develop and lead the team to ensure high-quality work.
• Ensure work is delivered on time and within budget.
• Support Partners in developing services for the portfolio.
• Act as a business advisor to clients and expand market knowledge.
• Seek to generate new business for the firm.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Project management

Client service

Relationship building

Commercial acumen

Accounting knowledge

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

The role

The successful Audit Senior Manager 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 Senior Manager you will have responsibility for managing a wide portfolio of clients that operate in Film and TV spaces, reporting directly to the Partners. You will work closely with the Film and TV team in our London office.

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.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.