Audit Assistant Manager

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing, modern accountancy and business advisory firm that is building a genuine alternative to the traditional Top 10.

The firm works with an incredibly varied client base, ranging from entrepreneurial and high-growth businesses through to larger corporate and international organisations.

As an Audit Assistant Manager, you'll take greater ownership of audit assignments, work directly with senior members of the team and play an important role in developing junior auditors.

It's an ideal opportunity for a recently qualified Audit Senior looking to make their first move into management, or an existing Assistant Manager looking for greater responsibility within an ambitious and growing firm.

The Role

Working closely with Audit Managers, Directors and Partners, you'll help manage audit assignments from planning through to completion.

Responsibilities will include

Managing audit assignments from planning through to completion

Taking responsibility for audit fieldwork and ensuring assignments remain on track

Supervising Audit Seniors and trainees on client assignments

Reviewing audit working papers and providing constructive feedback

Identifying key audit risks and ensuring these are appropriately addressed

Preparing and reviewing financial statements

Building strong relationships with finance teams and senior client stakeholders

Acting as a key point of contact throughout the audit process

Supporting Managers with portfolio planning, budgeting and workflow

Ensuring work complies with relevant auditing and accounting standards

Coaching, mentoring and developing junior members of the Audit team

Identifying opportunities where the wider firm can provide additional support to clients

Working collaboratively with Tax, Corporate Finance and other specialist teams

The Candidate

The successful candidate will ideally have

ACA or ACCA qualification

Strong audit experience gained within UK accountancy practice

Experience leading audit assignments from planning through to completion

Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP, FRS 102 and auditing standards

Experience supervising and reviewing the work of junior auditors

Strong client-facing and relationship-building skills

Excellent organisation and project management skills

A proactive and commercially minded approach

The ambition to continue progressing into Audit Manager and beyond

What's On Offer

£48,000 - £55,000 basic salary

Hybrid and agile working

Ability to work remotely for up to 20% of contracted time

Opportunity to work remotely away from home for up to 4 weeks each year

26 days' annual leave + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Healthcare plan

Death in service benefit

Cycle to Work scheme

Bespoke training and development plan

Access to in-house financial planning and mortgage specialists

All-expenses-paid annual overseas social trip

Excellent progression opportunities within a growing Audit team