Job Description

We are looking for highly skilled entrepreneurial individuals to join to the team to assist us in achieving our strategic goal of being the number one advisor to owner managed businesses. In return the Audit and Accounts Manager role is offering a competitive salary with huge career progression within the firm and great benefits package.

The duties will be:

• Planning and delivery of audit/accounts assignments
• Plan assignments in conjunction with the client partner
• Lead some of our largest and most complex assignments
• Supervise junior staff during the audit and review their work
• Deliver the audit file to the partner in timely manner
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and potential management letter points
• Manage client communication in effective manner
• Monitor your chargeability and your assignment budgets pro-actively
• Coach other staff for improved performance and technical development
• Develop specialist sector knowledge and keep abreast of industry developments
• Mentor audit and accounts trainees and contribute to the office's training and development programme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience of OMB/SME private company audits: planning, budget preparation, identifying key risks, developing an audit plan, executing the audit on site
• Knowledge and experience of current auditing standards and approaches: analytical review, documenting systems and controls, sampling techniques
• Experience preparing audit and accounts files using an electronic working paper system such as Caseware/ MyWorkingPapers, and IRIS for accounts preparation.
• Significant prior experience of statutory company accounts preparation under FRS102 including LLPs
• Experience of preparing and auditing consolidated accounts and component auditor issues
• Leadership experience -experience supervising teams on-site and reviewing their work
• Experience of preparing budgets and monitoring actual time against budget
• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good attention to detail
• A strong interest in owner managed businesses and general commercial awareness
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Adaptable
• Personable
• Courteous and professional