Job Description

You will be providing a range of Audit services to listed PLC’s, OMBs and major private companies, and dealing with International corporates who have a UK presence. You will be responsible for:

• Reviewing Audit work prepared by junior staff, ensuring files have been conducted in accordance with the firm’s guidelines, including review of the planning memorandum, working paper files, financial statements and audit conclusions
• Ensuring partners review and sign off Audit planning papers, to ensure fieldwork of the audit can start within a timely manner
• Liaising with clients on issues which affect their business, explaining, when necessary in ‘laymen’ terms the technical issues they face and how they can be resolved
• Ensuring each client company accounts are filed within the statutory timelines
• Drafting the team’s reports and management letters for submission to clients and presenting to a partner for approval
• Maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS
• Responsible for day-to-day Audit staffing and technical matters, and resolving any problems which may arise
• Ensuring junior members of the audit team are aware of significant risks, enabling them to understand the risks in order that they complete the audit to a satisfactory level
• Coaching and supporting Audit Partners both in their client role and in Audit team development
• Suggesting ideas and concepts for increased marketing opportunities with existing clients

You should ideally be a degree-educated and a fully qualified ACA/ACCA Audit Manager or Senior Manager from another Top- to Mid-tier Accountancy Firm with strong portfolio management skills and staff supervisory skills. You should have excellent report and letter writing skills, have managed key audit client portfolios and a working knowledge of audit software packages would be useful.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities