Audit Manager

• Firm: Top 15
• Workload: Audit focused with some advisory projects and line management
• Location: Cheltenham or Birmingham
• Salary: £52-62k
• Benefits: 28 days holiday, PMI, bonus scheme

Are you looking to work for a firm with a strong promotion culture who pride themselves on quality advice, and being essential to their client's future success?

Our client is a global Top 15 practice, with award-winning specialist teams, good secondment opportunities and the chance to work on projects that rotate through the teams. Historically a market leading firm in NFP and professional practice, the firm has built a great reputation across other markets including financial services and renewable energy.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To perform audits from planning, fieldwork & completion within agreed budget for the assignment, taking on responsibility for ownership and completion of each audit assignment.
• Act as the principal contact for the client during the on-site fieldwork and follow up on client queries once on site work is completed.
• Manage on-site teams and assist in the supervision and development of more junior staff, providing training where appropriate and ensuring work is appropriately allocated according to the team members abilities and development complete job review forms for all junior staff on the same assignment.
• To prepare statutory financial statements for clients, generally from the client's management accounts.
• To research technical issues that arise and provide potential solutions for review Partners / Directors.
• To adhere to deadlines, including prompt notification to the partner where problems are likely to arise or as they arise on each assignment.
• Can identify where other experts in the firm can provide relevant services to respond to client business needs.
• Manage work in progress and billing on client assignments.
• Undertake additional duties as reasonably required.
• Experience in working with complex groups, reporting structures and liaising with component auditors is highly desirable.

The successful candidate will

• Be ACA or ACCA Qualified
• Have over 2 years' post-qualified experience
• Be experienced in managing a portfolio of clients
• Demonstrate the ability to manage and develop a team of staff
• Have experience of external auditing of small and medium sized enterprises under FRS102

If you are looking for Audit Manager jobs in Cheltenham or Birmingham, please contact Austin Rose, the public practice recruitment specialists.

Please apply on-line for immediate consideration. Once you have applied if you have any questions call 0203 22 55 060.

Please also note that due to the volume of applications, only those shortlisted will be contacted. If you have not received a response within two weeks, please assume your application for this role was unsuccessful.