Job Title: Audit Manager Job Reference: 586
Location: Louth
Job Type: Full time
Salary: Dependent on experience
JOB SUMMARY:
The manager is responsible for the planning, fieldwork
and completion of audit assignments, usually leading audit teams and working in
a wide range of audit assignments. Also the manager is responsible for ensuring
all staff working within the audit team receive on the job training and support
to meet business and personal goals.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To plan and lead audit
teams and where appropriate to manage a portfolio of audits under guidance
from the relevant director or senior manager.
- To control budgets and
to meet audit objectives.
- To carry out more
technical audit testing during audit assignments and to work with a team
to achieve successful completion of audits on a timely basis.
- To prepare or review
corporation tax computations.
- To undertake specialist
assignments as required.
- Where appropriate to
complete client accounts preparation to support audit work.
- To manage all client
queries and client billing within the portfolio of audits.
- To ensure technicians
and trainees working within the audit teams receive effective on the job training
and experience to complement their studies whilst also meeting work
priorities.
- To provide technical
support to all staff when required.
- To develop working
relationships with clients to understand their business and to identify
any opportunities for cross selling of other group services.
- To attend relevant
networking events and prospect meetings to help enhance the firm’s
reputation and where possible support the development of new clients.
- To contribute to the
development of the firm’s procedures and standards for client work.
- To keep up to date with
technical matters by reading and attending relevant training courses.
- Where appropriate, work
at clients premises which could include overnight stays.
- To promptly report to
their director any concerns which may affect the firm’s client
relationship e.g. money laundering, unethical business practice,
complaints etc.
- To respect client
confidentiality and report any issues which may affect client
relationships to their director.
Person Specification
- Must be ACA or ACCA
qualified including relevant audit experience e.g. ideally 5 years such
experience.
- Must be able to
demonstrate effective staff management and communication skills.
- Must be able to
demonstrate effective client inter-personal and management skills
including the management of client expectations
- Must be able to
actively manage own workloads and take responsibility for own development.
- Must possess IT skills
to operate in-house programmes and prepare and develop spreadsheets as
necessary.
- Must be fully
conversant with audit programmes.
- Must possess a thorough
working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, the accounting
provisions of the Companies Act, and relevant taxation matters.
- Must be able to meet
strict deadlines.
- Must have experience of
effectively managing costs and business planning.
If you feel you have
the necessary skills and qualities to fill this post, please send your CV with
covering letter stating why you are the right person to fill this position, to kay@horncastlerecruitment.co.uk
