Audit Assistant Manager

Your new company
Your new company is a Top 20 firm of Chartered Accountants who are looking for an Assistant Manager to join their successful Financial Services audit team in central London. This firm offer the full range of business services such as audit, accounting, taxation, corporate finance and more to small and large companies across a wide variety of sectors. This firm continues to work on ensuring their staff are equipped with everything they need to achieve their potential whilst also being able to balance their work and life commitments.
This growing firm is looking for a talented Auditor to join their team in London.
Your new role
You will lead a substantial number of financial services audits, with a focus on the banking industry, helping to
achieve a high standard of client service in an effective manner. You will:
Main Responsibilities

• Complete audits in accordance with prescribed audit procedures, with assistance from more senior members of staff and partners where required
• Produce detailed audit planning, including details of potential difficulties, and ensure correct tests are applied to produce sufficient audit evidence
• Allocate sections to junior staff and brief on what is expected of them
• Monitor the progress of jobs, ensuring that deadlines and budgets are well managed
• Review or complete audit cycles the file before passing files on to the senior member of the team for review
• Responsible for final analytical reviews
• Draft letters to audit clients
• Produce and review sets of financial statements
• Produce a short summary on key client issues and the contents of the accounts before passing them to the senior member of the team
• Provide technical advice and guidance to more junior staff - give detailed help and training as required, to enhance future effectiveness
• Monitor the performance of staff working on jobs, including giving feedback after files have been reviewed and completing an audit review form at the end of each job

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• To supervise staff: brief staff and allocate tasks and timescales
• Ensure effective on the job training for all staff occurs
• Complete staff assessment forms
• Act as a key point of liaison with client for information or queries
• Resolve most technical queries from junior staff
• Draft common types of audit report and client letters

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, ideally you will be:

• ACA/ACCA (or equivalent), fully qualified with practice experience
• 3+ years of audit experience
• Excellent audit analysis skills
• Competent planning and completion skills
• CaseWare (accounts and audit) experience would be useful.
• Previous experience of supervising/mentoring junior members of staff
• Good up-to-date technical knowledge, including recent developments in accounting standards
• Familiarity with IFRS, ISA, US GAAP & GAAS would be an asset but not required
• Strong communication skills: both oral and written, with an ability to deal with a variety of people in different environments
• Organised: ability to deal with a variety of tasks
• Client focused and commercially aware
• Team building skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work well under pressure

What you'll get in return
This firm offers a great benefits package including:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Up to 30 days' holiday; + Bank Holidays
• Access to a personal pension scheme, with matched employer contributions;
• Life assurance cover;
• Income protection insurance.
• Buy up to ten days' extra holiday;
• Private medical, personal accident, dental insurance or travel insurance;
• Enrol in their Bike to Work scheme;
• Enjoy discounts off cinemas, dining, and gyms;
• Receive an interest-free season ticket loan or interest-free graduate loan;
• Access childcare vouchers;
• Online health assessment and employee assistance programme

What you need to do now
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