Audit Practice Manager

Layka Recruitment are proud to represent one of the largest firms of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers in Surrey. With over 50 highly skilled employees, including partners, they are a firm committed to delivering exceptional service to a wide range of clients in the UK and overseas. It is their mission to deliver an outstanding client service and a sincere commitment to make a real difference to individuals and businesses.
We are actively recruiting a proactive Audit Manager who is passionate about making a difference to join their growing team in Weybridge. Salary up to £75,000.
The Audit Manager will provide a high-quality service to the Directors and Partners and develop strong client relations. This position offers an excellent opportunity to obtain audit experience across a variety of sectors.
You will be responsible for ensuring successful completion of assigned audit engagements, from start to finish, inclusive of preplanning and wrap up activities. Depending on assigned engagement, you will report to the Audit Director or Partner. Manage and direct daily activities of the audit team as a whole and on your direct assignments..
he Audit Practice Manager will apply risk and control concepts to scenarios encountered and identify any potential issues. Communicate identified issues with the audit team to ensure any concerns are addressed in a timely and effective manner.
Duties will include:

• Monitor and manage audit department work in progress.
• Direct responsibility for your own portfolio of clients
• Assessment of Audit Quality File grading on complex audit assignments.
• Responsibility for departmental recovery rate target and department profitability.
• Review of complex and group audit assignments, finalising audit opinions.
• Provide high level technical support to the department
• Able to provide detailed technical support on complex matters of UK GAAP.
• Able to provide detailed technical support on UK ISAs.
• Able to review complex corporation tax computations and deferred tax workings.
• Responsible for team performance. Including team appraisals, performance management and objective setting for senior and/or junior members of the team.
• Demonstrate stakeholder management, including meeting and reporting back to clients and updating Partners and Directors on progress .
• Responsible for design and implementation of department processes.
• Resource planning, including managing workflow, department workplanner and prioritising assignments for the audit team
• Report at monthly Partner Management meetings and feed back to the team.
• Overall review of efficiency in departmental assignments.
• Identify additional audit billing opportunities on existing assignments and cross selling for advisory services.
• Attend and contribute to client meetings
• Assistance with quoting and pitching for new work
• Ad hoc department and reporting tasks
• Audit Team -  Onboarding and offboarding
• Audit Team - HR & Study Matters
• Audit Team - Holiday, WFH and expense requests
• Interviews & Recruitment  

Required experience:

• Good working knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS102 and FRS102 1A)??
• Experience with FRS101 and IFRS desirable
• Proficient user of Microsoft office, specifically Microsoft excel
• ACA or ACCA qualified
• 2-3 years of experience as an audit manager desirable
• Experience of Mercia audit program structures and Caseware audit & accounts templates (cloud and desktop systems) desirable