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Form of workFollowing our client’s expansion into the Northeast after experiencing significant growth in their UK audit business, servicing some of the most successful businesses and entrepreneurs in the UK. Due to this expansion, we are now recruiting for a talented individual to join the Audit team in Newcastle.
As an Audit Senior Manager, you will be a senior member of the audit group, responsible for servicing clients, directing all assurance services delivered, ensuring sound management of their people, and supporting the Partners with business development and practice management.
As a Senior Manager, some of your responsibilities will include:
Client Portfolio - ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year. Liaison with client Partners and other staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues.
Audit work and setting budgets - act as audit lead on owner managed, private equity and AIM listed clients. The expectation is that on large assignments this role will be supported by one (or more) Managers, with overall responsibility for each assignment being retained by the Partner.
Commercial awareness of all aspects of clients’ businesses and the impacts on our work.
Management - arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of audit and other related assignments.
Business/Practice Development - preparation and review of proposals for new work, attendance at marketing events, development of personal contacts and identification and pro-active development of opportunities for other current clients.
Key Experience:
AQualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).
Planning and organising - to ensure all client work is carried out within the appropriate timescales through continual monitoring of progression of the work.
Technical expertise - to ensure audit conducted to correct standard and accounts preparation is accurate and meaningful for the type of industry.
To be able to answer staff and client technical queries and make technical decisions.
Commercial awareness - to have a good understanding of the commercial factors affecting the client and to be able to monitor the commercial effectiveness of work done by the business by reviewing costs against budget.
Teamwork - working as a team with the other managers, Partners, and staff to ensure the department meets its objectives and all client demands are exceeded etc and dealing with differences.
Problem solving - technical knowledge to resolve client issues and organisation to be flexible to meet client and director demands.
Customer focus - ensuring clients expectations are exceeded, by always providing a first-class service.
Business Development – ability to develop trusted advisor status with clients.
Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
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