Audit Training Manager - with Great Benefits

Do you have experience of working as an auditor within a professional services firm, with strong technical knowledge in the field of auditing?

Do you have experience of preparing and/or delivering technical training within a professional accountancy context?

Do you want a job that combines your knowledge of auditing with your skill of preparing/delivering technical training?

Joining the Audit Quality Support Team (AQST) at Mazars as an Audit Technical Training Manager is a perfect opportunity to do just that.

The AQST provides support to the Audit and Assurance service line throughout the whole company, helping Mazars' auditors to deliver the highest quality work. Colleagues in AQST provide a range of services to client-facing audit teams, such as helping with complex enquiries, writing firm-wide audit methodology, and performing internal quality reviews.

Your role within AQST will focus on the development of audit staff through training. You will be involved in the creation and delivery of technical training courses (and associated assessments), all with the view to maintaining the high level of quality expected in Mazars' audit teams.

Technical training designed by you will be delivered to all levels of staff within the Audit and Assurance service line, from those just starting their career, all the way up to Partner level. Courses will be delivered across all Mazars offices in the UK.

Mazars' audit work is subject to review by the Financial Reporting Council and the Quality Assurance Department (QAD) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The firm's technical training is covered by these regulators' reviews and hence, the quality of the training must be of the highest level. You will play an important part in maintaining this standard, with your own technical knowledge being kept up to date, and your skills in communicating this knowledge to colleagues across the firm.

Job Role

• With support from colleagues in the Audit Learning Team, lead on the creation and delivery of Audit Training courses;
• Develop miscellaneous supporting resources for Audit Training courses, such as pre-course materials, post-course assessments and supporting documents for facilitators;
• Identify and implement processes to ensure that the delivered learning is applied by staff on audit engagements;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training interventions; and
• Continually update the training programme to consider the latest technical updates and regulatory findings that the firm needs to respond to.

Person Specification & Academic Requirements

The ideal candidate will have past experience of both working as an auditor and also providing technical training. Candidates who have strong experience of only one of these, and also a keen interest in the other, will also be considered.

Mazars has offices throughout the UK, with colleagues in AQST spread around the country. Therefore, the role advertised is not being tied to a specific office; we welcome candidates applying from throughout the UK.

We're looking for someone who meets the vast majority of these skills and experiences:

• Qualified account (Chartered Accountant, ICAEW member or equivalent);
• Experience of training design, development and delivery;

·       Recent practical audit experience;

• Detailed knowledge of auditing under ISAs (UK) and using audit software;
• The ability to communicate highly complex, technical topics in a way that educates the recipients while keeping them engaged;
• The confidence to deliver courses to colleagues more senior than yourself and to respond professionally to challenges and queries raised;
• The willingness to travel to Mazars offices around the UK to deliver training courses;
• The ability to think innovatively and creatively, bringing new ideas to the Mazars training strategy;
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team and able to use own initiative;
• High attention to detail;

·       Strong project management skills;

·       Excel and PowerPoint proficient; and

·       Experience of training design, development and delivery across multiple media.