Corporate Audit Assistant Manager

Absolute Executive Search are seeking an experienced Audit professional, based in Kent, for a Top Accountancy Practice who are looking to grow their Audit team.

Responsibilities

• Managing and undertaking statutory audits and being involved in all stages of the audit process from planning to completion.
• Showing initiative and taking responsibility for management of the audit and your team to ensure completion within the agreed budget.
• Acting as the principal contact for the client during the on-site fieldwork.
• Managing on-site teams and assist in the supervision and development of your team.
• Delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines.
• Supervising audit teams on site, reviewing the work of Associates and assisting Senior Audit Managers in project management and client liaison.
• Alongside other Assistant Managers, reporting to a Senior Manager on large complex audit assignments, as well as managing a small portfolio of clients as manager.
• Carrying out work profitably and on a timely basis, in accordance with the firm's professional standards and to the satisfaction of our clients and audit senior managers.
• Supporting the team in delivering a quality audit timetable and providing insightful comments to report to the client.
• Contributing to a continuous improvement ethos for the team.
• Managing and lead assurance and risk management projects - liaising with clients and preparing client reports.

Purpose of the role:

As a qualified Accountant, Assistant Managers in our Audit division are required to lead teams on a range of Audit assignments. This role requires a particular specialism in corporates.

• To adhere to deadlines, including prompt notification to the partner where problems are likely to arise or as they arise on each assignment.
• Can identify where other experts in the firm can provide relevant services to respond to client business needs.
• Manage work in progress and billing on client assignments.
• Undertake additional duties as reasonably required.
• Experience in working with complex groups, reporting structures and liaising with component auditors is highly desirable.

Technical skills, experience & knowledge:

• Able to provide practical, proactive business advice for clients, while referring more significant or challenging control issues to the partner.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of business cycle controls, recognising the audit risks and business implications where controls are absent, ineffective, or inefficient.

Required Qualifications:

• CCAB body membership, eg ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS, ICAI, AICPA.