Audit Senior Manager / Director – RI

The firm:

A successfully growing firm of Chartered Accountants in Newcastle Upon Tyne with a large presence are looking to appoint a Senior Audit Manager or Audit Director,  either RI or enthusiastic to become an RI to take responsibility alongside the Partner group for leading a successful audit team. With planned investment to aid further growth and diversity, this is an exciting time to join the practice.

Working with both corporate, not for profit and charity clients this role will see you networking, engaging with new clients as well as looking after existing relationships.  You will play an active leadership role in audit department to ensure technical coaching and development is provided alongside the timely delivery of services.

The main elements of this role will include:

• Ensuring the planning, prioritising and allocation of all relevant client work ensuring effective team workflow

• Ensuring establishment of scope and budget for each piece of client work and ensure adequate briefing to team members where relevant

• Ensuring full agreement of client for work to be undertaken and communicate likely fees prior to commencement to maximise fee recovery

• Monitoring work progress and ensuring appropriate levels of communication with all clients and internal stakeholders on progress for each piece of client work

• Monitoring individual and team performance versus original objectives and departmental KPI’s

• Providing regular feedback to all team members on their performance via informal ‘1-1’ meetings

• Conducting formal appraisals for all staff

• Assisting students and trainees with ‘on the job’ training

• Supporting the wider audit team in delivering the required departmental incremental fee target via networking, meeting attendance, business pitches and input into marketing strategy

We are looking for applicants to hold the following:

• ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualified, RI would be advantageous

• Sound knowledge and understanding of all relevant UK taxes such as Corporate Tax, VAT, PAYE etc in order to ensure amounts are accurately presented in the financial statements of a company
• Excellent knowledge and working experience of the International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) variant
• Comfortable working within a fast paced environment
• A dedicated team player, willing to assist colleagues within the team and provide leadership
• Able to prioritise workloads under strict deadlines and work well under pressure
• Able to use initiatives and have great organisation / problem-solving skills

This is a great opportunity that provides a route to Partnership working across all sectors in audit and would be a great move for an existing Senior Manager seeking RI status.

The firm offer flexible and hybrid working, with an extensive benefits package as expected for this level appointment.

For a further discussion or expression of interest please reach out to Bryony Gibson.