Our client are seeking an Audit Manager to join their Audit team. Our client is a Top 50+50 Accountancy Practice and Real Living Wage Employer with over 290 team members across Devon and Somerset.
Reporting to Audit Partners, you will be responsible for managing and controlling the effective delivery of audit engagements for a diverse range of clients, developing strong relationships with those clients, and helping to win new clients for the firm. You will also manage the preparation of financial statements for non-audit clients.
The role will be based in the Plymouth office along with some hybrid working in line with the requirements of the job, however travel to other offices and client sites will also be required.
Main Duties
The main duties (but not limited to) are the following:
Planning, managing, controlling, and conducting the audit fieldwork for a portfolio of the firm’s clients under the direction of the Audit Partners.
Monitoring performance of audit delivery against agreed KPIs and reporting on this, including the provision of potential solutions to issues.
Managing the preparation of financial statements.
Building and maintaining client relationships.
Understanding technical matters and presenting them in a logical and practical way.
Managing and developing junior members of the team.
Carrying out technical research and providing advice for clients and for other members of the firm.
Assisting the Audit Partners in developing the departmen...