Corporate Audit Manager

Space 8 Recruitment are pleased to be supporting this Top 100 Accountancy firm to recruit a Corporate Audit Manager. (Birmingham, Kettering or Banbury)
The Role:
To plan, organise and manage a portfolio of clients within the Corporate Services department.
Contribute to overall practice development particularly in the area of audit, accounts preparation and outsourcing work for corporate clients.
Responsibilities

• Progress role and those of other staff by seeking to take more advanced work from partners and delegating more routine work to others, thereby aiding cost-effectiveness, and adding to interest/ training of all within the team.
• Develop knowledge of clients and their businesses as to become their point of contact on day-to-day matters.
• Review and finalise audit files, accounts and corporation tax work prepared by more junior staff ensuring the firm’s quality and compliance standards are adhered to.
• Complete staff appraisal forms providing feedback and training as required.
• Identify business opportunities and assist partners with specific value-added assignments- e.g., business planning, advisory and other audit related matters.
• Assist partners in controlling WIP within the department by progressing work to completion/ billing point swiftly.
• Monitor progress against deadlines and ensure these are met e.g. Companies House filings, group reporting, P11Ds, tax returns, etc.
• Ensure work is planned and progressed in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner by liaising with Partners and supervising staff.

Critical Skills Required

• Ability to review and complete audit and accounts files quickly and efficiently.
• Excellent problem resolution skills and ideas generation ability
• Pro-active management skills, resulting in high-performance teams

Critical Knowledge Required

• Experience in leading audits
• In depth knowledge of audit and accounts preparation
• Corporate taxation knowledge
• Solid MS Office products knowledge

Qualifications Required
Essential: ACA or ACCA Qualification or equivalent experience
Rewards:

• This business offers truly flexible working, which means offering hybrid working but also having a flexi-time system that allows you to work 5 hours a day in core hours and the rest as you wish.
• Lap top provided to enable home working
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• 28 days holiday + 8 and able to buy or sell a further 3 days each year
• TOIL or overtime
• Healthcare
• Medical cash plan
• Many career progression opportunities

Next steps - Please apply or contact Sam Waites via Linked In to arrange a conversation. </p

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