Audit & Accounts Assistant Manager

Audit & Accounts Assistant Manager Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Audit & Accounts Assistant Manager to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Planning and executing the longer-term strategy with the departmental partner including involvement in the recruitment process;
  • Dealing with client queries, attend client meetings and agreeing time and financial budgets;
  • Carry out review work on accounts and other assignments;
  • Supervise, assist and mentor junior team members;
  • Providing advice to owner managers on both business and personal matters;
  • Delegate analysis work to more junior staff and monitor progress, including reviewing work once complete prepared by team members;
  • Regular review of client WIP and debtor;
  • Travelling to client premises as required and attending marketing events;
  • Undertake special or one-off projects to assist with the development of the practice;
  • Draft client invoices, chase outstanding invoices and assisting with proposals for new work;
  • Use time effectively to carry out work whilst maintaining quality and attention to detail;
  • training and supervising trainees and newly qualified staff;
  • managing the audit process;
  • Supervising team members as required;
  • Statutory and management accounts preparation and reviewing the work of other team members.

Requirements:

  • Experience of charity and academy audit and SRA accounts rules reviews;
  • Have a keen eye for detail to produce high quality, accurate work;
  • Excellent communicator;
  • Have extensive accounts and audit experience gained within a practice environment;
  • To demonstrate an understanding of employment legislation, especially the Equality Act;
  • Additionally, you must have the right to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship;
  • To demonstrate good timekeeping skills as well as displaying a professional attitude;
  • Desire to work in a unique meritocratic culture;
  • Be an excellent communicator, both in writing and verbally;
  • Qualified ACA or ACCA (other comparable qualifications may be considered) with extensive audit experience gained within practice;
  • Confidence to actively participate in team meetings making a wide range of suggestions, make decisions, solve problems and take appropriate action;
  • You will be either ACA or ACCA qualified;
  • Ability to prioritise workload to achieve client accounting deadlines and day to day work;
  • Excellent IT skills; MS Office (especially Excel) and proficient in audit, accounts and tax software;
  • Strong IT Skills.