Assistant Audit Manager

Full Job Description

Role:  Assistant Audit Manager

Location:  Milton Keynes

Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:30

Competitive salary

An excellent opportunity has now arisen for an Assistant Audit Manager to join our client’s successful team in Milton Keynes.

About our client:

Our client is a leading Chartered Accountants & Tax Advisers in London, Watford and Milton Keynes. With 17 Principals and just under 200 staff they are a significant firm in the region. They advise businesses and individuals in the UK and worldwide and are members of TGS - an international network of professional firms.

About the role:

To assist the Milton Keynes team in helping to grow the firm, the duties you will carry out are:

• Assisting audit directors, senior managers and managers with audit assignments.
• Booking appropriate staff to conduct audit assignments.
• Managing and assisting with fieldwork.
• Reviewing and completing files and highlighting key issues to the audit RI.
• Liaising with clients in an appropriate manner and style.
• Setting budgets and negotiating fees with clients.
• Raising invoices in accordance with agreed billing profile.
• Tracking delivery against budgets / identifying any cause of overruns.
• Involvement with appraisals/reviews and identifying training needs.
• Engaging in business development and attending networking events.

Benefits:

• Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme all staff are auto enrolled. (Employer: 5%; Employee:3%) subject to eligibility.
• Private Medical Insurance following completion of 3 months service.
• Death in Service scheme cover (4x salary).
• Group Income Protection Scheme (non-contributory) following completion of 3 months service.
• Annual Leave will be 25 days per annum (pro rata). 3 days are normally taken at Christmas/New Year

What we would like from you:

• ACA or ACCA qualified.
• At least 2 year’s post qualified audit experience from a UK Accountancy Firm.
• Technically strong in UK GAAP.
• IT competent and be familiar with computerised packages (ideally CaseWare).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines and multi-task effectively.
• Strong ability to identify key risk areas at planning and completion.
• Able to work on own initiative and be flexible. Also being a team player and effective delegator of tasks whilst continuing to accept responsibility for delegated activities.
• Demonstrating a positive attitude and acting as a role model

If interested in this role, please apply below.

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