Assistant Audit Manager – Liverpool

Location: City centre (20% work from home)

Salary: up to £45,000

Package & Benefits

• A brilliant working dynamic that is collaborative, inclusive and motiving
• A bespoke training and development plan with the opportunity to expand and diversify your skills
• 26 days holiday, company pension scheme, health care plan, cycle to work scheme, death in service benefits
• Financial Planning and mortgage advice
• Brilliant office space with reasonable hours and 20% home working
• Ability to work away from home remotely for up to 4 weeks per year
• Amazing annual team trip

The Business

• Working with a variety of clients across hospitality, retail, sport, media, high profile individuals, non for profits etc to transform their business and personal finances
• Full service, mid tier Finance Service firm
• Connecting and contributing to the business community in the cities we are located in
• Connected to their local community – brilliant opportunities to give back time to charities and social organisations
• A welcoming and modern organisation that offers a great place to work and develop your career

This is a brilliant business for financial experts at all stages in their career, offering unquie and varied progression across a variety of sectors in a national setting.

The work culture is progressive and inclusive.

The business dynamic is vibrant, fun, interesting and growing and there is a measured approach to work hours which sees flexibility and strong work life balance.

The training is personalised and comprehensive and autonomy and responsibility to offered and encouraged at all levels.

Coming this would a variety of continually developing benefits and incentives, the business feels they has created a fantastic offer to all employees.

Role Purpose

Joining a rapidly growing team you will assist the local Head of Audit and wider Audit Team to deliver a first-class service to clients.

You will be responsible for completing high quality audits whilst building and maintaining strong client relationships and actively developing junior members of the team.

The focus for the role will be:

• Complete high quailty audits from planning and testing to closure

• Assist in the training and development of junior staff members through mentoring, coaching and providing technical guidance
• Review the work of junior staff members and ensure that review points are clearly fed back
• Contribute to weekly team meetings to discuss client deadlines, workload/planner and billing targets.
• Attend client meetings, building excellent working relationships and being part of Audit Tenders and Business Development
• Assist with the ongoing review and improvement of internal processes and procedures
• Help shape the audit team driving best practice while ensuring efficiency.
• Start building your own portfolio of clients to manage and take forward

The Ideal Candidate

• Qualified in either ACCA or ACA

• Confident in working with clients at all levels and experience in building strong client relationships
• Proven Experience in a Audit position with a practice setting
• Technically strong, with knowledge of both UK GAAP and IFRS
• Familiar with auditing both single entity and group organisations
• Excellent communicator at all levels
• A strong desire to coach and develop team members
• Flexible and proactive approach to work and the ability to work under pressure
• Organised, efficient and a genuine interest and willingness to make a positive contribution