The Role
Lead and deliver audit engagements for financial services and technology clients from planning to completion. Manage a client portfolio (~£800k), supervise 2-3 direct reports, perform manager reviews, support advisory projects (KPI benchmarking, growth and structuring advice), mentor trainees, and contribute to business development while ensuring audit quality and efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking to hire an ambitious Audit Manager to join our successful, fast-growing financial services and technology practice in the City with a strong reputation for client focus, collaboration and high standards. With around 70 specialists, the team supports a wide range of organisations, from scaling entrepreneurial businesses, to more established and complex organisations headquartered in the UK and overseas, with the added variety of work across other sectors.
This role suits an experienced Audit Manager who brings commercial awareness, enjoys building strong client relationships and plays an active role in shaping the team, while consistently demonstrating our core value of understanding. You’ll lead a portfolio of around £800k across audit, accounts and tax, with clear opportunities to develop and make your mark within a team that backs its people.
This role suits an experienced Audit Manager who brings commercial awareness, enjoys building strong client relationships and plays an active role in shaping the team, while consistently demonstrating our core value of understanding. You’ll lead a portfolio of around £800k across audit, accounts and tax, with clear opportunities to develop and make your mark within a team that backs its people.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver audit engagements from planning through to completion
- Act as the main point of contact for a portfolio of clients, primarily across financial services and technology sectors
- Perform and oversee onsite manager reviews of audit work where required
- Manage audit assignments rather than large permanent teams
- Directly line-manage 2–3 team members, with broader interaction across a wider audit team of circa 70
- Planning jobs to ensure audits are carried out in the most efficient way possible while considering firm-wide productivity.
- Promoting the interests of the firm with all employed by the firm, clients, prospective clients and other third parties.
- Motivation and encouragement of team, providing timely constructive feedback
- The role would include being involved in advisory projects for financial services firms and technology businesses, such as KPI benchmarking, strategic growth opportunities, and structuring advice
- Overseeing and mentoring trainees during their training contract providing assistance when required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- ACA / ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
- Operating at Audit Manager level, within a similar Top 20 firm
- High level of familiarity with UK auditing and accounting standards
- Experience managing multiple audits and deadlines concurrently
- Exposure to business development activity, or a clear desire to develop further in this area
- Commitment to audit quality and attention to detail
- High level of personal motivation and drive, and ability to motivate and encourage others
- Experience of auditing financial services and/or technology clients would be desirable.
Benefits
About
At Moore Kingston Smith, we believe in the potential of people to make a positive impact, fuelled by the power of genuine understanding. Working with small, medium and large clients, we are a multi-disciplinary advisory, tax and audit firm with expertise across multiple sectors, uniquely positioned to help people realise their ambitions. Our London and regional teams deliver quality results locally and nationally, and worldwide alongside the Moore Global network. Through respect, collaboration and active listening, understanding is at the heart of everything we do with our clients, colleagues and communities. We value people and projects that promote positive change for the future. Come and join us to make a difference.
Skills Required
- ACA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
- Operating at Audit Manager level within a similar Top 20 firm
- High familiarity with UK auditing and accounting standards
- Experience managing multiple audits and deadlines concurrently
- Exposure to business development activity or desire to develop this area
- Commitment to audit quality and strong attention to detail
- High personal motivation and ability to motivate and encourage others
- Experience auditing financial services and/or technology clients
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What We Do
Moore Kingston Smith is a multi-disciplinary advisory, tax, and audit firm with expertise across multiple sectors, uniquely positioned to help people realize their ambitions.
