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Audit Director

Michael Page Finance
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The Audit Director position involves leading the audit group and managing client relationships while ensuring high-quality assurance services.
  • Candidates should have significant external audit experience and be qualified accountants (ACA, CA, ACCA), ideally with RI status.
  • The role requires a minimum of several years of experience in a professional services environment, particularly with entrepreneurial and AIM-listed clients.
  • A competitive salary is offered along with benefits such as private medical insurance, life assurance, and a pension contribution.
  • The position also includes a hybrid working model and a generous holiday package, with options for additional leave and shared parental leave.

As an Audit Director, you will be a leader within the audit group. You will be responsible for servicing clients, directing all assurance services delivered, ensuring sound management of our people and supporting the Partners with business development and practice management.

Client Details

Our client is a market leading firm offering accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory. Ranked within the top 30 on UK revenue by the accountancy age magazine

Description

  • Ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year. Liaison with client Partners and other staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues.
  • Act as audit lead on owner managed, private equity and AIM listed clients. The expectation is that on large assignments this role will be supported by one (or more) Managers, with overall responsibility for each assignment being retained by the Partner.
  • Commercial awareness of all aspects of clients' businesses and the impacts on our work.
  • Arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of audit and other related assignments.

Profile

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).
  • Ideally, you will have RI status
  • Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
  • Experience of working with entrepreneurial, OMB, SME and AIM listed clients.
  • Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities
  • Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, industry specifics and their application.
  • Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
  • Strong communication skills to liaise with clients, Partners, staff, and other professionals.
  • Monitoring costs against budget for individual clients.

Job Offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Pension contribution
  • Hybrid working model (role dependant)
  • Generous holiday package
  • Option to purchase additional holiday
  • Shared parental leave

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.