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Audit Assistant Manager
Are you the experienced auditor we're looking for?
This Audit Assistant Manager job in Edinburgh is a fantastic opportunity for a driven auditor who is keen to progress their practice career.
What's missing from your current role? Flexibility? Variety? Progression?
On offer is a salary benchmarked at the top end of the current market, a full suite of benefits designed to provide excellent work / life balance, and impressive professional development opportunities with a tailored career development plan.
We want to hear from you if you're an excellent communicator, proactive problem solver, and effective people manager.
Contact us today to take a step towards this Assistant Audit Manager job in Edinburgh.
Job Purpose
- Manage a varied client portfolio, responsible for all commercial aspects of portfolio management
- Lead audits from planning to completion for a wide range of clients, including undertaking critical audit areas and completing on site client visits
- Build trusted clients relationships as their main point of contact, dealing with correspondence, providing updates, and proactively handling queries
- Review work prepared by junior staff, providing constructive feedback
- Manage the workflow across the audit function, ensuring deadlines are being met
- Monitor WIP and provide budget updates to Partners, including for fieldwork
- Support with ad hoc advisory work
- Provide technical guidance to junior staff, identifying knowledge gaps and providing training
- Monitor performance of staff and champion professional development across the team
- Undertake appraisals and assist with recruitment activities
- Support the firm’s business development goals by assisting with the development of tenders and presentations
- Help to identify new business opportunities and continuously strengthen your network of local contacts
About This Firm
Available with the leading firm in Edinburgh, this Audit Assistant Manager role is a superb opportunity for a driven candidate who is keen to work with a firm recognised for it's people-led approach to providing a full-suite of financial support to a varied, loyal, and growing client portfolio.
Enjoying stable growth and offering a wealth of benefits, this reputable firm is an employer of choice for accountants, auditors, and tax specialists at all levels.
Employee Benefits
- £42,000 to £52,000 pa
- Permanent, full-time role
- Enhanced company pension
- Generous annual leave
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Flexible working options
- Excellent work / life balance
- Progression opportunities
- Succession planning options
- Professional development
- Positive and supportive company culture
- Employee referral scheme
- Paid volunteering days
Job Requirements
- ACA / ACCA qualified with extensive experience in UK practice
- A minimum of two years post-qualified experience
- A proven track record of leading external audits from planning to completion
- Supervisory experience with excellent people management skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong working knowledge of relevant audit software
- Up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations
- Professional, highly organised and able to meet deadlines
- A can-do, hands-on approach towards problem solving
- Good time management and a positive, enthusiastic attitude
- A team player who is eager to support the wider team
About Public Practice Recruitment Ltd
Public Practice Recruitment Ltd recruits high-calibre accounting professionals at all levels for tax, accounts, and auditor jobs on both a permanent and temporary basis for accountancy firms.
Specialising solely in accountancy recruitment, Public Practice Recruitment Ltd regularly has new auditor jobs and accountancy jobs in Edinburgh and has a superb track record of meeting and exceeding expectations for accountants looking for their next accounting role.
