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Overview

Our Client is a leading international firm of Chartered Accountants who provide services across a diverse wealth management portfolio. They are now seeking an experienced Audit Assistant Manager within their Audit department.

Reporting to the Audit Manager, the principal responsibility of the Assistant Manager is to take full responsibility for establishing audit strategy and effectively and efficiently planning audit projects, assisting the Audit Manager with the planning of all stages of large audit assignments, supervising the assignment of duties and the training of audit personnel. Duties will include:

• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and application of auditing and accounting standards
• Ensure audits run to budget and review points are adequately cleared
• Actively listens to determine client needs and clearly communicates these to the Audit Manager
• Actively enhance existing relationships with new clients and seek to discuss wider business issues in order to identify their needs
• Responsible for personnel scheduling compliance with due dates, monitoring time budget, fee quotations, billing and collection
• Review audit files to ensure sufficient, appropriate audit evidence has been gathered to substantiate the audit opinion and the financial statements to ensure that they comply with the relevant GAAP, regulations and legislation
• Resolve any audit issues prior to the submission of the financial statements for the final partner review
• Implementation and review of internal control procedures
• Enhance the firm's reputation through quality client service and generally assisting partners with practice development and practice management
• Responsible for the on the job training of your audit team
• Support the team when a client fails to deliver
• Provide feedback to team members on a timely basis
• Debrief at the end of an audit
• Be responsible for planning, on site audit work, office based audit work, accounting work, preparation of financial statements, reviewing work prepared by team members, control
• Liaise with business tax colleagues to ensure timely completion of current and deferred tax provision figures for inclusion in clients' financial statements

The ideal candidate for the role of Audit Assistant Manager will be:

• Hold an appropriate accountancy qualification, such as ACA or ACCA
• Have at least 5 years' experience in an audit environment
• Relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Project management, presentation skills, problem-solving, and decision making skills
• Be PC literate, particularly with Excel and Word
• Adopts a professional and positive approach
• Strong in building relationships and able to communicate at all levels
• Self-motivated, a team player, but also be able to work on own initiative
• Dynamic and creative