Assistant Manager, Portfolio Financial Services, Audit & Assurance

Deloitte's Portfolio Financial Services business offers the opportunity to work with dynamic, entrepreneurial, and high-growth financial services businesses.

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Manager to join our newly formed Scotland Financial Services hub based in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The focus areas include funds, investment management, and banking and capital markets. We thrive on working with high-growth clients and supporting their ambitions through a differentiated audit experience.

In return, you will face new challenges in a dynamic, supportive, and fast-growing department at an exciting time in the evolution of the audit industry, as we develop the audit of the future. We are looking for individuals with ambitions to progress to signing Director roles. You will have access to market-leading training tailored to your personal interests and ambitions, with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge working with our people and clients.

Our current portfolio includes well-known financial services clients and future industry leaders. The Scotland Financial Services hub focuses on:

• Funds - focusing on regulated funds across traditional and alternative asset classes.
• Investment management - focusing on corporate asset managers and private equity clients.
• Banking and capital markets - including lenders, brokers, and corporate finance firms.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress by leveraging our expertise to help clients become leaders. We invest in outstanding people, building diverse teams of future thinkers, and empowering them to achieve more.

Our shared values-leadership, integrity, care, inclusion, and collaboration-guide every decision and action, helping us deliver impactful results where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

Reporting to a Manager, Senior Manager, or Director/Partner, your responsibilities will include:

• Working effectively within an inclusive team culture;
• Supervising field teams to execute audits successfully;
• Managing client relationships daily;
• Mentoring junior team members;
• Driving continuous improvement in audit methodology through innovation;
• Participating in practice management and staff development activities;
• Supporting wellbeing initiatives within teams;
• Facilitating internal training and development programs.

Connect to your skills and experience

To qualify, you should have:

• Relevant professional qualification in progress or achieved (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA, ICAS);
• Experience in external auditing, preferably with financial institutions;
• Knowledge of auditing techniques including risk assessment and controls testing;
• Strong communication and team management skills;
• Motivation and initiative in challenging environments;
• Good organizational, planning, and coaching skills.

Connect to your business - Audit & Assurance

We focus on trust and confidence, using innovative tools and procedures to deliver high-quality audits, helping companies and stakeholders make informed decisions.

Personal independence

Regulations require adherence to personal independence constraints, including restrictions on financial interests and secondary employment with audit clients. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.

Connect with your colleagues

Our culture encourages authenticity and diversity. As Alice, an Audit and Assurance team member, shares, "I assumed the culture would be very corporate, but I've worked with people with different personalities and approaches. We have a clear brand, but everyone is encouraged to be themselves."

Our hybrid working policy

You will be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with flexible hybrid working arrangements, balancing office, virtual, client site, and remote work to support your wellbeing and career development. Specific requirements will be discussed with your recruiter.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

If returning after a career break of two years or more, we offer coaching and support to help you transition back into the workplace. Let your recruiter know if this applies to you.

Our commitment to you

We foster an environment where you can find purpose, be yourself, and grow. We value your wellbeing, support your development, and encourage leadership at all levels.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte offers growth in any direction, with a culture of purpose and impact. Discover more at deloitte.co.uk/careers