Senior Audit Manager

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a growing Top40 Accountancy Firm in the West London/Heathrow area who are looking for a General Practice Senior Manager (Audit & Accounts Senior Manager) to join their team. Reporting to one of the Audit partners, you will be responsible for managing your own portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients up to £250m turnover and a supervising a team of Qualified & Junior staff. Key deliverables for the position include:

• Reviewing complex accounts & financial statements prepared by junior staff for partner sign-off
• Ensuring compliance with auditing standards around fixed assets & depreciation, stock, accrued/deferred income, accruals
• Responsible for a corporate audit portfolio along with advisory work for discussion with partners
• Managing complex audits, staff planning, reviewing final audit files and conducting close-out audit meetings with clients
• Planning special project assignments, ownership of agreed budgets and meeting client deadlines.
• Setting objectives and completing appraisals for Audit staff, supervising them on-site and coaching
• Meeting clients to review their annual audit & company accounts (inc group companies, partnerships and LLP's)
• Point of contact for clients and other third-party stakeholders, with direct contact at CFO/MD level
• Ensuring all Audit team work is carried out profitably and on a timely basis in accordance with the firm's standards
• Business development activities, promoting other service lines within the firm and attending external business seminars/events as required

To be considered for the Audit Senior Manager role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant with comprehensive Audit & Accounts experience and strong staff management skills. The firm is looking for someone with the potential to become a future Director in 2-3 years time, and are therefore looking for ambitious, entrepreneurial, strategic and highly-driven character traits. You should technically be up to date with IFRS & IAS, and knowledge of multiple Auditing systems would be a distinct advantage. On offer is a salary up to £85,000 depending on qualifications and senior-level experience with benefits to include company pension, healthcare, 25 days holidays and other flexible benefits.