Audit Director - Top 60 Accountancy Firm
Location: Cambridge
Firm: Top 60 Accountancy Firm
Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience
AJ Chambers are delighted to be working with a Top 60 Accountancy Firm in Cambridge, who are seeking to appoint an Audit Director.
Our client is renowned for their commitment to excellence, innovation, and professional development. They pride themselves on delivering bespoke audit and assurance services across a diverse client portfolio spanning various industries. They are a very supportive firm, providing a clear pathway to partnership for the right individual.
About the team:
You'll join the Commerical Team, which delivers a wide range of audit and assurance services, including audits of Limited companies' accounts (UK GAAP and IFRS), LLPs, and charity and Not-for-Profit accounts. The team's client portfolio includes small enterprises to large groups with turnovers of several hundred million pounds. Clients include Owner-Managed Businesses (OMBs), subsidiaries of international groups, charities, and LLPs. They serve many of East Anglia's significant businesses, including household names, with clients based locally, throughout the UK, and internationally. This provides exposure to a broad and varied portfolio of work.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, read on to learn more about the role and benefits on offer.
The role:
- Day to day management of the Cambridge Commercial Team: training, mentoring and developing team members
- Reviewing assignments and working papers, providing constructive feedback to team members
- Managing a varied portfolio of clients, to involve communicating engagement progress, problems, financial information and other business concerns
- Participating in networking
- Building client relationships
- Taking responsibility for achieving engagement profitability - billings and collections
- Supporting the partners with business development activities, client tender processes
- Supporting team members and clients, at times across multiple offices.
Benefits package:
- Highly competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- Contributory pension
- Dress for your diary
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Flexible working and working from home
- Health cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Sick pay
- Free parking on-site
- Staff awards scheme
- Shopping discounts
- + much more!
Requirements:
- A proven background in Audit within a UK practice is essential as is front line client contact. Qualified to ICAEW/ACCA or by experience.
- A working knowledge of corporation tax would be helpful
- Must be keen to be involved in all aspects of audit planning and have a good working knowledge of accounts preparation under UK GAAP
- Experience of CCH accounts software would be advantageous, or other similar software packages
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Self-motivated, hardworking, flexible and prepared to undertake some travel.
- Flexible and willing to undertake some travel plus overnight stays away from home.
- A full UK driving license and access to own transport is essential.
If you are a motivated professional with a passion for audit and assurance, we encourage you to apply directly or contact Danielle Daymond at AJ Chambers for further information.