Senior Audit Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd

McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd

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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Audit Manager / Audit Senior Manager / Corporate Audit Manager - SUPERB ROLE

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a Top15 Accountancy Practice who are looking to strengthen their senior team with the appointment of a Senior Audit Manager for their offices in Central Reading.

The role is 100% Commercial Audit and youwill be required to manage Qualified audit staff, liaise with Audit Partners and Directors, and review the audits for both Corporate PLCs & PE-backed businesses.

The team across the Thames Valley office consists of over 50 Audit Specialists, and they haveseen year-on-year growth of over 10%.

Key duties include:

Managing a portfolio of large audit clients with turnovers to £1 billion, including UK multinational FTSE/AIM listed and private groups, along with PEbacked enterprises.
Managing large corporate clients including those with complex issues requiring higher levels of adhoc work
Assisting Audit Partners & Directors in planning & executing audit engagements, including open and close meetings with clients
Business development and winning work by proactively managing existing clients and targeting new audit clients
Reviewing and appraising internal working practices, identifying areas where efficiency improvements can be made within the Audit function.
Involvement in internal compliance procedures (e.g. quality control reviews, money laundering procedures etc)
Assisting audit partners in establishing the audit approach; reviewing audit work papers and ensuring that audit files are completed in a timely manner
Specific responsibility for a group of employees to ensure audit work is appropriately completed to satisfy audit objectives
Acting as a trusted business adviser to clients, managing a significant portfolio and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and clients

To be considered for the Senior Audit Manager role you should be a qualified ACA/ICAS/ACCA Accountant with at least 5 years' experience running large Audit portfolios, and ideally from a Top70 or well-regarded Regional Accounting firm.

Experience managingaudits of a range of commercial companies ranging from OMBs, PE-backed, large listed and international groups is desirable and you should be able to manage a large portfolio of audit clients, and have excellent knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS102.

Expertise in IFRSand auditing listed companies would be beneficial and you should have extensive experience of using audit software and Microsoft packages, and experience of managing teams.