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Audit Director - Top 10

Michael Page (UK)

Wolverhampton

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Full time

24 days ago

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An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Director to lead audit engagements and provide exceptional service to clients. This role involves overseeing audit assignments, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and fostering strong relationships with clients and partners. The ideal candidate will possess a qualified accountant status and significant external audit experience, along with a keen commercial awareness and a drive for business development. Join a market-leading firm that values innovation and offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a generous benefits package, including private medical insurance and a robust pension contribution.

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Qualified accountant with significant external audit experience.
Strong communication skills and commercial awareness are essential.

Ensure clients receive proactive service and exceed expectations.
Act as audit lead on various client types, maintaining overall responsibility.

External audit experience

Strong communication skills

Commercial awareness

Business development

Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA)

RI status

Accounting standards knowledge

Auditing standards knowledge

Director position within a top 10 UK practice

About Our Client

Our client is a market leading firm offering accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory. Ranked within the top 10 on UK revenue by the accountancy age magazine.

Job Description

Ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year. Liaison with client Partners and other staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues.
Act as audit lead on owner managed, private equity and AIM listed clients. The expectation is that on large assignments this role will be supported by one (or more) Managers, with overall responsibility for each assignment being retained by the Partner.
Commercial awareness of all aspects of clients' businesses and the impacts on our work.
Arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of audit and other related assignments.

The Successful Applicant

Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).
Must hold RI status.
Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
Experience of working with entrepreneurial, OMB, SME and AIM listed clients.
Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities.
Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, industry specifics and their application.
Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
Strong communication skills to liaise with clients, Partners, staff, and other professionals.
Monitoring costs against budget for individual clients.

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