Audit Director - Insurance

DeFi Planet; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000

Job description

In Audit, you will join a growing team of driven, curious, problem solvers who add value to their clients on a daily basis. Our Audit Teams provide audit assurance services which are vital to our clients' business controls, shareholder confidence, and credibility of their financial statements. Our expertise ranges from servicing private, entrepreneurial companies through to UK listed companies, financial services clients, and some of the largest FT Global organisations in the world. By joining a unique integrated structure, you will benefit from working in collaborative teams and be given responsibility for delivering robust and independent audit services in a supportive environment.

The financial services audit department works internationally to provide seamless, cross-border services to our clients.

Job Purpose

As an FS Audit Director, you will support the Senior Management team including Partners to develop and build the audit team and client offering. You will work closely with clients and be committed to providing an exceptional audit service.

Role & Responsibilities

• Assisting and advising the client service management team on the formulation of audit strategy and planning.
• Technical expert for audit assignments, providing advice to audit team and client.
• Leading an audit team, ensuring the team completes in a timely manner within budget.
• Managing audit assignments from planning through to finalisation of reports in line with agreed timescales.
• Controlling time spent and monitoring actual time within budget.
• People management – coaching, feedback, performance management, training and development, engaging high performing teams.
• Maintains control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency.
• Ensure standards and procedures are maintained by the whole team.
• Drafts the audit opinion summary for the Partner and any other reporting documents, including group reporting and audit committee papers.
• Ensuring clients are billed according to agreed billing plans.
• Identifying and capitalising on opportunities and prospects for new work.
• Business development, including working with colleagues in other teams.
• Acts as a point of contact for both senior management and client.
• Building strong working relationships with clients.
• Show vision and strategic perspective.
• Delivering confident and clear presentations of service features and benefits to clients.
• Ensures audit services provided are genuinely appropriate for the client.
• Assesses and produces high quality work in line with the Firm's policy and processes, meeting relevant regulatory requirements.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Holds significant experience of leading external audits managing a portfolio of clients and leading audit teams.
• Prior experience of working at Senior Manager level.
• Up to date technical knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS102 and IFRS.
• Experience of managing, training and coaching an audit team.
• Experience of using audit software and Microsoft packages.

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.

Office detail/part time/flexible working/condensed hours if applicable

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond, is fully supported to be their unique self.

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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