Audit Manager (Manchester)

Overview

As Audit Manager in Manchester, you will lead a diverse portfolio of commercial, owner-managed and charity clients, delivering high-quality audit services. You will work with Partners and Directors to drive client service excellence, team development and practice growth. The role emphasizes leadership, relationship-building and identifying opportunities for added services. This is a hybrid role with regular office and client-site presence, aimed at developing the audit practice and mentoring junior staff.

Pay / Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance / Death in Service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Hybrid and agile working environment

Responsibilities

• Manage audit engagements from planning through to completion
• Lead and oversee a portfolio of audit clients
• Build and maintain strong client relationships
• Review audit work and ensure technical excellence across engagements
• Coach, mentor and develop junior team members
• Support the development and performance of direct reports
• Manage multiple engagements simultaneously
• Ensure assignments are delivered to the highest quality standards
• Monitor engagement profitability, budgets and delivery timelines
• Identify opportunities to support clients through additional services
• Contribute to networking, relationship-building and business development activities
• Work closely with Partners and Directors to support strategic growth initiatives

Key requirements

• ACA, ACCA, ICAS or equivalent professional qualification
• External audit experience gained within practice
• Significant post-qualified audit experience
• Proven experience managing audit portfolios
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing team members
• Strong technical audit knowledge
• Excellent organisational and project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities

• Stakeholder management
• Coaching and mentoring
• Networking and relationship-building
• External audit knowledge
• Portfolio management of audit engagements
• Budgeting and profitability monitoring

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