FS Audit Manager

Overview

As an experienced audit professional in Grant Thornton’s financial services practice, you will lead and deliver high-quality audits for FS clients while guiding multi-location teams. You’ll build relationships, provide authoritative advice, and drive value for clients in a dynamic, inclusive culture. The role emphasizes senior leadership, market insights, and complex issue resolution to support growth and client confidence. This is a return-to-audit friendly opportunity with flexible working options and a focus on work-life balance.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• work-life balance
• autonomy in role

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements in line with firm methodologies, standards, and regulatory requirements for financial services clients
• Build and nurture client relationships and provide professional, value-driven guidance
• Lead and coach multi-location audit teams, and manage performance and development
• Provide coaching to junior staff and address learning needs
• Stay updated on market trends to enhance audit quality and solutions
• Leverage industry knowledge to improve relevance and impact of audit services
• Serve as a high-profile point of escalation for complex issues and drive credible resolutions
• Plan, lead, and deliver major external audit and assurance engagements in a senior managerial capacity
• Demonstrate adaptability and strong communication in a fast-paced environment
• Apply UK GAAP and IFRS knowledge to audits and related assurance engagements
• Experience managing other assurance engagements such as client assets and safeguarding audits

Key requirements

• Fully qualified as a chartered accountant (e.g., ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent)
• Experience planning, leading, and delivering multiple major external audit and assurance engagements in a senior managerial capacity
• Excellent technical expertise with financial services sector knowledge
• Experience in managing other assurance engagements (e.g., client assets and safeguarding audits)
• Previous professional experience at Manager level or equivalent
• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK and experience applying UK GAAP and IFRS

• creativity and vision
• autonomy and initiative
• strong interpersonal and communication skills
• auditing in financial services
• UK GAAP
• IFRS

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