Audit and Accounts Manager

Accounts & Audit Manager
Salary: £45,000 – £60,000
Location:
Blackburn (Hybrid Working)

Are you an experienced audit professional ready to step into a leadership role where you can influence client relationships, shape team development, and drive business performance? This is a standout opportunity to join our client’s growing audit and advisory team in a key managerial capacity, offering genuine progression to senior leadership within a forward-thinking North West firm.

If you are seeking a role that combines technical challenge, people leadership, and commercial responsibility, this position offers the platform to take your career to the next level.

Following sustained growth, our client is looking to appoint an ambitious Accounts & Audit Manager to their Blackburn office.

You will oversee a portfolio of corporate clients, with approximately 75% audit and 25% accounts and advisory work, acting as a trusted adviser and key client contact.

• Manage a portfolio of corporate and owner-managed business clients
• Act as a trusted adviser, building and maintaining long-term relationships
• Deliver a high-quality, joined-up service across audit, accounts, and advisory

• Oversee and review statutory audits from planning through to completion
• Review financial statements prepared under FRS 102 and FRS 102-1A
• Ensure compliance with UK auditing standards (ISA UK)
• Provide technical guidance to both clients and internal teams

• Manage, coach, and develop audit and accounts staff at all levels
• Identify training needs and deliver internal training sessions
• Support the development and progression of junior team members

• Manage engagement budgets, billing, and recovery
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Contribute to the efficient running of the department
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, quality, and profitability

• Clear pathway to Senior Manager and Director level
• Opportunity to play a key role in strategic growth and leadership

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• ACA or ACCA qualified with 3–6+ years’ PQE in UK practice
• Significant experience managing audit and/or mixed portfolios
• Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP and auditing standards
• Experience reviewing statutory accounts and audit files
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage client relationships
• Commercial awareness including budgeting and billing
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills
• A proactive, solutions-focused and career-driven mindset

• Office-based in Blackburn
• Client site visits across Lancashire and North Manchester
• Hybrid working model with flexibility and autonomy
• Flexitime approach supporting work-life balance

Our client is committed to investing in your long-term success, offering:

• Structured leadership and technical development programmes
• 6-monthly performance reviews with optional monthly 1-2-1s
• Access to a mentor and internal leadership support
• Development in advisory, networking, and business development skills
• Opportunities to contribute to firm-wide initiatives and strategy
• Potential for international exposure through global network connections

You will receive a highly competitive package including:

• £45,000 – £60,000 salary (dependent on experience)
• 30 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Office closure over winter period
• Flexible Easter leave policy
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Death in service (4x salary) & income protection
• Hybrid working & weekly flexitime
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Private medical insurance options (via salary sacrifice)
• Electric car scheme & cycle to work scheme
• Firm-wide bonus scheme
• Full technical and leadership training support
• Paid sick leave
• Employee wellbeing support, including health, financial and legal advice
• On-site parking
• Access to a wide range of additional lifestyle and financial benefits

Our client is a highly respected, award-winning accountancy practice with a strong presence across the North West. Known for their people-first culture, flexible working environment, and commitment to sustainability and development, they offer a unique opportunity to build a long-term, rewarding leadership career within practice.