Senior Manager, External Audit, Insurance, Audit & Assurance

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Large & Complex Audit will include listed companies (corporate and financial services) their subsidiaries in the UK and internationally, as well as other public interest entities such as banks, insurers, large private companies and public sector organisations, public sector organisations and charities.

You can expect senior level exposure and variety. You will work with some of the most influential companies in the UK and internationally, offering expert insights across the whole business.

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way
, serve with integrity
, take care of each other ,
foster inclusion
, and collaborate for measurable impact
. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Deloitte's Insurance Audit and Assurance Group provides a range of high value Audit and Assurance services to some of the largest insurance brokers and non-life and life insurers in the UK and as part of global teams.

We are a team of dedicated professionals with deep audit and financial reporting skills, in-depth knowledge of insurance regulation and substantial experience of the insurance industry. Our group offers a unique career opportunity to work across a range of clients and audit and assurance services in a supporting, challenging and fast-growth environment.

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide first-class support to our clients by bringing real insights and experience and by building long term strategic relationships with them. Our breadth of services covers external audit, internal audit, accounting advisory and controls and regulation assurance and advisory.

You will understand our client's industry and the issues they face and provide them with relevant advice. The combination of your audit and assurance skills, industry experience and on-going investment in new technologies and propositions will allow you to anticipate complex business problems for our clients and recommend appropriate action.

We make sure that the work you do, the support you get and experience you gain will leave you in no doubt as to how you want to take your career forward.

As a Senior Manager within the Insurance practice, you will have responsibility for:

• Facilitating the completion of audit field work
• Effective management of audit process with appropriate accounting technical matters
• Ensuring completion of audits/projects within agreed timescales
• Budgeting time allocation to assignments and explaining variances from budget
• Drafting final documents for review by partner
• Participation in due diligence or other transaction support engagements
• Reviewing accounts in accordance with UK GAAP/IFRS
• Development and coaching of junior members of staff
• Active involvement in business development and tendering for new clients
• Managing client relationships
• Involvement in wider office practice management roles

Essential candidate requirements:

• ACA/ACCA qualification (or equivalent)
• Previous experience of working with IFRS and/or UK GAAP reporting standards
• Experience in auditing financial services clients
• The ability to present client data in a clear and concise format
• Ability to develop effective client relationships

We know it's not just about the numbers. Often, we let technology take care of those. It's about creative and collective thinking or our people. That's where the true insight is found. We're redefining the future of audit. Come join us.

Our independent audits help to build trust and confidence, equipping the companies we audit and their stakeholders to make better informed decisions based on meaningful information. By combining the latest audit tools, technologies and procedures to deliver high-quality audits, we're able to deliver work we are truly proud of.

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints…