Audit Manager

SRLV are a medium-sized independent firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors based in Fitzrovia, a vibrant and exciting hub in Central London.

Our client base has a real strength in the music, media, and entertainments sector, whilst maintaining a broad range of clients including prestigious restaurant groups, luxury retailers, professional services firms, property, travel, and technology businesses.

We focus on people as individuals, allowing and supporting you to grow and develop within our firm. We value our differences and know that diversity across our team is what enables us to deliver the best service for our clients. We are committed to ensuring that everyone at SRLV feels they can bring their full selves to work and can thrive in an inclusive and safe space.

We are seeking an experienced Manager to join our busy Audit team. The ideal candidate will be ACA or ACCA qualified, with at least 3 years’ post qualification experience, and exposure to operating at a similar level with a broad client portfolio background.

Experience of IFRS as well as UK GAAP, consolidations and consolidated financial statements and managing/leading a team, including trainees, would be preferred.

• Manage team WIP, billing and fee–recovery in order to achieve targets and cash collection where applicable, reviewing monthly billing and assisting in making sure that the partner is hitting monthly target
• Line manage team members through adequate briefing, monitoring, supervision and training, to ensure business objectives and the team members’ career objectives are achieved
• Ensure good relationships with both internal and external clients, particularly in order to ensure retention and development of new business opportunities
• Manage the expectations of partners and other key staff across the practice to ensure work and projects are completed within reasonable and realistic time frames that satisfy the client, the partner and take into consideration the workload of the team or those concerned
• Highlight any work or project delivery issues to partners, key staff and clients, suggesting approach to rectify
• Manages complex client problems that occur and supports team members with basic client matters
• Ensure self and wider team are compliant with all practice management activities and actions are completed by the required deadlines
• Work with partners to identify, generate and complete additional project work from existing clients and seek referrals of new clients
• Maintain and build client care standards in order to meet and exceed client and partner satisfaction expectations at all times
• Provide proactive and innovative solutions to clients
• Liaise with other departments to ensure seamless delivery of work and projects
• Develop and maintain an advanced level of technical knowledge through appropriate reading and courses, and to fulfil the professional bodies’ CPD requirements where appropriate
• Delegates appropriately ensuring clear instructions are given and objectives and deadlines set - monitors workload of team
• Play an active role in recruitment and any other HR activities required
• Manages the preparation and presentation of projects and new client pitches, attending new business meetings and assisting with new client proposals, alongside partner and key staff
• Act as a role model for team members, providing advice, guidance and constructive feedback
• Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job

• Liaise with the client to arrange timetable and diarises deadlines and key events
• Pro-actively chase client and partner to ensure agreed timetables and deadlines are met
• Monitor progress of jobs and keep the client and partner informed of all relevant developments
• Carry out a detailed review of the work of team to ensure it is accurate, whilst picking up on any issues
• Prepare for and attend review and finalisation meeting with partners and clients
• Provide a full briefing with clear and specific instructions to staff on a job before it starts, and monitors progress and provides support during the job

• Exceptional, effective and appropriate communication skills…