Entrepreneurial Services Audit Assistant Manager

Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently – looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. We empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work‑life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. We also give the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like and what you want from your career.

Audit Assistant Manager (Entrepreneurial and SME Services, Milton Keynes)

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our tailored and responsive approach provides the expertise our clients need, enabling them to grow and make the right decisions about their future.

Now’s the time to take everything you know about audit to the next level, with our growing portfolio of clients. The constantly evolving landscape calls for an approach that puts what is right first, ahead of what is easy, and you will need to push ideas harder and ask difficult questions, giving our clients the assurance they need.

Our Entrepreneurial and SME Services team works with fast‑growth, dynamic businesses, with clients ranging from entrepreneurial, early‑stage SMEs through to well‑known brands. We give you the time and support to build long‑lasting relationships with clients so we can support their businesses as they grow.

We give you more responsibility for client outputs, more variety in the work you take on and the clients you work with, and we will work with you to understand your preferences and skill set in order to determine your portfolio. You can develop your career in a way that works for you, and the firm, and we’ll support you with development programmes and opportunities along the way.

Clients want more than just compliance. They will look to you to provide genuine insight, recommendations and added value, both through the audit process and through the manner in which you liaise with other service lines, working closely with them to provide a holistic, joined‑up approach to client service.

We also offer flexible working options for all our roles, whether that’s reduced or condensed hours, job shares, or a hybrid working model that fits with your client work. We encourage a balanced work‑life mix and support your personal commitments.

We’re looking for people who want to do more than simply deliver a market‑leading audit. As an Audit Assistant Manager within our Entrepreneurial Services team, you will possess a broader business awareness, a base level of knowledge across accounting and tax, and most importantly, a client‑centred growth mindset. You will work proactively with specialists across our practice to bring our clients integrated advice, looking at how we innovate digitally for clients and how we support clients to achieve their growth ambitions.

• Become a trusted business advisor to our clients, with a focus on quality and reputation
• Project manage client work and oversee all aspects of audit fieldwork and completion
• Lead onsite audit teams, preparing and reviewing financial statements and updating management
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with your team and our clients, providing support to junior team members
• Constantly strive to push yourself and the business further, knowing you’re supported through every stage

Joining us as an Audit Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA) with post‑qualification experience, and confidence managing a portfolio of audit clients. It would also be great if you had some of the following skills; we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Excellent knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS
  102
• An interest in our clients, with the ability to confidently discuss business challenges and needs
• Extensiv…