Senior Technical & Compliance Manager

Senior Technical & Compliance Manager

Department: Other

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Stoke on Trent

DJH is an award-winning accountancy firm with offices across the UK and Ireland. We work with businesses as partners - not just for them - to achieve great things together. Our multidisciplinary team delivers a full range of services including audit, accounts, tax, R&D, corporate finance, capital allowances, estate planning and international advice.

We're recruiting at a senior level to be centre of our compliance and quality framework, whether that's based out of our Head Office in Stoke-on-Trent or one of our Manchester based offices!

As a Senior Technical & Compliance Manager, you will lead DJH’s regulatory and professional compliance obligations, acting as our subject matter expert on all matters relating to audit regulations, ICAEW practice assurance, technical audit monitoring, ethical standards and emerging regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance, you will work across all service lines and offices, supporting the firm in maintaining the highest standards of professional conduct and regulatory standing.

As part of our team, you'll:

• Lead the firm's compliance with ICAEW practice assurance and audit requirements and manage all aspects of monitoring visits, including preparation, responses and follow-up
• Own and develop the firm's quality management framework under ISQM 1 and ISQM 2, including the annual evaluation of the system of quality management
• Monitor developments from the HMRC, ICAEW and other regulatory bodies, assessing the impact on firm policies and procedures and communicating findings to Partners and team members
• Maintain and update the firm's compliance manuals, policies and procedures, ensuring they remain current with regulatory requirements
• Track and manage regulatory correspondence, findings, action plans and remediation activity

• Design and operate the firm’s technical audit monitoring programme, including file selection, review methodology and thematic inspection across all audit service lines
• Lead the evaluation and reporting of audit monitoring outcomes, identifying systemic findings, root causes and trends across the portfolio
• Develop and maintain audit technical guidance, including updates to audit methodology, templates and working paper standards in response to standard changes and monitoring findings
• Liaise with engagement teams on monitoring findings, tracking remediation actions and escalating recurring or significant issues to the Director group

• Act as the primary point of contact for queries relating to the ICAEW Code of Ethics, ethical standards for auditors and the PCRT
• Manage the firm's independence policies, including the register of financial interests, prohibited services and fee dependency monitoring
• Advise on conflicts of interest and maintain the firm's conflict checking procedures
• Oversee compliance with the HMRC tax adviser registration regime, including identifying relevant persons, monitoring ongoing eligibility conditions and maintaining registration records

• Monitor developments in auditing standards (ISAs (UK), FRC guidance and FRC Audit Quality Review findings), assessing the impact on firm methodology and communicating updates to audit teams
• Maintain and update the firm’s audit methodology and technical resource library, ensuring materials remain current with standard-setter requirements and regulatory expectations
• Support the implementation and ongoing development of the firm’s audit technology platform, working with engagement teams to promote consistent and effective use of audit tools
• Assisting and managing technical queries
• Assist with integration and alignment of compliance policies and systems with new acquisitions

• Design and deliver compliance and technical CPD for Partners and team members, covering audit monitoring findings, ethics, regulatory updates and emerging requirements
• Develop and maintain compliance…