Financial Services Audit Manager

6 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Grant Thornton UK Full time
Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Financial Services Senior Manager to join our team at Grant Thornton UK. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of planning, leading, and delivering major external audit and assurance engagements in the financial services sector.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Client-Centric Approach: Lead engagements in accordance with the firm's methodologies, professional standards, and local legal and regulatory requirements, focusing on delivering exceptional audit services to our financial services clients.
  • Build Relationships: Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions, understanding and delivering value aligned with our clients' unique ambitions and needs.
Leadership and Team Management:
  • Lead and Manage Teams: Effectively lead and proactively manage multi-location audit teams, coaching and developing individuals and ensuring smooth delivery of engagements.
  • Performance Management: Provide performance management and coaching to junior colleagues throughout the performance year, identifying and addressing staff needs, including learning and development.
Industry Expertise and Market Understanding:
  • Stay Up-to-Date: Continuously refresh your understanding of current market trends to bring value to client engagements and develop innovative solutions.
  • Utilize Industry Knowledge: Utilize your proven industry knowledge and sector experience within financial services to enhance the quality and relevance of audit services provided to our clients.
Skills and Attributes for Success:
  • Credible Advisor: Become a high-profile contact and point of escalation for complex issues, becoming a credible advisor influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that impact entire industries.
  • Experience and Skills: Experience planning, leading, and delivering major external audit and assurance engagements in a senior managerial capacity, along with project and people management experience.
  • Flexible and Adaptable: Possess the flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills.
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Chartered Accountant: Be fully qualified as a chartered accountant (e.g., ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent).
  • Proven Track Record: Have experience planning, leading, and delivering multiple major external audit and assurance engagements in a senior managerial capacity, with a focus on the financial services sector.
  • Technical Expertise: Possess excellent technical expertise with proven industry knowledge and sector experience in financial services.
  • Management Experience: Have experience in managing other assurance engagements, such as client assets and safeguarding audits.
  • Senior Manager Level: Hold previous professional experience at Senior Manager level or equivalent, knowledge of current market issues in the UK, and experience applying UK GAAP, and IFRS.


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