Audit Manager

Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience

Hours: Permanent, Monday-Friday (36.5 hours per week).

HB&O is an independent, award-winning accountancy firm undergoing significant growth and expansion. We are a team of passionate experts, specialising in supporting businesses and individuals through every stage of their professional and personal life. Our clients come from all different walks of life, operate in all kinds of different sectors and bring different experiences, passions and motivators to their work, but they all have a common goal: to be successful in their own right.

We believe that our team should echo this too.

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly motivated Audit Manager to join our team in our Coventry office.

• Be the main contact for clients
• Introduce new clients to the firm
• Take the lead in working out solutions for clients
• Ensure exceptional client care standards are maintained
• Take part in potential client meetings alongside Directors
• Be involved with client proposals/draft proposal documents and budgets
• Win new work as a result of business development activities

• Accomplish department objectives by managing staff and planning and evaluating department activities
• Take part and contribute to quarterly 1 to 1's for junior members during their half year cycle in audit team
• Take responsibility for audit assignment staff planning and the schedule of audit work
• Develop relationships with fellow team members (own team and across the practice, including IFAs)
• Communicate effectively with individuals across the team in relation to progression and development
• Monitor the development of the team and highlight areas for improvement
• Lead the development and progression of junior members
• Implement individual team groups
• Be the appraising manager for trainees and senior, non-manager staff
• Collaborate with other department managers, ensuring cross-selling opportunities and effective data sharing
• Identify weaknesses/gaps in the team and interview new candidates
• Communicate with and support Directors with departmental and wider firm recruitment plans

• Ensure audit processes and regulations are adhered to for all assignments
• Lead and present regular updates and topical matters
• Develop personal growth opportunities for both technical skills and 'softer' skills
• Attend occasional out of hours networking events to promote personal/firm branding
• Have awareness of the local marketplace and key players within the industry
• Have confidence to bring new ideas to implementation
• Prepare a quarterly report updating the team on best practice and technical developments
• Qualified ACA/ACCA
• At least 5 years PQE
• Experience in the following:
• FRS102
• OMBs
• Groups
• FCA clients with CASS reporting
• IFRS
• Charities

Clear opportunity for career progression.

Flexi-hours – we have core hours from 9:30am to 4:30pm, then work the rest around your schedule.

2pm finish every Friday.

Quarterly bonus schemes.

Internal promotion opportunities.

Free car parking.

Employee discount platform.

Wellbeing strategy and dedicated wellbeing team.

Enhanced employer pension contribution.

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

Funded CPD courses.

To apply for this role, please click on the link below.

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