Audit Quality - Audit Stream Risk and Reporting Senior Manager

• Triaging and handling queries on form and content of audit report, engagement letters and other reporting matters
• Review and approval of non-standard engagement letters, amendments to terms of business, hold harmless letters and NDAs
• Advise on audit stream risk issues that emerge ensuring that the correct support is provided to the audit team and review of audit working papers when required
• Approval of modified audit reports and non-standard audit reports including component auditor reporting
• Take responsibility for ad hoc projects and ensure that all processes and controls related to audit stream risk and reporting are correctly implemented to support a System of Quality Management, ensuring that any remediation points are addressed
• Proactively identify wider risk and reporting issues and implement policies and guidance to assist the audit teams
• Write and maintain templates, manuals, guidance and articles for use by the audit teams
• Contribute to audit quality initiatives led by the wider Audit Quality Department

• ACA or similar professional accountancy qualification
• Recent audit experience working on PIE and listed audit engagements or performed an internal role advising on PIE and listed entities
• Excellent practical and technical audit risk and reporting experience
• Ability to be objective and sceptical and to have confidence to challenge more senior members of an audit team
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a small team and able to use own initiative
• Ability to think innovatively and creatively to identify ways to improve processes and guidance
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including an ability to communicate difficult messages
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work

An awareness of the UK regulatory requirements is useful but not essential

• Health and wellness programmes
• Pension Plan
• Private Medical
• Income Protection Plan
• Holidays
• Bike to Work Scheme