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Associate Director | Placing senior financial talent into PE situations
Head of Audit
Axon Moore is delighted to be working with an exciting growing Accountancy Firm who are looking to hire a Head of Audit to join their business. Our client has a phenomenal track record of supporting a diverse range of clients across multiple disciplines. The company is going through a continued period of growth and therefore looking to expand within the team. They are looking for an experience Audit professional who will oversee Audit compliance for the whole business.
Location – Manchester
Responsibilities as Head of Audit:
* Fundamentally involved in audit compliance for the whole firm across 3 offices
* Planning individual audits, defining audit objectives, identifying risks and controls.
* Evaluating the effectiveness of controls, writing up conclusions, audit findings and preparing audit reports.
* Ascertaining compliance with established policies and procedures, and identifying actual and potential weaknesses in controls, cost savings and efficiency improvements
* Challenging current working practices and finding ways to improve internal risk controls
* Adopting innovative and efficient audit techniques, such as use of data analytics and AI
* Managing positive stakeholder engagement throughout the audit timeline to encourage auditees to collaborate fully to achieve the purpose of the audit
* Helping to track agreed audit actions through to completion
* Review of contentious files before RI sign off and support in close off meetings with clients
* Cold and hot file reviews
* Envisaged that the candidate may do some actual audits BUT this will be a few - mostly to train staff on procedures and gain an understanding of how the firm works
* Supporting the preparation of papers for audit and risk committees
* Technical training for the staff
* Technical reference point for all staff
* Liaising with ICAEW - annually / via QAD
* Implementation of new audit software
Person Specification:
* Fully qualified (ACCA/ACA)
* Highly experienced Audit professional
* Previous experience in a similar role
* Technically proficient
* Strong business partner with the ability to build key internal and external relationships
* Ability to mentor less experienced staff members
For immediate consideration or more information on the role, please contact Aaron Conneran at Axon Moore on 07503 621 257
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing
* Industries
Professional Services
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