Assistant Manager - Financial Service Audit

Assistant Manager - Financial Service Audit

The financial services industry is a fast-paced exciting place to work. This role provides strong candidates with the opportunity to become a key part of a rapidly growing area of the business, and offers highly attractive career development and progression opportunities. There is a dedicated and highly motivated team in place that is seeking a like-minded individual to assist with our expanding portfolio of audit clients. We are looking to recruit at levels, in particular at Assistant Manager and Manager. You will be self-motivated, capable of working on your own initiative and have the ability to plan, control and complete audit engagements for a diverse portfolio of financial services clients. You will have direct access to partners and the ability to provide a valued opinion within the team. Excellent opportunities exist for ambitious and driven candidates to progress within the firm. Our portfolio consists of hedge funds, SPVs and banks. We have grown a strong team over the past 3 years with 40 dedicated audit staff in our Kildare office - with wider support from over 300 other experienced professionals including partners in the Dublin, Galway and Cork offices.

Main responsibilities:

• Taking responsibility for a portfolio of financial services clients
• Assisting and motivating the team, allocating administration tasks (including staff and job allocation) job planning, training needs, staff issues, identification of resources required etc.
• Acting as a technical resource for financial services covering a range of accounting standards to include US GAAP, IFRS and Irish GAAP. This will include training and the production of internal and external technical information
• Supervising and training more junior members of the team to ensure that firm standards are maintained throughout the entire audit process
• Reviewing the work of the staff and seniors
• Managing work in progress, billing, cash collection and budgeting.

Skills and attributes:

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Audit experience of financial services entities preferable (or potentially recent audit experience together with experience of working in the financial services sector)
• Working knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and Irish GAAP
• The ability to motivate and manage staff under tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Portfolio management experience
• Electronic auditing experience
• Proven network of contacts in financial services
• Experience of working as part of a team supporting others
• Commercially aware.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.