Technical Senior Audit Manager

About the role

Are you a Senior Audit Manager who thrives on the technical elements of Audit?

This is a unique opportunity for someone to work closely with our Audit leadership team to maintain and develop our firm wide high-quality technical audit procedures.

You will use your strong technical knowledge to help guide and coach our expanding team of auditors. At the same time, you will be responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of Audit clients and will play a key role within our Bristol Audit Team.

This role will enable you to take full advantage of the hybrid working that we offer to all of our people. Whether you’re working from the office, from home or from a client site, we support our people to achieve the right balance of flexibility in line with delivering excellent client service.

Working from our brand-new flagship Bristol office, you will be joining a business that has been ranked as one of the Top 5 Best Accounting Firms to Work For and has won a significant number of new clients from the Big 4 / Top 10 firms in the last 12 months. Our audit team is one of the largest in the Bristol area is expanding year on year.

We anticipate your time being split equally between Audit Technical and client work. Your responsibilities will include:

Senior Technical Manager

• Work closely with the partners in the Audit Leadership team in continuing to develop our audit quality
• Assist in the ongoing refining and developing of structured training for both trainees and seniors and upwards across the whole firm
• Coordinate and contribute to the audit technical team’s responses to technical queries, researching matters and consulting as required
• Maintain a high level of technical knowledge, and identifying emerging issues which need to be communicated to the team
• Assist in the development of data analytic audit techniques and the implementation of technology into our audit processes
• Coordinate and assist in delivering our internal quality control procedures, including our regular cold review program

Senior Audit Manager

• Leading, planning and delivering a broad range of audit engagements
• Executing assurance engagements from planning to completion for statutory and group reporting
• To coach and develop our audit trainees into becoming accomplished business advisors
• Monitoring budgets and agreeing fees for each assignment
• Managing client relationships and expectations
• Contribute to business development activities in the local market place

About you

To be considered for the role, you will have:

• ACA/ACCA Qualification (or equivalent)
• Experience of managing a diverse portfolio of audit clients
• A proven track record of understanding and advising on technical audit issues
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills that will allow you to pass on your excellent technical knowledge to our audit teams in a timely and engaging manner
• Motivation to progress to Director and Partner level

Why Bishop Fleming?!

At Bishop Fleming, we take pride in putting our people first. We are a Great Place to Work® certified and offer an outstanding work environment, strong office culture and extensive perks (listed below). We’re also a rapidly growing Top 30 Accountancy firm and have just been ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Rankings. We’re proud to be the highest ranked firm in the South West. This comes on the back of nearly 20% growth last year, several award wins, and record-breaking recruitment taking our headcount to 40 partners and close to 500 people. 

We are a firm that thinks clients, people and communities. As a member of Business in the Community (BITC) we are focussed on improving our responsible business practices and collectively making positive impacts for the benefit of society.

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off!
• Hybrid working
• A contributory Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts
• Yulife employee wellbeing app
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Free tea & coffee in all our offices
• Free fresh fruit
• Numerous opportunities for development

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or career responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated.

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.

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