Financial Services - Banking - Audit Manager With CASS Experience

At Mazars we have multiple opportunities for you, with exciting career paths that will lead to progression within the firm. A diverse prestigious client list that can offer lifelong professional development with the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills.

“ Mine, Yours, Ours, That's Mazars & me!”

About the team

Our Audit team here at Mazars specialises in delivering high quality services to our clients. You will have the opportunity to work with a prestigious list of clients widening your exposure to different aspects of the industry. At Mazars you will be able to bring your authentic self to work. We will support you with your career progression, work life balance and wellbeing.

About the role 

• Assisting and advising the client service management team on the formulation of audit strategy and planning.
• Technical expert for audit assignments, providing advice to audit team and client.
• Leading an audit team, ensuring the team complete in a timely manner within budget.
• Managing audit assignments from planning through to finalisation of reports in line with agreed timescales.
• Controlling time spent and monitoring actual time within budget.
• People management – coaching, feedback, performance management, training and development, engaging high performing teams.
• Maintains control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency.
• Drafts the audit opinion summary for the Partner and any other reporting documents, including group reporting and audit committee papers.
• Ensuring clients are billed according to agreed billing plans.
• Identifying and capitalising on opportunities and prospects for new work.
• Business development, including working with colleagues in other teams.
• Assesses and produces high quality work in line with the Firm's policy and processes, meeting relevant regulatory requirements.

What are we looking for?

• ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification.
• CASS experience essential
• Holds significant experience of leading external audits managing a portfolio of clients and leading audit teams.
• Relevant banking sector audit experience.
• Up to date technical knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS102 and IFRS.
• Experience of managing, training and coaching an audit team.
• Takes ownership of projects, effectively delegates to others within the team and takes responsibility for quality control.
• Develops a network of client contacts and contacts in the wider market.

Mazars & me

We want everyone to be rewarded and enriched by their professional life. So we come together to pioneer new ways of working; promoting psychological safety, flexibility with how you work – trusting you to make the right choices for the team, clients and the business – and balance in stimulating modern workspaces. We offer core benefits and then give people the opportunity to tailor extra benefits to suit their individual needs.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self and provided with a level playing field. To read more about our approach click here.

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