Audit Senior Manager/Associate Director
- Recruiter
- smith & williamson
- Location
- Dublin
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 23 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 03 Mar 2021
- Ref
- 11134_0f6d2ace633268a975397863942b46b2
- Job role
- Audit, Finance director
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Manager
We're looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.
- Client Contact
- To ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year. Liaison with client Partners and other S&W staff where appropriate to ensure all are kept up to date with relevant issues.
- To add value to the client relationship, identifying and developing opportunities to improve the clients' businesses and/or develop additional services for S&W (costs/fees).
- Manage client billing effectively
- Technical
- Audit work and setting budgets - awareness of commercial aspects of the clients' businesses and impact on our work. Arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of audit and other related assignments.
- Review colleagues' work in accordance with S&W audit and assignment procedures and provide technical advice/support where necessary
- Staff Management
- Organise a range of staff working on client engagements, ensuring that they are clear about the functions required, properly trained and receive appropriate feedback.
- To delegate appropriate work to more junior staff, aiding their development
- Department Administration - monitoring of qualified and student bookings and workloads to ensure most efficient use of resources. Liaison with junior staff to assess any issues that need dealing with.
- Business/Practise Development
- To prepare proposals for new work, attendance at marketing events, development of personal contacts and identification and development of opportunities for S&W with current clients.
- To develop and carry out a continuous marketing programme which delivers further work for the firm.
- Training and development
- To ensure assessment forms are completed and feedback given to staff on all jobs. Ensuring appropriate in house and external training received personally.
- Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
- Experience of working with entrepreneurial, OMB, SME and AIM listed clients.
- Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events
- Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, industry specifics and their application.
- Good working knowledge of skill requirements of staff at various levels to ensure work undertaken by appropriate individual.
- Strong communication skills in order to liaise with clients, Partners, staff and other professionals.
- Previous experience of management and motivation of staff to ensure best performance.
- Organisation to ensure needs of clients, partners and staff are all met.
- Monitoring costs against budget for individual clients.