Why join Evelyn Partners Audit?

We’re really proud of our highly successful Evelyn Partners Audit department. We hold ourselves to high standards and work together to produce quality, incisive audit work in a collegiate environment. We’re focused in working with an expanding client base of dynamic mid-market businesses whom are evolving and changing; which gives our team continual development opportunities and new experiences.

As an Audit Manager, you will be responsible for a portfolio of clients, including managing the relationship between the client and the engagement team. Your focus is on engagement management and supervising others to deliver excellent client service and a high-quality audit. If required, you will also assist with management of the team, department and potentially the wider firm.  Where appropriate, you may become involved in non-audit assignments on an ad hoc basis. 

Principal duties/activities: 

Quality:

• Demonstrate and promote commitment to audit quality and professional standards, future developments and their impact
• Monitor quality and manage risk at the engagement level, whilst still focusing on high-quality service
• Leverage ideas, perspectives and tools to deliver and promote technical excellence within the team

Client and project Management:

• Identify issues, propose solutions, and agree resolutions with clients, more senior managers and RIs
• Track the work status of each audit engagement, keeping clients, more senior managers and RIs up to date with progress
• Effectively communicate to clients, more senior managers and RIs any difficulties faced which may impact delivery
• Maintain relationships with clients throughout the year via open and proactive communication
• Build credibility by developing awareness of client sector and competitors, and impact on our work
• Ensure clients receive an efficient and proactive service and expectations are exceeded

Team management:

• Take ownership of coaching and development of more junior team members, prepare and present training as required
• Give timely, detailed and constructive feedback, both informally and via Job Assessment Forms
• As the Appraiser of more junior team members, take responsibility of their appraisal process

• Complete delegated administrative responsibilities (e.g. timesheet authorisations, IT software updates, carry out first interviews and providing recruitment recommendations, etc.) by required deadlines.

Client management:

• Build professional client relationships.
• Complete client service requirements to the required standards.
• Plan and delegate client related work to internal, external and/or statutory deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with assignment budgets and deadlines.
• Work with other departments as necessary to service clients’ needs.

Decision making:

• A high level of personal pride in own work, responsibility and initiative would be expected.
• Where appropriate, this should be balanced with the need to report back to Directors to keep them informed of job progression and additional client requirements and ensure their agreement.
• A high degree of autonomy would be expected, whilst still operating within expected firm procedures and processes.

Business Development:

• Prepare proposals for new work.
• Attend relevant marketing events.
• Present at seminars if required.
• Attend relevant client segment focus group meetings.
• Develop personal contacts.
• Identify and develop opportunities for Evelyn Partners with current clients.