Audit Manager

Are you a motivated Audit Manager with a passion for charities and education? Having won a significant number of new clients, we are now looking to recruit an additional Audit Manager to join our rapidly expanding Audit team. We are a top 25 Charity Auditor, working with a portfolio including “Top 3000” charities, multi academy trusts, colleges and local not-for-profit organisations. You will be looking beyond the core audit essentials and will be providing your clients with advice and support that will really help them grow and develop. This role will suit an experienced Audit Manager who has aspirations to quickly progress to Senior Manager. You will be encouraged to share ideas and will play a key role in our team. As part of the role, you will be given the opportunity to develop broader skills in areas such as Business Development which will aid your overall career development. This role could be based from Bristol, Worcester or Cheltenham.

Your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Leading, planning and delivering a broad range of charity, education and other not-for-profit engagements.
• Executing assurance engagements from planning to completion for statutory reporting.
• Coaching and developing our trainees into becoming accomplished practitioners in the not-for-profit sector.
• Monitoring budgets and agreeing fees for each assignment.
• Managing client relationships and expectations.
• Contributing to business development activities in the local marketplace.

About You

To be considered for the role, you will have:

• ACA/ACCA Qualification (or equivalent).
• Experience of managing a broad portfolio of audit clients.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to build rapport with people at all levels.
• A strong desire to contribute to the overall success of Bishop Fleming.
• Able to access transport and have a full driving license.

Why Bishop Fleming?!

Bishop Fleming is an award-winning and certified Great Place to Work® provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands. With a turnover of £48m, the firm saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. Currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector. From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors. Bishop Fleming is also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries. With 9 offices, over 47 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs. From owner-managed businesses to large businesses; to schools, not-for-profit and public sector organisations; and private clients we have the full-service expertise to advise our clients.

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

• Extra time off at Christmas - in addition to your annual leave entitlement, we close between Christmas and New Year.
• 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 4,000 perks and discounts.
• Yulife employee wellbeing app.
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events.

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 carer 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.

As part of our recruitment process and our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we carry out background checks on all successful applicants. These checks will include verification of references, confirmation of right to work in the UK, and, where applicable, a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.