Audit Assistant Manager - Private Enterprise (KPE) - Manchester

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Manager to join our KPE Audit team. KPE stands for KPMG Private Enterprise therefore audited entities comprise privately owned businesses and private equity backed businesses.

As an Assistant Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day high-quality delivery of audit engagements from planning through to completion. Alongside audit delivery work, you will also supervise junior team members, and provide coaching and development to help them reach their full potential. This will include planning and supervising their work to ensure the work quality is to a high standard.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of stakeholder relationships at audited entities and can expect to work with senior level staff. You will work closely with the Audit Manager, Senior Manager, Director and Partner, ensuring that they are kept up to date with progress, involving them on a timely basis in all phases of the audit and when issues arise.

What will you be doing?

• Conducting the planning and execution of audit fieldwork.
• Supervising and coaching junior members of staff to help them realise their full potential.
• Reviewing the audit work performed by junior team members.
• Project managing the audit delivery, including timelines, team briefings, team supervision, delivery of audit work, and reviews by more senior team members, including Directors and Partners.
• Keeping Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners up to date with progress throughout the course of the assignment.
• Preparing reports to senior management from audited entities and audit committees.
• Building relationships with the engagement and audited entity staff.
• Being the day-to-day point of contact for the audited entity.

Other responsibilities will typically include supervising teams; coaching and development in technical, risk & compliance management, operational and quality management; project management including budgeting and planning; delivery of quality reports; and some performance management responsibilities.

The individual will hold an in-date relevant professional qualification to apply up to date knowledge and expertise whilst undertaking their day to day duties. Due to the nature of the role significant time may be spent at client sites/KPMG offices.

What will you need to do it?

• Technical knowledge: Understands relevant technical accounting and financial reporting standards, regulations and accounting literature. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialised knowledge, and leverages KPMG methodologies (including ESG Assurance, where relevant).
• Risk assessment: Prepares for the audit execution design with a focus on risk assessment.
• Controls testing: Tests and evaluates internal controls to assess impact on engagement.
• Substantive procedures: Executes substantive audit procedures, gathering evidence and forming conclusions that contribute to audit objectives.
• Evaluation of audit results: Evaluates evidence from audit procedures to determine if audit objectives were achieved.
• Audit experience within a ‘Big 4’ consultancy, mid-tier firm, or government / public sector audit department.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAS / PCOAB standards.
• Sound working knowledge of US GAAP.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification from a recognised accountancy body.

People & Culture

Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values. Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work. Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate. Be accountable, professional and act in the public interest, working for the benefit of shareholders of audited entities and wider society. Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams within Audit and across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose and fun.

To discuss this or wider Audit roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Where will you be working?

Audit at KPMG is wide ranging, and we cover the entire UK. The core hub for this role is in Manchester. With 20 sites across the UK, you will be working from a KPMG office, client site and some flexible working, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

Within Audit we have a range of divisions and specialisms. Audit is the largest of our UK practices. Some of the world’s biggest companies rely on us to provide independent insight, challenge and expertise, so the work we undertake affects investment decisions, inspires confidence in public sector expenditure and supports our economic growth. Today, more than ever in disruptive times, audit is a function needed by society, and in the future, so we can capitalise, and grow. As part of the Audit team, you’ll be helping to build the confidence and trust that business and society need to thrive.

We want to lead the conversation when it comes to shaping the future of the profession. And given the scale and variety of our audit engagements in both the UK and globally, we are well placed to create change. If you share our commitment to achieving excellence and working to the highest audit standards, are a natural collaborator who values different perspectives and relishes the opportunity to develop and progress - then KPMG could be the place where you can thrive.

With offices across the UK, we are part of a global network of firms providing Audit, Tax & Law, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology Services to diverse clients. They provide us with a strong sense of identity, ensuring we can grow stronger. They bind us together, across our different backgrounds and cultures, and are common to each of us.

Explore more about why Our Values matter. From role sharing and flexible start and finish times to home working, we’ll try and support the flexible work patterns that best suit you. We want you to bring your full self to work - to make this a place where people from every background thrive. We welcome applications from people who have taken a career break.

We’re a member of the Business Disability Forum so please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any adjustments that you might need in the application process - and if you are successful beyond this.