Audit Assistant Manager, Not

The Role

As an Audit Assistant Manager in Saffery’s dynamic Mid‑Market & Not‑for‑Profit team, specifically within our highly respected Not‑for‑Profit Division, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial integrity of organisations that make a real difference. Working with a close‑knit, collaborative team, you’ll manage a diverse portfolio of charity and not‑for‑profit clients, working directly with our partners to deliver exceptional service and insight. This is more than an audit role; it’s a chance to contribute to causes that matter, while advancing your career in a supportive and values‑driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse portfolio of charity and not‑for‑profit clients, with annual incomes ranging from £250,000 to £15 million, ensuring high‑quality audit delivery tailored to each organisation’s mission and structure.
• Lead audit engagements from planning through to completion, including risk assessments, internal control evaluations, and final reporting.
• Provide guidance on technical accounting issues, internal controls, and sector‑specific best practices, acting as a trusted advisor to clients.
• Play an active role in business development, including supporting the preparation and presentation of tenders for new work and identifying opportunities to expand services within existing client relationships.
• Mentor and supervise audit seniors and trainees, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous professional development.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes and sector developments, particularly those affecting charity accounting and governance.
• Participate in firm‑wide initiatives, including training, recruitment, and diversity and inclusion efforts.
• Utilise key systems such as MS Teams, Excel, Word, CCH Audit Automation, and CCH Accounts Production to manage workflows efficiently and deliver high‑quality outputs.

Team

Our Not‑for‑Profit practice has grown significantly in recent years, and we now act for more than 400 charities and other not‑for‑profit organisations, including grant‑making, health and environmental charities as well as independent schools and livery companies. Our clients trust us for our deep sector expertise, pragmatic advice, and genuinely partner‑led service.

You

• ACA/ACCA qualified with a good exam record and experience working in an audit and accounting practice.
• Knowledge of current issues within the charities sector and an interest in the space.
• Experience auditing and advising charities and knowledge of the Charities SORP.
• Knowledge of the VAT and tax issues affecting charities is useful but is not essential.
• The successful applicant will be friendly and approachable with an ambitious and resilient mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills are important attributes.
• Self‑motivated, display a positive approach and strive for high quality in everything.
• Confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements.

A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10‑4). Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies. Eligibility for the firm’s Profit‑Sharing Plan. Paid in December. Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top. We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength.