Audit Manager
Posted 3 days ago by Audit Scotland
£65,931 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Audit Manager role involves conducting and managing financial audits, making risk-based decisions, and overseeing audit teams to ensure high-quality outputs. The position requires engagement with clients and stakeholders to enhance the value of audit work and contribute to the development of Audit Scotland's work programme. The role also includes leadership responsibilities, staff management, and promoting audit findings at high-level stakeholder events. This is a fixed-term position for 23 months based in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct and manage financial audit work, making risk-based decisions about the audit approach.
- Make complex audit judgements and oversee the team to deliver audits to a high standard.
- Prepare and finalise audit outputs, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
- Identify and maintain relationships with stakeholders to add value to audit work.
- Provide leadership and support to team members, managing their development and performance.
- Maximise the impact of audit findings by presenting them to high-level stakeholders.
- Identify lessons learned to improve audit quality and efficiency.
- Contribute to corporate activities within Audit Scotland.
Key Skills:
- Fully qualified accountant (CIPFA, ICAS, other CCAB, or equivalent).
- Practical experience in delivering high-quality financial audits, preferably in the public sector.
- Strong auditing, accountancy, and analytical skills.
- Ability to convert analysis into clear judgements and recommendations.
- Effective team collaboration and leadership skills.
- Self-awareness and ability to manage own work effectively.
Salary (Rate): £65,931.00 yearly
City: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We have vacancies for two Audit Managers to join our Audit Services Group on a Fixed Term basis for 23 months.
Overall purpose of the role
You will conduct and manage financial audit work. You will make risk-based decisions about the audit approach and you will make complex audit judgements and oversee the work of the team to deliver our audits to a high standard. You’ll engage with clients and stakeholders and proactively use these networks to add value to the work we deliver. You will lead on distinct areas to support the development of Audit Scotland’s work programme and contribute to corporate activities.
What you will be doing
You’ll be inspiring with your ability to:
- Make risk-based decisions about the audit approach and breadth and depth of auditing required in proportion to the circumstances.
- Make complex audit judgements and lead the team to make audit judgements and strategic recommendations based on all the evidence collected.
- Prepare and finalise audit outputs and be responsible for the content of the finished products.
- Be responsible for planning and delivering audits to time, cost and quality standards. This includes responsibility for all elements of managing an audit, including resourcing, cost monitoring (and taking appropriate action), impact work and supporting media enquiries.
- Identify, build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and proactively use these networks to add value to our work and reputation.
- Provide leadership, build capacity and resilience in the team and motivate, support and develop people to achieve their full potential.
- Line manage staff, actively managing their development and addressing performance issues.
- Maximise the impact of our work, including presenting and promoting audit outputs and findings at the highest client and stakeholder level e.g. the Scottish Parliament or Accounts Commission, governing boards, audit committees or external stakeholder events.
- Be responsible for identifying lessons learned to improve audit quality and efficiency and, where appropriate, share these across the organisation.
- Lead on distinct areas to support the development of Audit Scotland’s work programme.
- Contribute to the management of Audit Scotland by promoting, contributing to and, where appropriate, leading on corporate activities.
Knowledge and experience
You will be a fully qualified accountant (CIPFA, ICAS, other CCAB, or equivalent) with practical experience of delivering high-quality financial audits, ideally in a public sector environment. You’ll undertake professional and personal development to maintain technical expertise, meet CPD requirements and enhance your career prospects at Audit Scotland. Self-aware in your own abilities, you can plan and manage your own work. You will have well developed auditing, accountancy and analytical skills. You will have the ability to convert your analysis into clear judgements backed up by clear recommendations for improvement. You know how to work seamlessly within an audit team and help to bring out the best in your colleagues