Audit Senior/Assistant Manager
£48,000 / Newcastle upon Tyne / Oct 15, 2025
One of the North’s leading firms of chartered accountants and business advisors, offering an extensive range of corporate, personal and specialist services and employing c.1,000 staff, is seeking to recruit Audit Seniors and Assistant Managers to manage the day-to-day execution of a variety of Audit work.
Supporting the Audit Manager, raising issues and concerns at an early stage, training Assistants, ensuring deadlines and budgets are met, and comprehensive, quality Audit files are presented for review, as Audit Senior/Assistant Manager you will be responsible for:
- Completing Audit planning documentation
- Arranging the timing of Audit work with the Audit Manager responsible for the client
- Planning, scheduling, and delegating work to Audit Assistants, ensuring work is completed on time and to a high standard
- Briefing, training and debriefing Audit Assistants, giving formal feedback as required
- Liaising with client staff while on the client’s premises, building effective relationships with client’s staff
- Monitoring budgeted versus actual time spent, flagging up scope issues, on-site issues and overruns to the Audit Manager on a timely basis
- Keeping the client’s staff informed of progress and issues while maintaining confidentiality
- Auditing the draft tax computation and tax provisions with supporting schedules and liaising with the tax staff to get these reviewed as required
- Preparing the draft financial statements to a reasonable standard, free from quality control issues
As Audit Senior/Assistant Manager you’ll offer/need to demonstrate:
- Relevant experience as an Audit Senior or a similar role
- Qualified ACCA, ICAS or ACCA or equivalent
- Leadership in your work and professional learning
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others
- Have good organisational skills
- Proactivity
Rewards & Benefits:
- Basic salary of £35,000 – £48,000 per year and competitive benefits package
- Full time
- Permanent
- Excellent training, support and career development opportunities
- Attractive city centre office and flexible working
Please note:
- To secure maximum pay/rewards, you must possess all outlined experience, skills, knowledge and relevant qualifications.
- High levels of interest mean we will only contact you if your application is shortlisted and this will happen within five working days.
- Candidates must have the right to work in the UK permanently and without any restrictions – there is no visa sponsorship on offer for this role.