Entrepreneurial Business Audit Senior Manager

You will join a growing audit team of over 650 relationship driven, curious problem solvers who add value to their clients on a daily basis. We work with fast growth entrepreneurial companies, complex and large listed groups, major financial services institutions including banks and insurance companies plus major public service bodies such as health and local authorities. In a rapidly changing business world, we also care about our industry and have long pressed for a debate on audit competition. We believe that companies and their shareholders alike deserve the benefits that increased competition can bring and are committed to playing an active role in shaping its future. Mazars in the UK divides clients into four strategic markets, one of our key markets for all service lines is Entrepreneurial Business (EB), which represents a significant part of our business. We are continuing to grow our strong presence in this market and are differentiated in the market by our highly trained teams, digital technologies and strong advisory relationships with our clients. Entrepreneurial Business at Mazars is categorised as: • Any privately owned business/group by an individual(s), family, board of directors, private equity or venture capital backed with revenue between £10m-£150m • Unregulated asset managers/owners privately owned with assets under management/ownership under £1bn JOB PURPOSE To support the management of a portfolio of Entrepreneurial Business clients and direct opinion and audit work to a high technical standard. You will grow and lead a dedicated team, directing, organising and deploying staff on assignments and managing client relationships at board level. Working with teams outside of audit you will be able to lead and contribute to the delivery of high quality work to clients and support the Mazars growth in this time of unprecedented opportunity. AUDIT SENIOR MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES • Assisting and advising the client service management team on the formulation of audit strategy and planning • Providing advice to audit and/or client management • Being a technical expert for the audit department • Leading an audit team, ensuring the team complete in a timely manner within budget • Managing audit assignments from planning through to finalisation of reports in line with agreed timescales • Controlling time spent and monitoring actual time with the budget • Business development, including working with colleagues in other teams • People management – coaching, feedback, performance management, training and development, engaging high performing teams • Act as a point of contact for both senior management and client • Build strong working relationships with clients • The role holder will show vision and strategic perspective • Maintain control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with • Responds to the needs of the client and staff • Can deliver confident and clear presentations of service features and benefits to clients • Ensures that the services provided are genuinely appropriate for the client. PERSON SPECIFICATION • Qualified accountant – ACA/ACCA, or equivalent (essential) • Holds significant external audit experience at manager or senior manager level - managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial clients, leading audit teams with strong levels of technical expertise (essential) • People management experience (essential) • Business development experience (essential) • Owns strong relationship management ability (essential) • As the position involves client contact, the person must be able to present a professional image to the firm’s clients. • Excellent written and oral presentation skills required. • A desire to help grow and develop the department. • Ability to develop new initiatives and methodologies. • Ability to identify issues thought sound analysis and application of commercial acumen in all situations. • Ability to express ideas with authority and conviction throughout verbal and written communication. • Ability to develop self and others. • Possesses strengths in: technical excellence, innovation, adaptability, collaboration, drive, clarity, and business affinity. • Demonstrates an enthusiasm to work with entrepreneurial clients and want to be part of a multi service line client centric business unit • Motivated to progress through organisation DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT MAZARS At Mazars diversity and inclusion are central to our values. We recognise that being a diverse and inclusive organisation makes us stronger as a business. We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diverse nature of our clients and communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. Mazars selects candidates based on skills, qualifications and experience. We are open to having conversations about flexible working. Our client-facing professionals can often be required to travel regularly or may be based at client sites, but our approach to agile working can help achieve a lifestyle balance without compromising on client service. We welcome applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers. BESPOKE BENEFITS THAT WORK FOR YOU We recognise that benefits are important to you and our aim at Mazars is to give you as much choice as possible and to allow you to benefit from our buying power. We offer core benefits to all employees – holiday, pension, life assurance and income protection insurance. Beyond that we want you to be able to choose benefits that you want, rather than have all benefits chosen for you. As a Mazars employee you also have access to a range of voluntary benefits including a shopping-discount platform, discounted phone contracts, gym memberships and interest free season ticket loans. True agile working. For us agile working means empowering and trusting our people. Empowering our people to work where, when and how they choose. And trusting our people to make the right choices for Mazars, their team and themselves to deliver the best outcome for the client. By its very nature, agile working won’t look the same for everyone. Ultimately it’s up to our people to decide what’s right. WE OPEN DOORS Mazars is an international, integrated and independent firm, specialising in audit, accountancy, advisory and tax services Being part of the Mazars team means being part of something big Operating in 89 countries around the world, the opportunities to build and develop your