Audit Senior Manager - FS

1w1 week ago

KPMG UK

London, GB · Full-time · £90,000 – £120,000

About this role

Join our Financial Services Audit team as an Audit Senior Manager. Manage and deliver largest and most complex audit engagements to a high standard of quality, from planning through to completion. Oversee your own portfolio of large and complex audited entities, agreeing timetables, briefing teams, and monitoring budgets.

Perform planning, coordination, and control of audit engagements in accordance with KPMG requirements for quality and profitability. Direct and oversee junior team members, reviewing work and providing coaching and mentoring support. Project manage timelines, team briefings, supervision, and senior reviews.

Act as initial point of contact for audited entities and manage stakeholder relationships at senior levels. Handle engagement finances including budgeting, fee negotiation, and overruns. Identify, research, and resolve complex audit issues with entities and specialists.

Prepare deliverables such as audit committee papers and attend board meetings. Lead teams, supervise juniors, and manage performance with development conversations. Take departmental roles in finance, technology, quality, or people operations.

Requirements

Technical knowledge of relevant accounting and financial reporting standards, regulations, and industry specialised knowledge
Uses firm-approved audit tools and innovative technology solutions to increase audit quality and productivity
Applies professional scepticism, objectivity, and independence to identify and resolve audit issues
Engagement management skills for complex audits
Experience supervising KPMG audit process and teams on large FS engagements
Ability to communicate on complex technical matters with audited entities and specialists

Responsibilities

Manage planning, coordination, and control of audit engagements to ensure quality and profitability
Direct and oversee work of junior team members, reviewing audit work and providing coaching
Project manage audit delivery including timelines, team briefings, supervision, and senior reviews
Act as initial point of contact for audited entities throughout the year
Manage stakeholder relationships to facilitate audit execution
Manage engagement finances including budgeting, fee negotiation, and cash collection
Identify, research, and resolve complex audit issues
Prepare engagement deliverables and attend audit committee or board meetings