Audit Manager, Grant Thornton
Leading UK professional services firm offering audit, tax, and advisory
Open for applications
Leading UK professional services firm offering audit, tax, and advisory
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make businesses more personal by investing in building relationships.
Role
Who you are
- Within our Audit practice, we’re very keen to support and hire those who have had career breaks or time away from Audit, who would like to return to a busy, flexible auditing role
- We’re looking for people who will bring ambition and drive to their role
- Joining us as an Audit Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA) with post qualification experience, and to be confident managing a large portfolio of audit clients
- Experience of managing audits of a range of commercial companies ranging from private equity backed and large listed and international groups
- We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations
- People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be
What the job involves
- Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals
- Our tailored and responsive approach provides the expertise our clients need, enabling them to grow and make the right decisions about their future
- Now’s the time to take everything you know about audit to the next level, with our growing portfolio of clients
- The constantly evolving landscape calls for an approach that puts what is right first, ahead of what is easy, and you will need to push ideas harder and ask difficult questions, giving our clients the assurance they need
- Our vacancies for qualified Auditors are all open to supporting the up-skilling and re-integration of returners to our business
- The Commercial team in the Cambridge manages cross sectors and services a large range of clients from small dynamic business to large client listed businesses
- This role will work within the Private capital team
- Making quality second nature. The work that you will do has a major impact on our clients and our firm. We pride ourselves on the high-level standards and quality we expect from our people
- Own your own work. You will: oversee audit teams; be a key point of contact to our clients; assist audit partners in establishing audit approach; review audit work papers and ensure that audit files are completed in a timely manner
- Be a part of a team. You will be a part of a dynamic commercial audit team in Leeds, with specific responsibility for a group of employees to ensure audit work is appropriately completed to satisfy audit objectives
- Take responsibility. We will empower you to act as a trusted business adviser to our clients. You will be responsible for managing a significant portfolio of clients and will always strive to build and maintain good working relationships with all colleagues and clients
- Build your brand. You will have the opportunity to take on wider department responsibilities, such as pitching for new work, recruitment, or people management
- You will have opportunities to develop yourself and others, driving your own development with the support of your people manager
- We’ve set ambitious growth targets for the firm, and we need the right people to help us achieve these
- In changing markets, we need to be able to work at pace and be adaptable to change and to be curious, asking questions of ourselves, each other and our clients to ensure we are delivering the services and quality we expect
- As an Audit Manager within our Private Capital service line, you will:
- Be responsible for a large portfolio of audit clients
- Solve complex technical matters for our clients, and project manage client work
- Oversee and develop your team to the highest standard
- Build and maintain strong working relationship with your team and our clients
- Take opportunities for wider department responsibilities through training and pitching new projects
- Constantly strive to push yourself, and the business, further, knowing you’re supported through every stage
Our take
Grant Thornton UK is a leading professional services firm that's part of a global network spanning over 150 countries and more than 76,000 people. With 23 offices across the UK and a team of over 5,000, they combine an international reach with deep local insight.
It specialises in audit, tax, and advisory services, but what really sets it apart is its focus on fresh thinking and building strong, personal relationships. From helping CFOs digitise their operations to advising on high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, Grant Thornton works across a wide range of industries to tackle complex challenges and unlock real progress.
Recently, the company has doubled down on its growth, welcoming hundreds of new trainees, launching digital-first roles, and promoting key talent into leadership. With investments in technology and talent development, it's building future-ready teams for clients and pushing into new markets.
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Company benefits
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Matched pension
- Private medical, including anytime access to: Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Malcolm Gomersall
(CEO)Malcolm has been at Grant Thornton since 2001, holding various roles including Office/Regional Managing Partner and Business Unit Leader. And he became CEO of the company in 2024.
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