Audit Senior Manager

In a nutshell

Are you an experienced audit professional looking to take on a challenging and rewarding role?

This senior manager role will see you be responsible for delivering audit and assurance services across a diverse range of owner-managed, complex corporate, and not-for-profit entities with varying turnovers.

You’ll manage and develop a dynamic team while actively participating in service line and firm-wide projects and initiatives.

Join us to make a significant impact and advance your career in a supportive and innovative environment.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Work closely with the audit principal to manage statutory audits for corporate and charity entities, both on-site and in the office
• Review audit files to ensure they meet quality standards
• Oversee complex work for partner review, addressing technical or entity-specific issues and recommending solutions
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems
• Lead client relationships and additional services
• Take a leading role in budgeting and commercial aspects
• Drive compliance with audit procedures across the team
• Engage in business development and identify opportunities with new and existing clients
• Manage the audit team, ensuring proper resourcing
• Oversee billing, WIP, and debtors
• Proactively manage projects
• Provide effective feedback to team members

About you

• ACA/ ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with relevant experience 
• Post qualified, statutory audit experience gained in a practice environment
• Experience of group audits and preparing consolidated financial statements and compliance regulation
• Solid understanding of corporate financial reporting and company law requirements
• Good knowledge of bespoke audit and accounts software would be an advantage
• Full, clean driving licence, plus unrestricted access to a car (which must be insured to cover business use and the transport of passengers) 
• Experience in using automated audit software and computer-based accounts and tax compilation programmes; plus advanced MS Excel, Word and Outlook skills 
• Previous experience of managing and developing a team

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don’t just take our word for it.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.

Your core benefits 

Financial benefits:
•    Pension
•    Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
•    Group income protection
•    Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare 

Health & Wellbeing benefits:
•    Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
•    Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
•    Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
•    Cycle to work*

Other benefits:
•    Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
•    Gifts for career and family milestones
•    One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
•    Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation 

Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.