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External Audit Director - London

Search & Counsel132 open roles

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CharteredPartners is seeking an experienced external audit professional to join our client in London at Director level. The successful candidate will lead audit delivery across a portfolio of listed and large private clients, own engagement quality and resourcing, and support responsible individuals through to audit sign-off. Specific qualifications, regulatory fluency and technical breadth are detailed in the sections that follow.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new accounting-firm practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented accounting, audit, tax and advisory professionals to make safe, well-judged moves into rewarding new roles, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the delivery of statutory audits conducted under the International Standards on Auditing (UK), managing engagements from planning to completion.
  • Direct audit teams across listed (LSE) and large private clients, owning quality, timeliness and budget on each engagement.
  • Review significant judgement areas and conclude on technical matters under UK-adopted IFRS and UK GAAP, escalating to the responsible individual for sign-off.
  • Manage relationships with finance directors and audit committees throughout the audit cycle.
  • Support engagement leaders on risk acceptance, scoping and engagement economics across the portfolio.
  • Prepare the file and the firm for FRC Audit Quality Review (AQR) inspection and internal quality monitoring.
  • Coach managers and seniors, building technical capability and ICAEW or ACCA progression within the team.
  • Contribute to practice development, including proposals, scoping and conversion of referral leads.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

  • Chartered Accountant, ACA with the ICAEW, or ACCA-qualified, in good standing.
  • Substantial post-qualification experience in external audit at senior manager level and above.
  • Strong working knowledge of the International Standards on Auditing (UK) and UK-adopted IFRS.
  • Experience auditing entities listed on the London Stock Exchange and an understanding of their reporting obligations.
  • Sound understanding of the FRC's role as audit regulator and of AQR inspection expectations.
  • Demonstrable ability to manage multiple engagements concurrently to deadline and budget.
  • Strong grasp of independence, ethics and quality management requirements for UK audit firms.
  • Confident communicator able to deal directly with senior client finance teams and audit committees.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Track record of developing and retaining audit staff.

Preferred Experience:

  • Experience within a mid-tier or larger firm with a substantial public-interest entity audit base.
  • Progress towards, or holding of, audit responsible individual status.
  • Sector depth in financial services, technology, real estate or industrials.
  • Awareness of FCA expectations relevant to listed and regulated issuers.
  • Familiarity with HMRC reporting interactions and the tax dimension of audited accounts.
  • An established referral network among lawyers, bankers and corporate advisers in the United Kingdom.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to candidates holding or eligible for the right to work in the United Kingdom who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist accounting-firm recruitment consultant.

Chartered Partners is a trading style of Feltan Associates Pte Ltd; an international Executive Search, Recruitment and Consulting business based in Singapore, licensed and regulated by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower to conduct recruitment services for clients. UEN: 202225620G. EA Licence 23S1672. All rights reserved.

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