Audit and Accounts Assistant Manager

Imagine a place where you are supported to continually expand your knowledge and skills, whilst gaining recognition for your hands-on work with interesting and high calibre clients. That’s Rouse – a collaborative, encouraging workplace, where our culture is driven by our four core values of Respect, Integrity, Care and Excellence which are integral and play a part in everything we do.

About Rouse

With a history spanning over a century, we’re an independent, well-established firm of over 90 team members with a proven track record of delivering high quality financial solutions for our clients and proudly featuring in the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We recognise that our strength lies in our people, therefore, our focus is to invest in our greatest asset, our staff, creating an impressive team across all sectors of accounting.

Whilst we are devoted to providing a first-class service to our clients, you will find we are not your everyday accountants, we have no formal dress code; we’re creative, forward-thinkers, who love to explore advances in technology and new ways to help clients.

Our clients are based across the UK, and as members of Praxity, the largest alliance of accounting firms in the world, it’s quite likely that you will also be working with international clients – perhaps giving your career a steppingstone into new directions.

We are proud to offer best-in-class learning and development programmes, career progression opportunities, job recognition, wellness initiatives and flexible working to suit your work/life balance.

About you

As an Audit and Accounts Assistant Manager, you will be working within a supportive environment where you will be encouraged to develop and progress. Your individual efforts and contributions are recognised and rewarded, bringing further opportunities for career development and progression.

The role

In this role you will work with the team to ensure timely and accurate delivery of technical audit and other accountancy services. This will include:

• Managing and developing a small portfolio of clients.
• Ensuring assignments are fully completed before being passed to Partners.
• Planning the assignment efficiently to meet budgets and recoverability of fees required and communicate to the team.
• Allocating work to other team members ensuring regular review and feedback to meet compliance standards.
• Interacting fully with clients in conjunction with senior audit team ensuring they are kept informed of progress.
• Applying up-to-date technical knowledge at all times, advising team as required.
• Reporting to Managers and Partners.
• Delegating, coaching and assisting in managing the team.
• Maintaining regular contact with clients in own portfolio, providing ongoing updates on progress.

Essential Skills and Experience

The ideal person for this role will be well organised and able to work to agreed timescales, whilst having the ability to actively engage with clients. You will:

• Effective use of IT including Excel, audit and accounts packages (CCH Accounts Production, CCH Audit Automation), Outlook, CCH Practice Management.
• Undertake CPD in accordance with Institute and Rouse Partners requirements and maintain up to date CPD record.
• Maintains high professional standards of conduct and practice.
• Applies knowledge of Rouse Partners, industry, markets and core client base, identifying additional services to clients in your portfolio.
• Aware of relevant financial targets and constraints and actively assists management in achieving these, keeping Partner/client informed of progress and potential problems including actual vs. budget.
• Converts options into recommendations and resolutions to exceed client expectations where possible.