Our client is a leading accountancy and advisory organisation supporting ambitious, high‑growth and entrepreneurially minded businesses across the UK. Their work directly supports the owners, boards and management teams driving the country’s economic engine.
A role with real impact
Audit quality sits at the heart of the firm’s strategy. It is the foundation that enables them to attract and develop exceptional people, deliver trusted audits, and demonstrate leadership in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.
High audit quality is never accidental. It requires a culture of challenge and professional scepticism, strong technical capability, investment in people and technology, and a central support structure that empowers engagement teams to deliver consistently excellent work. Over the past year, the firm has significantly expanded its audit quality capabilities, strengthened senior leadership, and invested heavily in its Audit Quality function.
Your contribution
The Audit Risk and Reporting team plays a critical role in supporting audit teams when complex audit risk, contractual or reporting issues arise. As a Director, you will be a senior technical leader within this growing team, reporting to the Audit Stream Risk and Reporting Partner and collaborating closely with Directors and specialists across the wider Audit Quality function.
You will provide proactive, expert support to engagement teams, helping them navigate challenging audit risk matters and ensuring high‑quality, transparent reporting. This is an opportunity to apply and deepen your technical expertise, influence audit quality at scale, and contribute to the firm’s system of quality management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the resolution of complex audit stream risk and reporting issues, ensuring senior managers perform detailed file reviews where required and involving specialists from the wider Audit Quality team.
- Proactively identify emerging or systemic risks and help prevent issues from crystallising through the development of policies, guidance and training.
- Provide oversight and technical support on complex audit reporting matters.
- Support the Audit Stream Risk and Reporting Partner in reviewing and monitoring the highest‑risk audit engagements (Close Monitored List).
- Oversee the resolution of audit risks and contractual matters arising across the audit stream.
- Lead projects to ensure processes and controls relating to audit stream risk and reporting are robust, effective and aligned to the firm’s System of Quality Management, including remediation where required.
- Support Responsible Individuals navigating challenging inspection or regulatory processes.
- Contribute to audit quality initiatives led by the wider Audit Quality Improvement team.
About You
- ACA or equivalent professional qualification.
- Strong practical and technical audit risk experience.
- Experience with non‑standard audit reports (practical or technical).
- Objective, sceptical mindset with the confidence to challenge senior engagement team members.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively within a small, specialist team.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver difficult messages clearly and constructively.
- Takes ownership and accountability for high‑quality work.
- Awareness of UK regulatory requirements is helpful but not essential.
A culture built on support and collaboration
The firm prides itself on a people‑centred culture grounded in mutual respect, support and shared success. You’ll have access to mentoring, coaching and structured career development frameworks designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
Their agile working approach brings teams together when it matters most, enabling collaboration, knowledge‑sharing and high‑quality outcomes. With modern collaboration spaces and a multidisciplinary environment, you’ll be encouraged to build your network, share expertise and continue learning.
Looking ahead
The firm is committed to helping entrepreneurial businesses thrive and is investing in its people, technology and audit quality infrastructure to ensure it remains resilient, forward‑thinking and impactful. This is an opportunity to join a team shaping the future of audit quality with clarity, integrity and ambition.
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