Ethics Assistant Manager

About the firm

HaysMac is an award-winning firm of chartered accountants and tax advisors, with 40 partners and over 500 staff, providing advice and services to entrepreneurs, fast-growing and owner-managed businesses, charities and not for profit organisations across the UK and internationally. From our trainees to our partners, our culture of support and progression means we grow together as one firm to best help our clients.

We are a top 20 London accountancy firm, a leading member of MSI Global Alliance, and advisers to some of the country’s most exciting businesses and charities. Our team of over 500 people all work together in our modern office located in London, and our new flagship South Africa office in Cape Town.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Ethics Assistant Manager will primarily join the dedicated Ethics team within the Firm’s broader Technical Group. Their role is crucial in maintaining a robust ethical framework, ensuring the Firm stays current with audit independence and other ethical standards. Reporting to the Firm’s Head of Ethics, this individual will collaborate extensively with various teams throughout the organisation.

This position is ideal for an Assistant Manager or Supervisor who is either a qualified accountant with audit experience or someone with a background in applying ethical standards or regulatory frameworks. The candidate should have a passion for analysing laws and regulations and be adept at applying this knowledge to diverse, practical scenarios.

The role demands substantial engagement with the firm’s partners and staff. Hence, the ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills to articulate complex issues to a broad audience, including senior professionals within the Firm.

Core Responsibilities

Ethical Consultations: Responding to ethical and independence queries and consultations from partners and members of staff from across the firm. This involves regular contact with senior members of the firm and resolving their queries accurately, seeking further guidance where necessary

Audit Collaboration: Work closely with audit teams to incorporate ethical considerations into the audit workflow including managing conflicts of interest and upholding professional standards.

Ethical Support: Provide ongoing support and updates to non-audit teams regarding ethical practices especially those that impact audited entities.

Systems Implementation: Support the Head of Ethics and Ethics Partner in establishing and maintaining ethical systems and controls.

Policy Updates: Work closely with the senior members of the ethics team to maintain ethical guidance.

Educational Initiatives: Support the senior members of the Ethics Team in the develop and delivery of learning materials to ensure all the Firm’s people are informed about ethics-related matters and maintain an understanding of their ethical responsibilities.

Compliance Monitoring: Undertake monitoring processes to assess compliance with ethical standards and drafting the findings report for the Ethics Team senior management.

The Candidate

Work Based Competencies

• Qualified accountant with audit experience or a background in applying ethical standards or regulatory frameworks.
• Knowledge of ICAEW Code of Ethics, FRC’s Ethical Standard beneficial or IESBA Code of Ethics an advantage.

Behavioural Competencies

• Excellent integrity and ethical standards.
• Able to learn, adapt and pick things up fast.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Great written and oral communication skills with the ability to engage with all levels in the firm.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Work collaboratively in a team but with capability of independent initiative.
• Flexible work attitude.
• Driven to improve services and innovate within the firm.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles.

If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, please email [email protected]