Social Purpose Audit 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 now looking for an Audit Manager to join our large Social Purpose audit team, based in our London office. Our Audit Managers work closely with our 8 specialist Social Purpose Partners. They manage a busy portfolio made up of a range of not-for-profit clients including large high-profile charities, international charities, professional institutes, membership bodies, schools and faith-based charities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibilities below are generalised and are no way exhaustive:
• Managing a portfolio of charity and not-for-profit audit clients
• Managing the overall service delivery to clients including attending and leading client meetings
• Provision of general business advice to clients
• Other special projects, including internal audit projects
• Business development in the charity sector
• Tendering for new charity and Social Purpose clients
• Supervision, mentoring and management of audit staff
• Internal training of staff and managers

The Candidate

Work Based Competencies

• Qualified Accountant
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet
• Caseware (useful)
• Working knowledge of charity tax

Behavioural Competencies

• The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and be confident, articulate and comfortable working with staff and clients at all levels
• Technical and personal skills to service a large portfolio of clients efficiently and effectively
• Ability to produce high quality business reports for senior management and trustees
• Presentation skills for both tendering for new work and presenting at seminars on charity specific topics
• A team player with strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work and work to tight deadlines
• A commitment to our firm values: Integrity, Collaboration, Empowerment and Dynamism

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 recruitment@haysmac.com