Audit Assistant Manager
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WZ |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4757989_1767606962 |
Summary
Audit Assistant Manager to join a dynamic, entrepreneurial-focused accountancy firm, supporting ambitious businesses across East Anglia. As Audit Assistant Manager, you'll lead and grow a varied audit portfolio, delivering quality audits, mentoring junior staff, and liaising with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage audit engagements end-to-end: planning, fieldwork, completion, and reporting, ensuring high-quality & transparent audits
- Supervise, coach, and develop junior team members on-site
- Coordinate proactively with Senior Managers, Directors, and Partners to deliver accurate reporting to stakeholders.
- Apply sound judgment, business awareness, and strong technical compliance-including UK GAAP, IFRS, GAAS, regulatory, and AML considerations.
About You
- Fully qualified ACA, ACCA, ICAS (or equivalent)
- Degree-level education (or CTS)
- Experience overseeing audit teams and coaching junior members
- Working knowledge of UK & International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP, and compliance articulation
- Confident communicator with technically strong, client-facing capabilities
What's on Offer
- Autonomy and support to define and achieve your vision of success
- A people-focused, collaborative culture supported by agile/mixed working
- Structured career development-mentoring, coaching, promotion pathways
- Wide-ranging benefits: pension, private medical, income protection, bike-to-work, purchase holidays
Why Apply?
- Contribute meaningfully to audit quality and public trust, working with entrepreneurial and growth businesses
- Be part of a supportive, values-driven environment where agile working, wellbeing, and development are at the heart
- Build your network and knowledge across multidisciplinary teams in a national firm with global reach
Take the Next Step
If you're a qualified audit professional ready to take the lead-drive audit excellence, mentor teams, and work closely with senior stakeholders-this confidential opportunity could be for you.
Please contact Cara Whyte at Hays to discuss or apply directly online
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