Our client is one of the leading firms in the Kent marketplace who have an outstanding reputation for delivering a range of modern services to UHNWIs, HNWIs, OMBs and AIM Listed Clients, offering employees a really diverse mix of clients.

Our client is looking for an Accounts & Audit Director to join their established south-west Kent office. You will be providing clients with an efficient and effective service through the control and efficient use of the department resources.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Ensure that clients receive an efficient and proactive service and client expectations are exceeded throughout the year.
Awareness of commercial aspects of client’s business and impact on their work.
Arrangement of timetable, booking of staff, planning review and completion of audit and other related assignments.
Monitoring of qualified and student bookings and workloads to ensure most efficient use of resources. Liaison with junior staff to assess any issues that need dealing with.
Ensuring assessment forms completed and feedback given to staff on all jobs. Ensuring appropriate in house and external training received personally

Skills:

Qualified accountant (ACA, CA, ACCA).
Significant external audit experience gained within a professional services environment.
Experience of working with entrepreneurial, OMB, SME and AIM listed clients.
Experience of (and appetite for) business development activities such as targeting, preparation of proposal documents, proposal presentations and attendance of networking events
Demonstrable working knowledge of accounting and auditing standards, industry specifics and their application.

For further information on this role or indeed any other Practice role then please do not hesitate to contact Robin at The Red Eagle Group.