Senior Audit Manager

Our client, a leading professional services, is seeking to recruit an Senior Audit Manager to join its Audit & Assurance practice.

Responsibilities:

• Assume a leadership role as audit in-charge, overseeing and directing the work of junior team members while ensuring strict adherence to the firms Audit Methodology.
• Work closely with engagement management and audit teams to plan and execute audits in line with professional standards, risk assessments, and engagement objectives.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as the primary day-to-day point of contact and assessing client satisfaction.
• Monitor engagement progress against plans and timelines, adjusting strategies as required to ensure timely and efficient completion.
• Demonstrate and promote a strong commitment to audit quality standards and best practices across all engagements.
• Lead by example in setting high audit quality standards, providing coaching, guidance, and constructive feedback to audit staff.
• Enforce audit quality standards within the team and promote a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Proactively manage billing and collection matters while maintaining positive client relationships.
• Leverage audit technology tools and firm-standard software to enhance audit efficiency, quality, and service delivery.
• Prepare and review high-quality client correspondence and professional communications.
• Foster collaboration, inclusivity, and knowledge sharing across engagement teams.
• Create a productive, innovative, and learning-focused team environment with clear objectives and performance expectations.
• Take full ownership and accountability for engagement deliverables, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Delegate work effectively, monitor performance, and provide ongoing support and feedback to engagement teams.
• Manage, motivate, mentor, and appraise staff; identify training needs and support continuous professional development.
• Ensure audit work complies with the firm’s audit methodology, quality standards, and ethical requirements.
• Uphold professional ethics and liability standards, escalating independence, ethical, or conflict matters to the Partner as required.
• Demonstrate strong project and time management skills across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of client industries and provide value-added insights and recommendations.
• Review audit work and financial statements for smaller entities within group audit engagements.
• Perform other duties within the scope of the role and skill set as required.

Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Fully qualified member of a recognised professional accounting body (ACCA, ACA/CA, CPA, or equivalent).
• Holder of, or eligible to obtain, a Maltese Auditor’s Warrant / Practising Certificate (considered a strong asset).
• Between 5 and 10 years’ experience in an external audit environment with demonstrated progressive responsibility.
• Proven experience managing audit engagements from planning through completion and reporting.
• Strong experience supervising, mentoring, and reviewing audit teams.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and sound professional judgement.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and client relationship management skills.
• Fluency in English is essential.