{"id":64197,"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desiblitz.com\/jobs\/job\/audit-manager\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:19:03","slug":"audit-manager","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.desiblitz.com\/jobs\/job\/audit-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Audit Manager<\/strong><br \/>\nSittingbourne, Kent | Hybrid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Sittingbourne, Kent (hybrid)<br \/>\n<strong>Salary:<\/strong> Competitive, depending on experience<br \/>\n<strong>Contract:<\/strong> Permanent, full time<br \/>\n<strong>Qualification:<\/strong> ACA or ACCA<\/p>\n<p>Looking for an Audit Manager role where you still know your clients by name, but have the backing of a much bigger firm behind you? This one in Sittingbourne is worth a look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE FIRM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My client is a well-established local practice that&#039;s part of a large UK and Ireland accountancy and business advisory group. Day to day it feels like a close-knit local office. Behind that you&#039;ve got specialist support, technical resources and a lot of colleagues to lean on when a job gets tricky, which makes a real difference in audit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ROLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#039;ll run the audit process for your own portfolio of clients, from smaller owner-managed businesses through to larger entities. You&#039;ll review files, keep jobs on time and on budget, and be the main point of contact for your clients. You&#039;ll also line manage the juniors and help win new work, so there&#039;s a genuine chance to shape the team and the client base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT YOU&#039;LL BE DOING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing a portfolio of audit clients, from small to large<\/li>\n<li>Running the audit process and reviewing audit files<\/li>\n<li>Keeping jobs on time and on budget<\/li>\n<li>Line managing and mentoring junior team members<\/li>\n<li>Preparing proposals and joining pitches for new clients<\/li>\n<li>Making sure the team meets all regulatory and statutory requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHO THIS WILL SUIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACA or ACCA qualified<\/li>\n<li>Broad audit experience across a mixed portfolio<\/li>\n<li>Charity and not-for-profit audit experience would be a real bonus<\/li>\n<li>Solid FRS 102 knowledge and a working understanding of IFRS<\/li>\n<li>Experience managing and developing junior staff<\/li>\n<li>Friendly, commercially minded and confident with clients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT&#039;S ON OFFER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hybrid working<\/li>\n<li>25 days&#039; holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 more<\/li>\n<li>Office closure over Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Life assurance at 4x salary, pension, and enhanced family leave and sick pay<\/li>\n<li>Flexible benefits including private medical and dental<\/li>\n<li>The feel of a local practice with the support of a national group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GET IN TOUCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#039;re an Audit Manager in Kent who wants a manageable portfolio and a team to develop, I&#039;d love to hear from you. Drop me a line for a confidential chat.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Sinclair, ProTalent<br \/>\nlydia@protalent.co | (phone number removed) | (url removed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64198,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Sittingbourne","_application":"https:\/\/www.cv-library.co.uk\/job\/225654510\/Audit-Manager?s=103904","_company_name":"ProTalent","_company_website":"https:\/\/www.cv-library.co.uk\/list-jobs\/261673\/ProTalent","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":"","bs_cache_bypass_cache":0},"job-categories":[],"job-types":[685],"job_listing_tag":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audit Manager | DESIblitz Jobs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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