Audit Senior Manager

Audit Senior Manager Milton Keynes Up to £80,000 + bonus + benefits

Are you an experienced Audit Senior Manager ready to step into a role where you can genuinely influence strategy, develop people and build meaningful client relationships?

This is an opportunity to join a Top 20 UK accountancy firm with strong national presence and international reach. The Milton Keynes office is growing and looking for an ambitious Audit Senior Manager to play a key leadership role within the team.

This role goes well beyond file review. You'll be responsible for leading complex assignments, managing a substantial portfolio and supporting Partners and Directors in delivering the firm's strategic objectives.

The Role

As Audit Senior Manager, you will:

• Lead a large and varied client portfolio, ensuring delivery is aligned with client expectations and budgets
• Take ownership of complex and technically challenging audit assignments
• Build and maintain strong, long-term client relationships
• Identify opportunities within your portfolio and contribute to business development
• Motivate, delegate to and develop Managers and wider team members
• Play an active role in driving team performance and supporting the firm's growth plans

What We're Looking For

• ACA or ACCA qualified
• Minimum 5 years' post-qualified experience in external audit, accounts and general practice
• Strong technical knowledge including UK GAAP, FRS102, FRS101 and IFRS
• Experience working with owner-managed businesses across a range of sectors
• Demonstrable leadership capability and experience managing multiple concurrent engagements
• Commercial awareness and the ability to spot and develop opportunities within your portfolio
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively

Please note: sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

What's On Offer

• Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience
• Performance-related bonus
• Agile working - core hours 10am to 2pm and two home working days
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Structured succession planning and clear progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling and virtual GP access

If you're looking to join a forward-thinking Top 20 firm in Milton Keynes where you can have real impact and shape your own progression, apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.