Corporate Audit Manager

• Professional Accreditations: ACCA Qualified

• Academic Background: B.A. (Hons) in Economics (Leading Russell Group University)

• Foundation Training: Formal Graduate Audit Training Scheme (Top-10 National Firm)

• Accounting Standards & Reporting: Comprehensive practical mastery of UK GAAP (FRS 102), IFRS, and AIM-listed corporate reporting requirements.

• Complex Financial Areas: Direct collaboration with National Audit Technical teams handling complex accounting areas including hedge accounting, share-based payments, and cross-border currency consolidations.

• Financial Production & Controls: End-to-end statutory financial statement production from primary bank records through to trial balance reviews and full audit readiness.

• Systems & Digital Platforms: Proficient across leading financial systems including Xero, Sage Intacct, and Sage 50, alongside advanced Microsoft Excel modelling.

• Direct Team Leadership: Successfully led engagement teams of up to 6 audit professionals under strict statutory and commercial deadlines.

• People Development & Mentorship: Formally line-managed summer intakes of newly qualified staff, graduates, and placement students; led onboarding, regular performance feedback, technical upskilling, and appraisals.

• Cultural Contribution: Played an active leadership role within firm audit divisions, fostering a collaborative team culture, mentoring junior staff, and contributing to internal strategic initiatives.

• Engagement Budgeting & Resource Control: Formulated, monitored, and optimized client engagement budgets, ensuring maximum recovery rates and efficient project delivery.

• Billing & Portfolio Commercials: Managed commercial fee negotiations, client billing cycles, and scope variations across diverse portfolios, balancing firm profitability with client trust.

• Client Relationship Ownership: Acted as the primary day-to-day trusted advisor to finance directors, boards, and trustees, managing expectations and proactively resolving technical queries.

• Global & Cross-Border Coordination: Proven capability liaising directly with component audit and finance teams across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to deliver clean, harmonized group reporting.

• Audit-to-Industry Readiness: Brings an external auditor's critical eye for internal control deficiencies, balance-sheet hygiene, and compliance governance—minimizing year-end friction and external audit costs for an incoming employer.

• High-Pressure Execution: Demonstrated resilience and delivery under scrutiny, having spearheaded group audits for prominent organizations with complex multi-entity structures

"This candidate represents an outstanding find for any organisation seeking a sharp, commercially grounded finance lead making that pivotal transition from practice into an industry-based role.

What sets them apart is not just their technical pedigree—honed through rigorous training across leading regional and Top-10 practices—but their natural ability to communicate clearly, manage client relationships, and mentor emerging teams.

Having managed significant portfolios, complex multicurrency consolidations, and commercial billing, they are neither siloed nor purely theoretical.

A disciplined, driven professional (proven equally outside work having completed the Belfast Marathon) who will bring instant governance, energy, and integrity to an expanding finance team."