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Audit Manager
📍 Location: Derby, England, United Kingdom
🏢 Industry: Wholesale metals and minerals
💼 Work Setting: Hybrid
Are you passionate about financial reporting, balance sheet integrity, cash flow management, and delivering accurate financial insights that support business performance? We are seeking a detail-oriented Audit Manager to play a pivotal role within a high-performing finance team. In this role, you will support the organization's financial reporting framework, ensuring strong financial controls, accurate accounting records, reliable forecasting, and timely reporting. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business, providing financial analysis and maintaining the integrity of core accounting processes that support operational and strategic decision-making.
The ideal candidate combines strong accounting expertise, analytical capability, and a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
Capital Investment & Asset Management
- Manage capital expenditure (CAPEX) processes, ensuring compliance with internal approval and governance requirements.
- Maintain and monitor capital expenditure tracking and reporting tools.
- Review project spend against approved budgets, investigate variances, and provide meaningful analysis.
- Support project closure activities and ensure appropriate capitalization of assets.
- Ensure capital projects are accurately reflected within financial reporting systems.
Fixed Assets & Balance Sheet Control
- Maintain the Fixed Asset Register and manage the complete asset lifecycle.
- Conduct regular reviews to ensure fixed asset records remain accurate and compliant.
- Manage accounting and reporting related to intangible assets.
- Prepare and complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies while maintaining strong financial controls.
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Cash Flow & Treasury Support
- Prepare monthly cash flow forecasts and provide ongoing cash reporting and analysis.
- Perform bank reconciliations and support treasury-related activities.
- Monitor cash movements and identify opportunities to improve cash management processes.
- Ensure compliance with internal cash control procedures.
Financial Reporting & Month-End Close
- Support and execute month-end close activities, including:
- Journal entries
- Accruals
- Prepayments
- Reconciliations
- Prepare monthly financial reports and performance analysis for assigned cost centers.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary to support business stakeholders and budget owners.
- Maintain accurate accounting records and reporting schedules.
Tax, Audit & Compliance
- Prepare and support indirect tax filings and compliance activities.
- Assist in the preparation of information required for internal and external audits.
- Support corporate tax calculations and related financial reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulations, and internal controls.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis
- Support annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Analyze financial performance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Prepare financial models and reports to support business decision-making.
- Provide technical accounting and financial support to finance leadership.
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Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, and reporting efficiencies.
- Contribute to finance transformation and process enhancement initiatives.
- Recommend automation and reporting improvements where appropriate.
- Support the implementation of best practices across the finance function.
Qualifications
Required
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, AAT, or equivalent) completed or actively pursuing preferred.
- Minimum 2+ years of accounting or finance experience.
- Strong understanding of:
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Accounting
- Cash Flow Management
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience working with ERP and financial systems.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
Preferred
- Experience managing CAPEX and fixed asset accounting.
- Exposure to tax compliance and audit support activities.
- Experience working within manufacturing, industrial, mining, logistics, or operationally complex environments.
- Knowledge of financial planning and reporting systems.
Core Competencies
- Management Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Fixed Asset Management
- Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Financial Analysis
- Audit & Compliance
- Tax Support
- ERP Systems
- Process Improvement
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Attention to Detail
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