Audit Manager

Audit Manager | TV and Film Sector | Dublin

The client and office

Located in Dublin City, the Film and TV team has grown from eleven to fifteen and is currently looking to further grow their offering. The team services over 70% of the Irish film and TV market, including significant inward investment projects, working regularly with Netflix, Disney, Lucasfilm, Apple, etc.

The firm's Film and TV department specializes in providing accounts preparation and some auditing of Special Purposes Vehicles (SPVs) typically used in the Film and Television sector. The team offers a dynamic environment with huge scope for professional and personal development as the firm grows.

The ideal candidate will be a commercially focused, motivated, and ambitious individual looking for a challenge in an industry that has doubled in size in Ireland in the last three years and is set to double again in the next two years.

The role

The Audit Manager will become part of the team providing a wide range of audit, accounting, and advisory services to our clients. We are able to offer varied and interesting work involving client contact with the people who make the decisions.

As the Audit Manager, you will have responsibility for managing a wide portfolio of clients that operate in Film and TV spaces, reporting directly to the Partners. The position would also involve some accounts preparation work, as well as one-off assignments and special work, as required.

Responsibilities will include:

1. Manage and deliver high-quality services to clients.
2. Lead contact for the client in the production and delivery of high-quality accounts preparation, audit, and compliance services.
3. Develop and grow a professional relationship with your client portfolio in conjunction with the complete service team.
4. Manage the entire client engagement from inception to delivery, including planning, budgetary control, file review, resolution of significant issues with Partner and client, and delivery of case to Partner.
5. Play a lead role in management and development of the team, ensuring a high quality of work.
6. Ensure that work is economically managed and delivered to ensure that the case is completed on time and within budget.
7. Support the Partner in the development of service provided to the portfolio.
8. Act in a business advisory role with the client, growing general and specialist market knowledge.
9. Actively seek to generate new business for the firm.
10. Participate in personal professional development through regular attendance at professional updates.

You

1. Qualified Accountant with at least 3 years PQE and 2 years Management experience.
2. Strong technical knowledge of accounting and audit principles.
3. Ability to effectively project manage a number of assignments simultaneously.
4. Excellent team leading, interpersonal, and communication skills.
5. Proactive approach to client service and business development.
6. Flexibility is an important part of the role.
7. Strong commercial acumen and relationship-building skills.

Salary/benefits

1. A 35-hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am-4pm.
2. Working from home allowance of €27 a month.
3. Annual salary reviews.
4. Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm. Payment is usually €1,000.
5. Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme at Assistant Manager and Manager level, based on both individual performance and firm performance, paid annually in August.
6. Salary review annually in October.
7. Twenty-five days annual leave, increasing in line with length of service.
8. Under the flexible benefits programme, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to five days (35 hours) holiday a year, subject to staff partner approval.
9. Six-month probationary period.
10. Life assurance cover of four times salary.
11. Contributory pension scheme (The firm will contribute 4% of salary on a matched basis with the employee from their date of joining).
12. Private Medical Insurance.