Audit Partner Job

In St Albans

The Role

Ref: JO0000009186GH

  • Permanent
  • St Albans
  • 120,000 - £180,000 GBP / Year
  • Salary: £120,000 - £180,000

Audit Partner

Are you an experienced Audit Partner or senior audit leader ready to take on a high-impact role within a progressive accountancy practice?

Do you want to shape audit strategy, develop people and build long-term client relationships in a firm that values quality and collaboration?

This is an outstanding opportunity for an Audit Partner to join a well-established accountancy and advisory firm in St Albans. You’ll play a key role in leading the audit function, managing senior client relationships and contributing to the firm’s strategic growth.

The Role

As Audit Partner, you’ll take overall responsibility for the delivery, quality and development of the audit offering.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading a portfolio of audit clients across a range of sectors, including owner-managed businesses, SMEs and larger groups
  • Acting as a trusted adviser to key clients, providing commercial insight and strategic support
  • Overseeing audit engagements from planning through to completion, ensuring compliance with regulatory and professional standards
  • Providing leadership and direction to audit teams, including managers and senior staff
  • Playing an active role in business development, client retention and winning new work
  • Supporting firm-wide strategy, governance and leadership initiatives
  • Ensuring high standards of audit quality, risk management and technical excellence
  • Mentoring and developing future leaders within the audit team

This role offers genuine influence, autonomy and the opportunity to shape the future direction of the audit practice.

About You

This role offers genuine influence, autonomy and the opportunity to shape the future direction of the audit practice.

You will:

  • Be ACA or ACCA qualified with significant audit experience in practice
  • Currently operate at Partner, Director or Senior Audit Manager level
  • Have a strong technical understanding of UK auditing standards and FRS 102
  • Be confident managing senior client relationships and complex engagements
  • Demonstrate strong leadership, mentoring and people development skills
  • Be commercially minded with a proactive approach to business development
  • Have the credibility and ambition to contribute at partnership level

The Firm

You’ll be joining a highly respected accountancy and advisory firm with a strong regional and national presence. The firm works with a broad client base across multiple sectors and is known for combining technical excellence with a collaborative, people-focused culture.

Partners are encouraged to lead, innovate and contribute to long-term strategic growth, supported by modern systems, strong teams and flexible working arrangements.

What’s on Offer?

  • Competitive Partner remuneration and benefits
  • Hybrid and flexible working options
  • High-quality client portfolio with strong growth potential
  • Influence over audit strategy and firm-wide direction
  • Supportive partnership culture and collaborative leadership team
  • Long-term career stability and progression opportunities

The Opportunity

This is a rare opportunity for an Audit Partner to join a forward-thinking firm in St Albans where your expertise, leadership and ideas will be valued.

If you’re looking for a role that offers strategic influence, client impact and long-term partnership opportunity, this could be the ideal next step.

Not interested in this role, but want to see what else we’re advertising? Then you can search for plenty of other Audit Partner jobs here. 

About Public Practice Recruitment Ltd 

Public Practice Recruitment Ltd recruits high-calibre accounting professionals at all levels for tax, accounts, and auditor jobs on both a permanent and temporary basis for accountancy firms. 

Call Public Practice Recruitment Ltd today on 0333 577 7787 to discover how we can support you. 

Specialising solely in accountancy recruitment, Public Practice Recruitment Ltd regularly has new accountancy jobs in St Albans and has a superb track record of meeting and exceeding expectations for accountants looking for their next accounting role. 

Call us for a confidential chat on 0333 577 7787 or upload your CV here. 

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