Manager, Insurance, External Audit, Large & Complex Audit & Assurance

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Our team combines the latest audit tools, technological innovations and agile processes and procedures to deliver high quality audits. We are proud of our role performing work in the public interest and our audit team are dedicated to the highest standards of independence, professional objectivity, and technical excellence.

We audit a broad range of listed organisations and their subsidiaries in the UK and internationally, as well as other public interest entities such as banks and insurers. We also have vast audit experience in the private sector, including entrepreneurial and high growth businesses. We have strong industry credentials across the financial services and corporate landscape and can draw on a wide range of specialists and experts across our extensive global network.

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients’ become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day, how we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values guide every decision we make and action we take, delivering impact where it matters most.

In the insurance audit team, we work with a wide range of businesses, from listed insurers (life and non‑life) to the top international insurance brokers, Lloyd’s syndicates and many more across the UK. The team has seen consistent growth in recent years, making it an exciting time to join.

We are expanding our team of focused, aspirational, and collaborative insurance practitioners and are offering the opportunity to join as a Director in our Insurance Audit Group to support this challenging and rapidly expanding business.

You can expect senior‑level exposure and variety. You will work with some of the most influential companies in the UK and internationally, providing expert insights across the whole business. Innovation is key for us, underpinned by audit quality. You will join a diverse team of experts capable of delivering meaningful and durable change for both our clients and our profession.

As a member of our team, reporting to a Director/Partner, you will:

• Field manage audit engagements, including management of client relationships and coaching audit teams.
• Supervise teams to successfully execute engagements in accordance with Deloitte methodology and quality standards, and work to deadlines.
• Drive continuous improvement in audit methodology.
• Participate in business development campaigns and responses to tenders from new and existing clients.
• Lead on other assurance projects drawing on your skills around accounting, controls and regulation.
• Participate in practice management activities, including facilitation of internal training courses, staff development and practice reviews.
• Engage with and support wellbeing activities within engagement teams and the wider Insurance Team.
• Work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

You must have the following in order to qualify for this role:

• Experienced Auditor with a relevant accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CA, ICAS or equivalent.
• Insurance sector experience gained through performing external audits and assurance engagements managing medium to large sized audit engagements and audit teams. Experience of the Life Insurance or Bulk Purchase Annuity industry preferred.
• Knowledge of auditing techniques and standards, including risk assessment, scoping, devising an audit approach using controls testing and substantive testing, and concluding.
• Experience field managing audit engagements and audit teams.
• A collaborative approach and be a…