The Role
- At Saffery, clients choose us for our tailored, personal approach, deep expertise, and collaborative way of working. As an Audit Manager or Senior Manager in our growing Not-for-Profit team, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality audit and advisory services to a wide range of organisations across the sector.
- This is a role for someone who takes ownership of their work and client relationships, while thriving in a culture built on collaboration, shared success, and mutual support. You’ll work closely with partners, colleagues, and clients—contributing to a team that values insight, integrity, and excellence. Sector experience is helpful, but not essential; individuals who are commercially minded, values-driven, and curious about their clients’ work do very well here.
The Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a varied portfolio of charity and not-for-profit clients, delivering audits and advisory work tailored to your clients’ needs.
- Take ownership of engagements from planning to completion, while working collaboratively with your team to ensure quality, insight, and compliance.
- Act as a trusted advisor, offering technical guidance on accounting, practical advice on controls and wider advice.
- Support business development through tenders, networking, and identifying opportunities to add value within existing relationships.
- Mentor and develop audit seniors and trainees, contributing to a culture of learning, support, and shared success.
- Stay informed on regulatory and sector developments, particularly those affecting charity governance and reporting.
- Contribute to firm-wide initiatives including recruitment and training.
- Use systems such as MS Teams, Excel, Word, CCH Audit Automation, CCH Accounts Production, and Inflo to manage workflows and deliver high-quality outputs.
The Team
Our Not-for-Profit practice is one of the most respected in the sector, acting for over 400 organisations in a range of sectors including education, environment, grantmaking, and heritage.
Our clients include start-up charities and centuries-old livery companies, clubs and membership organisations, social enterprises, independent schools, service delivery charities, grant-giving foundations, endowed trusts, theatres and cultural institutions.
Clients value our pragmatic advice, deep sector knowledge, and genuinely partner-led service. We work closely together, sharing knowledge and supporting each other to deliver outstanding client outcomes.
You
- ACA/ACCA qualified with a strong audit background.
- Experience working with charities or not-for-profits
- Familiarity with the Charities SORP and VAT/tax issues affecting charities is a plus.
- You’re personable, professional, and commercially minded, with excellent communication and organisational skills.
- You take pride in your work, and thrive in a collaborative, professional environment.
Reward & Benefits
- A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4)
- Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies,
- Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
- Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.
About Us
Saffery LLP is a leading adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm. We’re known for our personal approach, deep expertise, and commitment to our people. As a proud member of Nexia, we offer global insight with local understanding.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We believe that Everyone Belongs. Our ED&I strategy is focused on building a truly inclusive culture, led from the top. We welcome applications from all backgrounds—because individual differences make us collectively stronger.