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About the Role

As an Audit Manager, you will lead complex engagements, support the senior leadership team including Partners, and contribute to the strategic development of the audit practice. You’ll manage high-value client relationships and play an active role in coaching and developing the wider team.

Responsibilities

Lead audits across the insurance spectrum, from Lloyd’s syndicates to intermediaries and reinsurers, ensuring delivery meets regulatory and business needs.
Provide insight on IFRS 17, Solvency II, claims liabilities, and other insurance-specific accounting areas.
Develop audit strategies aligned to client risk profiles, legal structures, and industry-specific considerations.
Oversee preparation of audit findings, technical summaries, and reporting for audit committees and regulators.
Monitor engagement delivery, resources, and timelines to maintain quality and budget integrity.
Guide and develop team members working across international and UK-based insurance clients.
Ensure delivery aligns with audit and insurance regulation, technical standards, and firm methodology.
Act as senior contact for insurers, brokers, and underwriters, providing tailored assurance advice.
Manage scope and billing conversations, while identifying future engagement opportunities.
Maintain understanding of insurance market trends, regulatory changes, and risk environments.
Offer commercial and regulatory insights that support client resilience and compliance.
Present technical and commercial messages clearly to boards, regulators, and audit committees.

Requirements

Professionally qualified (ACA / CA / ACCA or equivalent).
Significant audit experience within insurance entities such as Lloyd’s syndicates, brokers, commercial insurers, life insurers, reinsurers, and UK subsidiaries of global insurers.
Demonstrated experience at Senior Manager or experienced Audit Manager level.
Proven ability to lead insurance audits in highly regulated environments, manage varied client portfolios, and direct audit teams.
Strong knowledge of insurance accounting standards, Solvency II, IFRS 17, and Lloyd’s reporting requirements.
Strong technical expertise in UK GAAP (including FRS 102), IFRS, and the Companies Act.
Skilled at building and managing long-term relationships with senior stakeholders with the ability to handle complex queries and regulatory liaison.
Experienced in managing, coaching, and developing audit team members to support both technical and personal growth, promoting a culture of learning and collaboration.
Strong verbal and written communication, with confidence in presenting complex information/insights clearly and professionally, to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Proficient in audit software and Microsoft Office applications.
Accountable for end-to-end delivery of insurance audit engagements, ensuring a strong focus compliance, quality, and risk management.
Actively contributes to process improvements, adopting and developing new methodologies.
Strong ability to identify risk areas, assess control environments, and apply professional judgement.
Invested in upskilling teams and sharing insurance sector insights.
Builds and maintains relationships within the sector and contributes to thought leadership initiatives, enhancing the firm’s profile in the market.

Skills

IFRS 17
Solvency II
Lloyd’s reporting
UK GAAP
FRS 102
IFRS
Companies Act
Audit software
Microsoft Office applications

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Audit Manager

Education Level

ACA / CA / ACCA or equivalent

About the Company

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services.
Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners.
We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.
You’ll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you’re supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one.
You’ll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team.
Together, we grow, belong and impact.
In Audit, you will join a growing team of relationship driven, curious, problem solvers who add value to their clients every day.
Our audit teams provide assurance services that strengthen internal controls, build investor confidence, and ensure financial credibility.
We support a wide variety of clients, from privately owned businesses to UK listed companies, financial services clients, and some of the world’s largest FT Global organisations.
As part of our uniquely integrated structure, you’ll benefit from working in collaborative teams, gaining early responsibility and being empowered to challenge, learn and lead in a supportive, values-driven environment.
Our commitment to quality, independence of thought and innovation helps us play a key role in shaping the future of audit.
Our Insurance Audit team works across borders to deliver high-quality audits to a wide spectrum of clients in the insurance sector.
We work with Lloyd’s syndicates, Insurance brokers and intermediaries, Life & general insurers, Reinsurers and underwriting agents, UK subsidiaries of global insurance groups, and Specialty and commercial insurers.
With a strong understanding of the regulatory environment and insurance-specific accounting challenges, we offer insightful assurance across the value chain.

Equal Opportunity

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values.
We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients.
We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith.
We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential.
At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.