Michelle Horsman
Hertford,Hertfordshire
Summary
Highly accomplished Audit Senior Manager with over 20 years of professional experience. Successfully managed a broad range of clients from small owner-managed businesses to large global companies. Seeking an exciting new opportunity to leverage existing experience and skill set. Highly proficient in team management, coaching, project management and delivery of outstanding quality audits.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Audit Senior Manager
Ernst & Young LLP
London / Luton
10.2022 - Current
- Internal quality role with strong focus on global audit methodology, ensuring regulatory and risk management compliance
- Monitor effectiveness of ISQM 1 controls and investigation of independence breaches
- Perform detailed root cause analysis on internal and external inspection results
- Managed a portfolio of large clients delivering exceptional client service
- Successfully led and executed client meetings reporting key audit findings to senior management, delivering to tight group and statutory reporting deadlines
- Managed teams on multiple clients, reviewed deliverables, provided timely coaching and feedback ensuring the highest quality work
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young LLP
Luton
10.2015 - 09.2022
- Successfully managed a broad portfolio of clients and teams
- Focus on adding value and providing further insight into client operations, presenting key findings to senior management
- Adept project management through forecasting and monitoring profitability, timely billing, setting and managing budgets, reviewing actual costs against budget. Successfully negotiated additional fees
Audit Assistant manager
Ernst & Young LLP
Luton
10.2011 - 09.2015
- Supported the management of a varied portfolio of clients
- Successfully delivered quality audits to tight reporting deadlines
- Detailed review of junior work ensuring focus on quality, timely coaching and feedback
- Proactively supervised national recruitment assessment centres for graduates and trainees
Audit Executive
Ernst & Young LLP
Luton
01.2006 - 09.2011
- Responsible for completing high-quality audits to tight deadlines
- Provided quality coaching and mentoring to junior team members, offering timely constructive feedback
- Proactive management and submission of group audit deliverables to tight deadlines
- Regular engagement with internal and external auditors
Audit Senior
MacIntyre Hudson
Bedford
09.2002 - 12.2005
- Extensive experience auditing owner-managed clients in a vast range of industries
- Preparation of management accounts, cashflows, VAT returns, consolidations, personal and corporate tax computations
- Financial reporting under specific accounting rules including solicitors, chartered surveyors, pension schemes, charities and not-for-profit organizations
Education
ICAEW -
MacIntyre Hudson
Bedford 09.2002 - 07.2005
First Class BA (Hons) Degree - Business Studies with Spanish
Middlesex University
09.1998 - 08.2001
Skills
- Communication
- Coaching
- Organisational skills
- Professional skepticism
- Management skills
- Attention to detail
Affiliations
- Boxing
- Reading with a community book club
Timeline
Audit Senior Manager
Ernst & Young LLP
10.2022 - Current
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young LLP
10.2015 - 09.2022
Audit Assistant manager
Ernst & Young LLP
10.2011 - 09.2015
Audit Executive
Ernst & Young LLP
01.2006 - 09.2011
Audit Senior
MacIntyre Hudson
09.2002 - 12.2005
ICAEW -
MacIntyre Hudson
09.2002 - 07.2005
First Class BA (Hons) Degree - Business Studies with Spanish
Middlesex University
09.1998 - 08.2001