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Salary starting from £38,000 | Ipswich | Full time | Flexible working hours | Occasional working from home | 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) | 10 days paid sickness | Wellbeing initiatives | Other company benefits
Our client is one of the UK’s top 50 accountancy firms, who have built their reputation on loyalty and reliability. They strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace culture where employee wellbeing is paramount, work-life balance is valued, and personal growth is encouraged through tailored training and development opportunities.
As an Audit Senior you will be working as part of the Corporate and Commercial Division. You will lead site audit teams, providing a hands on compliance and /or advisory role that meets or exceeds client expectations and supports your partner/manager team.
Duties (include but are not limited to):
Audit
- Prepares the audit plan and ensures it appropriately addresses audit objectives
- Takes an active part in the audit planning and fraud discussion to identify audit risks and appropriate audit strategy
- Oversees all aspects of audit fieldwork and completion
- Ensures planned audit work is appropriately completed to satisfy audit objectives
- Communicates any issues relating to an audit with manager or partner including matters which arise during the audit which were not identified at the planning stage
- Prepares or reviews audit documentation and drafts of the financial statements
- Ensures the efficient use of appropriate software packages (Caseware)
- Delegates work with other members of the audit team ensuring Juniors understand their responsibilities and have received appropriate on-the-job training/coaching
- Produces commercial management reports, specifically drafting sections of the report to management
- Addresses, discusses and advances conclusion in respect of technical and audit issues identified during the course of the audit
- Controls the audit in relation to timescales, budgets and risk managements procedures
- Provides feedback through regular communication and timely assignment appraisal
Clients
- Maintains up to date understanding of clients business
- Maintains good working relationships with client staff
- Is aware of the wide range of the firms’ services and spots opportunities to potentially sell those services to clients
- Is actively involved in office marketing events when appropriate and is an 'ambassador' of the firm
Task management
- Ensures the firm carries out its professional duties properly.
- Consistently achieves deadlines and understands the commercial implications of actions relating to productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service
- Communicates workload with manager or partner
Training
- Attends training courses as identified in order to develop both technical and personal skills and keeps records for compliance purposes
- Maintains an understanding of audit methodology and Caseware audit software
Other
- Adheres to the firms risk management policies and procedures
- Undertakes other duties that the Audit Senior is competent to do in line with her/his general duties and to meet the demands of the business
- Some assignments may require travel to other offices in East Anglia
Person Specification:
- ACA or ACCA qualified or equivalent
- Experience of working with an external client base
- Significant experience of working in a professional accountancy practice
- Experience of using Microsoft packages, internet, email and computerised audit packages
- Proven ability to adapt quickly to changing deadlines and priorities
- Proven ability to manage a portfolio
- Experience of coaching or mentoring colleagues
The successful candidate will demonstrate…
- Adaptability and tenacity when working towards a solution
- Good organisation skills and the ability to operate at a high level of confidentiality
- Strong, client focussed, commercial and technical expertise
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- A desire to collaborate with others and develop relationships (both external and internal)
- A strong multitasker able to manage a number of different tasks to completion in a timely manner
- A positive attitude that ensures your delivery transcends client expectation
DBS check undertaken by employer: Yes
PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our upmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.
