Job Description

Responsibilities:

· Takes responsibility and ownership for the planning, execution and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment for manager or partner review
· Identify risk matters and raise with manager and/or partner, whilst exercising judgement and agreed parameters
· Produce work for the Manager and/or Partner review clearly highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to issues identified
· Identify and understand client needs, suggest potential solutions on technical matters and communicate and agree client needs and potential solutions with managers
· Active engagement with senior client staff in order to gain a good understanding of their business and ensure the efficient execution of the audit
· Take primary responsibility for monitoring progress against budget, and when the actual differs from the budget then gain a full understanding for the Manager
· Supervise, coach and develop junior members of staff within teams, on client premises and in the office and, when required, review and take overall responsibility for the quality of their work
· Ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external regulatory requirements
· Participate in group, stream and firm wide activities
 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

· Newly Qualified CA i.e. ICAS, ACCA or equivalent · University degree in Accountancy would be highly desirable · Minimum 3 years’ Public Practice experience i.e. Big 4, Top 10 or mid-tier practice · Experience of working with a mixed commercial and middle-market client base in addition to auditing international groups · Experience supervising and coaching junior members of staff on-site · Must have good working knowledge of UK GAAP, IFRS and Financial Reporting requirements · Demonstrable knowledge of current economic and market trends