Job Description

This is a challenging and interesting role which will include exposure to a wide range of clients, often working to tight deadlines. The role involves planning and delivering a complete audit file, to include:

• Audit planning section.
• Assessing audit risks and materiality levels.
• Designing and implementing testing work programmes.
• Completion of audit fieldwork, applying professional skepticism throughout.
• Clear documentation of audit findings and notes on judgmental matters.
• Recording unadjusted misstatements and management letter points and discussing these with client team.
• File completion, including summarizing key audit findings for the partner’s attention.
• Review of junior team member’s work assisting in their development.
• Regular communication with manager throughout audit process
• Responsibility for budgetary control and keeping manager informed thereon.
• Key point of contact for liaising with client teams on all audit matters, as well as generally to achieve excellent client service.
• Liaising with our other teams, such as corporate tax, to ensure we provide a joined-up service.

The Accounts and Audit Team within the office comprises 39 members of staff ranging from directors to accounts assistants and audit juniors. The team reports to all of the partners within the office on a variety of tasks ranging from audits, outsourcing and management accounts, VAT returns, statutory accounts preparation and ad-hoc client queries.

Salary/benefits

• A 35-hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am-4pm.
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu (pre-approved and only where required).
• Working from home allowance.
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm.
• Twenty-three days annual leave with an additional day added after each year’s service.
• In addition, under the flexible benefits programme, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to five days (35 hours) holiday a year, subject to staff partner approval.
• Six-month probationary period.
• Life assurance cover of four times salary.
• Contributory pension scheme (the firm will contribute 4% of salary on a matched basis with employee from their date of joining).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• ACA/ACCA qualified.
• Audit experience, including planning and completion.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Client focused with commerciality awareness.
• Computer experience: Excel, Word and ideally CCH accounts and audit automation.
• Good technical knowledge including recent developments in accounting and auditing standards.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work on multiple jobs at once.
• Ability to work in a pressured environment.
• Proactive nature and enjoys working as part of a team.

Although not a pre-requisite, it would be beneficial if you had

• Driving license and ability to travel to client premises.
• Experience of consolidated accounts.
• Experience of IFRS.