Audit Senior

S.Two ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Audit Senior London Office Circa £47K ABOUT THE COMPANY A 21 partner firm of Chartered Accountants with offices in London, St Albans, Rickmansworth and Milton Keynes. They are a top 40 accountancy firm, one of the top accountancy firms for private clients and one of the top financial planning companies in the UK. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE Reporting to audit managers and supervising more junior members of the audit team; in addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably be required. Being able to prepare completed audit files for a large variety of clients to a high standard with minimal guidance from manager, the applicant should be a good communicator and be able to deal confidently and effectively with both clients and staff alike. They should be able to cope with both pure audits and with jobs where the records are not straightforward and should be able to work within deadlines and budgets KEY RESPONSIBILITIES This is a split role working on 70% audits and 30% accounts. Planning, supervising, and carrying out audits with turnover up to £80 million, including specialist audits e.g. FCA, pensions, solicitors, and charities. Jobs to be completed from planning through to completion with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget. Supervision and assisting junior staff with technical accounting and auditing problems Preparation of draft corporation tax computations Preparation of draft statutory and consolidated accounts under FRS102, FRS105, and IFRS from clients’ draft figures Drafting points for partner and recommendations to management following audit fieldwork completion. Preparing responses for group reporting for clients where we are the component auditor. Larger accounts preparation jobs for audit exempt limited companies, partnerships, and LLPs SKILLS & EXPERIENCE ACA or ACCA qualified (degree not essential) Qualified audit senior with experience in a top 60 practice, having had both audit and accounts experience throughout their career to date Use of computer packages including Proaudit, CCH Accounts Production (AP), Sage, QuickBooks, Xero, and Alphatax would be desirable. Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required. If this Audit Senior role strikes an interest we look forward to hearing from you