Audit Senior Associate

Key Responsibilities

• Handling all aspect of running and delivering client audit projects, reporting to manager/senior manager.
• Controlling cost budgets, meeting reporting timetables and preparing key client reporting documents.
• Ensuring professional standards are met.
• Developing professional relationships with clients and within the firm.
• Actively managing your self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing in practice.
• Having a genuine interest in understanding your clients’ business with the drive to deliver exceptional client service.
• Acting as a responsible representative of the firm in all client dealings.
• Identifying and understanding client needs, communicating and agreeing these with your manager.
• Providing an efficient and proactive service to clients and ensuring that the clients’ needs are fully met.
• Providing potential client solutions on technical matters to manager.
• Rigorous project and financial management on all projects.
• Having day to day contact with all members of the audit team and wider firm so that strong working relationships are developed.
• Acting as a responsible member of the team, providing support, development and guidance to more junior members.
• Planning, executing and finalising all areas of audit projects for manager and Director review, seeking input for areas of concern and judgement.
• Actively managing time pressures and bringing key matters to the attention of the manager.
• Producing work for manager and director review which requires little further input, clearly highlights issues and provides potential solutions to issues identified.
• Conducting supervision of staff both while on site at client premises and in the office.
• Demonstrating a commitment to quality in all client engagements and other work, including ensuring compliance with the Company's policies and procedures around engagement performance, ethics and independence and take-on
• Comply with all applicable financial crime policies & procedures as they apply to your role

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Self motivated.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills.
• An ability and interest in understanding your clients’ business.
• Good time and problem management skills.
• Structured and methodical approach to work and problem solving.
• Analytical approach and ability to interpret and evaluate data and complex issues.
• Effective communicator.
• Strong team player, who works with the team to reach mutual goals.
• Strong customer service approach coupled with a professional and ethical attitude to conducting business.
• Willingness to support others and act as a role model.

• Working knowledge of UK and IFRS reporting requirements.
• Demonstrable knowledge of current economic and market trends.
• Efficient and effective time management and organisation skills.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who delivers quality and value to our clients.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to achieve deadlines within budget and ensure quality standards are always maintained.
• Ability to work as part of a team and good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• Good computer skills: operational knowledge and experience in Excel
• Actively seeks out opportunities for self-development.
• Ability to apply ethical principles of integrity, objectivity, professional competence and due care to all work.

• ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualification.

• At least 3 years’ experience in practice, preferably with financial services experience with a medium-top tier firm
• Experience leading engagements
• Experience of supervising and coaching members of staff on-site.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave
• Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance, including dental & optical cover
• Agile working
• Proactive learning environment
• Company-wide social & team events
• Monthly wellbeing activities
• Access to the latest technologies
• An environment to be yourself