Description
Are you a Qualified Audit Senior, looking for your next challenge?
We are looking for an Audit Senior to join our vibrant Stevenage office Audit team. You can expect excellent training, ongoing support, and excellent Career development opportunities.
The purpose of this role is to play a key part of the audit team ensuring that audit planning, fieldwork and completion is performed to a sufficient standard, ultimately resulting in the ability for Menzies to sign audit reports.
Why Join Menzies?
1. We are a UK based recognised employer of choice with office locations in London, Surrey, Hampshire, and South Wales (Cardiff).
2. Join our family of employees. Be a member and not just a number!
3. We offer a dynamic and rewarding environment with exposure to a diverse range of clients and industry sectors.
4. Our package and benefits are very competitive.
5. Work life balance is part of our organisational culture ,
6. We believe in developing our staff throughout their career.
Key Responsibilities
7. Planning, execution, and completion of audits reporting to audit seniors but also directly to managers for lower risk audits.
8. Preparation of accounts, reports and other assignments as required.
9. Co-ordinate planning with clients, including liaising with relevant departments within the firm.
10. Communicating and building relationships with clients and related third parties.
11. Leading on-site audit teams and completing jobs with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget.
12. Starting to become aware of business development, including promoting the firm and its services to the existing client base and prospects.
13. Development and supervision of trainees.
The Person
14. ACA / ACCA / CA qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, Irish Institute or equivalent international qualification)
15. Recent experience in Audit and Assurance within an accountancy practice
16. Experience of leading external audit assignments from planning to completion stages under International Standards on Auditing
17. Experience of preparing accounts in accordance with UK GAAP
18. Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
19. Strong communication skills with senior staff and clients
20. Confident user of Microsoft Office suite – Intermediate/Advanced user of Word and Excel.
21. Motivated to take responsibility of the role and maintain a high level of quality service across
22. Sound knowledge of key risks applicable to specific audits and aware of own limitations and when to ask for assistance.
Key Benefits we offer, but not limited to:
23. Competitive base salary (we do yearly market research to ensure we offer a competitive salary to our employees and joining candidates)
24. 33 days annual leave entitlement a year inc. bank holidays (31.5 days for trainees)
25. Annual buy and sell leave scheme.
26. Private Medical Cover available to all employees (trainees can opt in for a salary sacrifice)
27. Private Pension Matching Scheme : if employee contributes 2.5-5%, we match it and add another 3% on top!
28. Employee Referral Bonus up to £10, for a successful placement
29. Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
30. Dress for your day policy – you decide, not us!
31. Life Assurance 4x your salary
32. Group Income Protection – 75% of salary if long term sickness exceeds 6 months.
33. Agile Working is embedded in our culture: we understand that everyone works in different ways and need flexibility within their working day.
34. Learning and Development opportunities and Study Support throughout your Menzies career
35. Career Coaching programme for Managers and above
36. Better Place to Work Initiative: proactive benchmarking of the best DEI and wellbeing programmes to offer our employees and improve our employee experience.
37. CSR Programme: each office will be involved in various charity and sporting activities to help raise funds and give back to the local community.
38. Employee Assistance Programme - our EAP is available for all Menzies employees and their families. As well as being a support line for mental health counselling, it also offers practical financial, legal and life management advice 24 /7 and is completely confidential.
39. Paid sick leave – a generous scheme to help you when you are struggling with health issues.
40. Free flu jab, eyesight test and physical health checks
41. Cycle to work scheme.
42. Enhanced Parental + Family Leave : We are a place where you can combine both a career and a family so those going on Maternity Leave can expect % pay for 3 months and 50% pay for the next 6 weeks, those going on Paternity Leave can expect % pay for 2 weeks (both subject to eligibility). We also have Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
43. Volunteering Scheme with a maximum of 2.5 days given by the Firm to match 2.5 days devoted to qualifying schemes by the employee in any 12-month period.
44. Season Ticket Loan
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