Award Winning regional firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors with numerous office in the North East and North Yorkshire are looking to add an Audit Senior to their team.
Overview:
Our clients are looking for a qualified audit and accounts senior to work as part of our audit and accounts team. You will be involved in the delivery of statutory audits and preparing accounts for a portfolio of some of the most innovative and exciting clients across our region including limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders from a variety of sectors including education, retail, manufacturing, and charities.
The main tasks and responsibilities of the role include:
1. Preparation of accounts from a variety of client’s systems – Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, etc
2. Audit of financial statements from planning to completion, including responsibility for managing the on-site audit team, where applicable
3. Preparation of draft corporation tax computations
4. Actioning queries raised by the accounts and tax managers on the draft accounts and tax computations
5. Finalisation of the accounts and corporation tax computations following client meetings
6. Acting as a point of contact for clients for ad hoc queries
7. Providing training, guidance, and support to members of the team as required
8. Make suggestions for updating and improving the department and the firm’s systems and processes
9. Attending clients’ premises predominantly across the North-East and Yorkshire depending on the location
Requirements:
10. ACA or ACCA qualified
11. Experience of involvement in or leading on audits
12. Proven experience of owner-managed small to medium-business accounts preparation including statutory financial statements
13. Recent general practice background, with exposure to accounts, audit, and/or tax
14. Exceptional organisational skills
15. Proven experience of delivering excellent client service
16. Be flexible and proactive in managing multiple priorities
17. Have excellent communication skills and be confident speaking to clients face to face, over the telephone, and by email
18. Must have excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of Excel
19. The ability to check work for accuracy and have good attention to detail
20. Be able to demonstrate your initiative to solve problems
21. The ability to travel to clients’ premises as required
22. It would also be desirable if the candidate had knowledge of accounting software packages such as Sage, QuickBooks, Online, Xero, and IRIS. Along with knowledge of clients’ specialist sectors and charities of the legal profession.
Benefits :
23. They offer a competitive salary,
24. Salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme,
25. 22 days of holiday plus statutory holidays.
26. Additional benefits such as a flexible leave scheme,
27. Perkbox
28. Discounted health care
29. Various health and wellbeing initiatives.
30. They also offer the ability to accrue Time off in Lieu (TOIL) and they pay for professional subscriptions.
Apply today to find out more