A little bit more about the role:
- Leads on-site audits, implementing agreed plan, through to completion, co-ordinating on-site resources, allocating the team to tasks and timescales for completion.
- Lead on audit quality, ensuring adherence and compliance with company practice and auditing standards
- Working closely with audit juniors, reviewing their work and supporting them in the development of their role
- Responsible for on-site audit findings report, identifying and documenting any areas of concern/risks identified by audit team, emphasising relevant messages, and submitting for review
- Developing good client relationships, in order to adapt approach and communication and ensure client satisfaction
- Understands the impact on client relationship where there are multiple services offered to same client and works with the rest of the teams to ensure a great client experience
- Offers support to team members and across other teams, sharing knowledge as appropriate and personally getting involved
- We're looking for colleagues who want to learn and expand on their own knowledge identifying where work overlaps; identifying potential areas of conflict and opportunities and taking actions to maximise cross-team working
Who we're looking for:
- Knowledge of Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Taxation
- The ability to take responsibility for resolving issues and proposing solutions
- Be able to effectively communicate
- To work in co-operation with others to achieve the required objective
- The ability to multi-task whilst maintaining quality of delivery
- Be able to see and understand the requirements for effective client relations, how these relate to individual roles, teams, departments and the overall objectives of the group
- To work effectively, monitoring and checking the accuracy of work and developing others to solve problems
- You will want to be a part of what and who we are. As an independent firm we look to our people to challenge us and help us to grow but most importantly we want colleagues to enjoy coming to work, to feel challenged and to be part of our ongoing success.
Qualifications and experience:
- ACCA or ACA Qualified
- 1-2 years' post qualification working in a similar environment (eg regional accountancy Firm)
- Experience of overseeing, training and developing audit juniors on site and in the office on assigned clients
- Experience of working with groups of companies/companies that are growing with possible MBO's, funding requirements, plans to sell in foreseeable future, business acquisitions and group restructurings
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team