Accounts / Audit Senior

Job title Accounts / Audit Senior

Purpose A lead on-site role, reporting to a Corporate  Services Director/Manager, on a busy and varied case load of audit assignments across the South West region (and occasionally beyond)

Hours 37.5 (Mon - Fri)

Location Truro

Start date TBA

Reporting to Corporate Services Director/Manager

Department Corporate Services

Responsibilities

• Planning, carrying out and completing statutory audits of corporate clients, both on-site and back in the office
• Taking responsibility for managing workloads and meeting deadlines
• Leading the audit team on-site, ensuring audit procedures are adhered to fully, all hours are correctly recorded and budgets are met
• Supervising and supporting the work of less experienced team members
• Liaising with client staff, which often includes non-accounts personnel
• Producing work for Director/Manager and/or Partner review, clearly highlighting technical or client-specific issues and providing possible solutions where required
• Dealing with the completion of annual accounts and tax computations, for both incorporated and unincorporated businesses; plus occasionally UK holding companies of overseas subsidiaries
• Ensuring that accounting records for clients are maintained and kept up to date
• Drafting correspondence for clients; liaising with HMRC, by telephone and email
• Providing varied administrative and business set-up services for clients
• Providing assistance where required on ad hoc special projects

Qualifications and experience

• ACA/ ACCA qualified (or equivalent), although part-qualified with relevant experience will be considered
• Statutory audit experience, gained in a public practice environment and including experience of group audits and preparing consolidated financial statements
• Experience in using automated audit software and computer based accounts and tax compilation programmes; plus advanced MS Excel, Word and Outlook skills
• Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulations and compliance, including anti-money laundering
• Good working knowledge of UK and international GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements
• Full, clean driving licence, plus unresticted access to a car (which must be insured to cover business use and the transport of passengers)

Attributes

• Committed, accurate, methodical and enquring approach to work
• Commercially astute, with keen analytical and problem-solving mind
• Organised and able to plan time efficiently in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently, or as part of a team
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport quickly with clients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Professional and discreet in demonstrating client care