Audit Senior - Distinct Recruitment : Job Details

Tired of working late hours week in, week out? If you’re someone working overtime continuously and now wanting to take a bit more control of your life outside of work, let me tell you about this firm where everybody finishes their day at 17:30 and does what they want in the evenings!

About the firm:

As an Audit Senior, you will be joining a reputable and well-respected mid-tier firm that provide accounting and business advisory solutions to clients and individuals throughout the UK and internationally.

With their office based between Marylebone and Soho, you’ll work towards a flexible hybrid approach of 3 days a week in the office with no set days. You will be contracted to 36.25 per week, typically people work towards 9:15pm – 5:30pm however you do have flexi-time so if you want to start or finish before or after these times, it’s possible – leaving you the freedom of doing what you wish to outside out work.

It's not just about looking for a good work-life balance, some other key reasons are:

• Exposure to more responsibility
• Diverse client base (sectors and sizes of clients)
• Tons of progression opportunities (not held back)
• None corporate culture
• Strong salary increases with progression, promotions and reviews.  
• Paperless, high-tech digital training opportunities
• Dress for your day

What to expect day to day:

• Lead client audit engagements (from planning to completion)
• Supervise audit teams on assignment
• Perform analytical review on financial statements to identify audit-related issues
• Produce statutory accounts and draft tax computations
• Obtain a thorough understanding of HAT methodology
• Monitor the progress of jobs to ensure that budgets are met
• Sign off audit sections, address any issues and ensure files are complete before manager or partner review
• Draft client letters
• Proactively interact with clients’ key management personnel to gather information, resolve problems and make recommendations for business and process improvements

Benefits:

• 36.25 hour working week
• Hybrid working (3 days in)
• 25 days plus 3 extra days over Christmas
• Buy and sell holidays
• Dress for your day
• Early finish during the summer
• Season ticket loan
• Sabbatical opportunities
• NO LATE HOURS!

Requirements:

• ACA/ACCA qualified with a demonstrable track record of audit experience in an accountancy practice (UK Based experience)
• Excellent technical knowledge of accounting standards, auditing standards, corporation tax,VAT and P11Ds
• Experience of consolidations
• Working knowledge of integrated accounts production and paperless audit software
• Demonstrable experience of supervising team members and delegation of work
• Confident, and possess good analytical, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise assignments

If you’d like to know more about this position, just hit the apply button and I’ll be in touch. You’ll find my number on Linked In (Jordan Leonardi at Distinct Recruitment). If you prefer, you could drop me a connection or message on Linked In and we can pick up on there.

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