Audit & Accounts Senior

Agility Resoucing; Preston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established accountancy practice in Preston is seeking an Accounts / Audit Senior to join their team. The role involves preparing financial assignments, ensuring compliance, and supervising junior staff, offering a supportive work environment and clear career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Great working environment

Excellent support from senior colleagues

Structured career path

Qualifications

• Must be ACCA / ACA qualified or a finalist.
• Experience in managing clients and staff.
• Ability to prepare budgets and target reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare assignments to strict deadlines and ensure compliance.
• Liaise with partners and departments to organise assignments.
• Manage own fee targets and supervise staff.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

ACCA / ACA qualification

Job description

Well established Accountancy Practice based on the outskirts of Preston are looking to recruit an Accounts / Audit Senior.

Reporting to the partner, you will be responsible for:

1. Preparing assignments to strict deadlines (accounts, tax, briefing notes), reporting either directly to the director/partner or on more complex assignments to the senior manager.
2. Liaising with the manager/partner to organise assignments (book with clients and organise staff) whilst complying with the Firm's policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
3. Liaising with relevant departments to ensure compliance work is planned at the right time, using allocated staff and providing supervision.
4. Collating project raw data and summarising it into a suitable format for review (e.g., first draft projections/reports).
5. Reviewing work in progress and fee budgets on a monthly basis, reporting variances from billing targets to the manager/partner.
6. Arranging pre-completion meetings with managers/directors/partners and completion meetings with clients in a timely manner.
7. Managing own fee targets, preparing own budgets, and bills for manager/partner approval.
8. Giving clear instructions to staff on assignments, ensuring they are supervised, and providing feedback using the Firm's IPD framework documentation.

Ideally, you will be ACCA / ACA qualified, although finalists will be considered. In return, you will be awarded a great working environment, excellent support from senior colleagues, and a structured career path.

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