Audit and Accounts Semi-Senior

Lydford Advisory Limited; Beaconsfield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Audit and Accounts Semi-Senior to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, where your contributions are recognized and rewarded. You will engage with clients, manage assignments, and support senior staff while pursuing your ACA qualifications. With a focus on professional growth and a commitment to high-quality service, this position provides a pathway to advance your career in a forward-thinking firm that values innovation and teamwork. Flexible working arrangements are also available to enhance your work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Learning and Development Programs

Career Progression Opportunities

Wellness Initiatives

Job Recognition

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Audit & Accounts within a practice environment.
• Studying towards ACA with a focus on professional development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of audit and accountancy services.
• Support seniors and manage smaller assignments effectively.

Skills

Audit & Accounts

ACA (Professional Stage)

Team Management

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

Studying towards ACA

Tools

CCH Accounts Production

CCH Audit Automation

CCH Practice Management

Excel

Job description

Our business is growing.
We need talented advisors who want grow with us.

Audit and Accounts Semi-Senior

Location: Beaconsfield

Position: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

About Finerva

We are a leading high-growth, partner-owned, independent accounting firm based in London.

The goal was not only to grow our team and expertise, provide our clients with a wider range of services while keeping our service quality best-in class, but also provide an even better working environment to our staff with two offices, a wider range of clients both in size and in sector, and better career opportunities.

This role will be primarily based in Rouse’s Beaconsfield office, but you will also enjoy the flexibility of working from our offices in Central London if and when that is more convenient to you.

About Rouse

With a history spanning over a century, we’re an independent, well-established firm of over 90 team members with a proven track record of delivering high quality financial solutions for our clients and proudly featuring in the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We recognise that our strength lies in our people, therefore, our focus is to invest in our greatest asset, our staff, creating an impressive team across all sectors of accounting.

Whilst we are devoted to providing a first-class service to our clients, you will find we are not your everyday accountants, we have no formal dress code; we’re creative, forward-thinkers, who love to explore advances in technology and new ways to help clients.

Our clients are based across the UK, and as members of Praxity, the largest alliance of accounting firms in the world, it’s quite likely that you will also be working with international clients – perhaps giving your career a steppingstone into new directions.

We are proud to offer best-in-class learning and development programmes, career progression opportunities, job recognition, wellness initiatives and flexible working to suit your work/life balance.

About you

As an Audit and Accounts Semi-Senior, you will be working within a supportive environment where you will be encouraged to develop and progress. Your individual efforts and contributions are recognised and rewarded, bringing further opportunities for career development and progression.

The role

In this role you will work with the team to ensure timely and accurate delivery of technical audit and other accountancy services. This will include:

To support seniors on larger assignments:

• Complete tasks allocated to standard required by senior.
• Receive feedback & discuss this with the senior, learning from this to apply next time.

Run smaller assignments with assistance from other members of the team as required:

• Completing assignments for managers & supervisors to level required.
• Delegate tasks to new trainees and provide on-going feedback.
• Act as role model for new trainees.
• To pass professional exams:
  • Meet all deadlines and dates set.
  • Meet all requirements of the Rouse Partners LLP training policy.
  • Plan study throughout the year producing consistent link results above class average.
  • Complete the requirements of the Initial Professional Development Programme, or other such work experience requirements as stipulated by the relevant Institute, on a consistent and timely basis.
• Other responsibilities:
  • Completion and submission of timesheets within set deadlines.
  • Builds relationships with clients and maintains client confidentiality outside the office including on client premises.
  • Support Seniors.
  • Report to Supervisors and Managers.
  • Delegate work to new trainees.
  • Liaise with clients to assist with planning and to complete assignments.

Essential Skills and Experience

The ideal person for this role will be well organised and able to work to agreed timescales, whilst having the ability to actively engage with clients. You will:

• Proven experience within Practice in Audit & Accounts.
• Studying towards ACA (Professional Stage).
• Technically proficient in audit with excellent attention to detail.
• Adept at team management.
• Excellent communication and advisory skills. Confident working alongside senior management.
• A can-do attitude to problem-solving.
• Have effective use of IT including Excel, audit and accounts packages (CCH Accounts Production, CCH Audit Automation), Outlook, CCH Practice Management.
• Maintain high professional standards of conduct and practice.
• Maintain awareness of changes in ICAEW guidelines and internal systems.
• Maintains concentrated effort in exam study and link tests.
• Apply knowledge of Rouse Partners, industry, markets and core client base, highlighting potential business opportunities to line manager.
• Able to organise and manage time efficiently and effectively.
• Takes ownership of appropriate assignments following and working within the planning provided, maintaining quality of work.
• Demonstrable experience within an accountancy firm within a senior audit and accounts role.
• Aware of and communicates budgets and timescales to junior team members.
• Use technical skills to analyse situations and options for changes.

If you would like to apply,please send your CV and Cover letter to [e-mail].