Audit Assistant

EY; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in the UK is seeking a Financial Audit Assistant to support its Audit team. This role involves developing an understanding of clients' businesses, interacting with clients to gather necessary data, and supporting the delivery of audit engagements. Candidates should have a relevant university degree, analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers the opportunity to grow in a collaborative and international environment with strong training and development prospects.

Benefits

Collaborative and international work environment

Excellent training and development prospects

Flexibility to handle your role

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Attention to details and curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of the audit client's business.
• Interact with clients to collect necessary data/information.
• Support the planning, execution, and delivery of audit engagements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

University Degree in finance/accounting/business

Part qualified Accounting/professional qualification (ACCA/BICA/CIMA)

Job description

The opportunity

We are currently looking for Financial Audit Assistants to support our Audit team and help our clients meet their requirements by accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights. As an Audit Assistant, you will assist in various audit engagements in different industry sectors. As you build your finance & audit knowledge and experience, you can become a credible auditor/ finance expert influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of the audit client's business
• Interact with the clients to collect all the necessary data/information, set-up and maintain audit files, prepare leads, etc.
• Support the planning, execution, and delivery of audit engagements
• Clearly and accurately document the execution of audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, audit client's engagement history, and planned audit approach
• Other data and information analysis, various help for the team on audit projects

Skills and attributes for success

Analytical and critical thinking, great teamwork & communication skills would be great assets and help you to succeed.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Passionate about finance, attention to details, curiosity
• Proper mix of strong communication and interpersonal skills as well as analytical and critical thinking skills
• University Degree of finance/ accounting/ business/ and other business-related subjects, part qualified Accounting/professional qualification (ACCA/BICA/CIMA) will be an added advantage, upper class degree
• Fluent/ high level spoken and written English.
• Availability to work full time

What we look for

A team player with high level of ownership, responsibility and with motivation to continually develop personal & technical skills through training, experience, and coaching.

We offer to you:

• A collaborative and international environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
• Faster than ever growth with support and coaching from some of the most experienced and engaging colleagues
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

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