Audit Associate

SW Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading accountancy firm in a key role as an Audit Associate in Bristol. You'll be part of a growing audit team dedicated to quality work and client service. This position offers competitive pay, a friendly work environment, and numerous benefits for a fulfilling career in auditing.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrable audit and accounts experience within a professional services firm.
• Part Qualified Accountant is essential.

Responsibilities

• Completing audit programmes and signing off to evidence completion.
• Reviewing working papers of more junior staff where agreed with manager.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Audit experience

Education

Part Qualified Accountant, ideally ACA or AAT

Strong academic performance

Job description

Company Description

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK's top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881-helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose-to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

Job Description

Why join S&W audit?

We're proud of our highly successful S&W audit department. We hold ourselves to high standards and work together to produce quality, incisive audit work in a collegiate environment. We're focused on working with an expanding client base of dynamic mid-market businesses who are evolving and changing, which gives our team continual development opportunities and new experiences.

If you see yourself in an environment with an exciting and varied career journey and given the opportunity to perform and develop in one of the fastest growing audit firms in the UK, the S&W audit department might be exactly what you're looking for.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Audit team, in our brand-new Bristol office. Our Bristol Audit team has grown significantly in the last couple of years and the vision is to continue on this growth journey whilst maintaining the friendly, sociable and open culture of the team who benefit from a good work life balance as well as the opportunity to grow and develop your career further.

As an Audit Associate, your responsibilities will include:

• Completing audit programmes by undertaking tasks allocated and signing off to evidence completion.
• Documenting fully work done to a level agreed with manager.
• Highlighting issues and problems for attention of manager
• Reviewing working papers of more junior staff, where agreed with manager.
• Ensuring work completed to a level agreed with manager.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Part Qualified Accountant, ideally ACA or AAT.
• Track record of strong academic performance.
• Demonstrable audit and accounts experience gained within a professional services firm.
• Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.

Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.