Audit & Assurance Semi Senior / Senior / Assistant Manager | Norwich, UK

Price Bailey; Norwich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a well-established firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, where your career can truly flourish. This dynamic role offers you the chance to engage with a diverse range of clients, from entrepreneurial SMEs to large corporates. You'll lead audit engagements, mentor junior staff, and enhance your skills in a supportive environment that values flexibility and personal growth. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, this firm empowers you to be your authentic self while providing excellent client care. If you're passionate about audit and looking for a place to grow, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Annual leave (23/25 days)

Private medical insurance

Contributory pension scheme

4x life assurance

Employee share scheme

Family friendly policies

Paid volunteering days

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in statutory audits in an accountancy practice.
• Part/fully qualified ACA or ACCA is essential.

Responsibilities

• Planning audit engagements and leading onsite teams.
• Preparing accounts and drafting tax computations.

Skills

Statutory audits

Client facing experience

Knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS 102

Audit software (Caseware)

Education

Part/fully qualified ACA

Part/fully qualified ACCA

Tools

Caseware

Microsoft packages

Job description

Audit & Assurance Semi Senior / Senior / Assistant Manager

Audit & Assurance Semi Senior / Senior / Assistant Manager

Make your career count

At Price Bailey, we provide exciting opportunities for training, personal growth and career engagement. We believe in fostering happiness and fulfilment in your work, whilst supporting and inspiring you to grow. We understand that your life extends beyond the workplace, which is why our Smart Working culture promotes flexibility, allowing you to choose when and where you work, whilst still providing excellent client care.

A well-established firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, we offer a wide range of services, including auditing, accounting, tax and corporate finance. We proudly serve a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a strong focus on entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.

What do the team do?

The team predominately undertakes audit and other assurance work on behalf of our clients, however, they are also responsible for accounts preparation and tax computations too. We have audit clients across a range of sectors around the UK, from smaller not for profit organisations to entrepreneurial SME's and through to large listed groups. No job is the same and we can guarantee variety, plus the opportunity to learn from range of talented individuals, no matter your level.

In our Norwich based Audit & Assurance team, you can expect to get exposure to a diverse range of organisations from OMB's that expect a holistic service, to large corporates with turnovers of up to £120m e.g. listed companies and subsidiaries of large international groups. The length of assignments vary, but typically take around one to two weeks, ensuring that you get plenty of variety.

What is the opportunity?

Our Audit & Assurance team is actively winning new work across the region, as such we're always interested in speaking to those with external audit experience at Semi Senior, Senior or Assistant Manager (recently qualified) level. The complexity of work will depend upon how much experience you have, but you can expect to be involved in the following tasks:

• Planning audit engagements and leading onsite teams (70% of time).
• Preparing accounts and drafting tax computations (30% of time).
• Liaising with clients to resolve any queries, escalating more complex matters to manager / partner.
• Reviewing team members' work before passing completed file to manager.
• Coaching juniors and providing feedback on the quality of their work and performance.
• Controlling assignment time in line with pre-determined budget.

What experience do I need?

Whilst having the following experience is advantageous, we value passion and potential. If you meet the minimum criteria listed below and are eager to develop yourself, we would love to hear from you:

• Experience of undertaking statutory audits in an accountancy practice (minimum criteria).
• Part / fully qualified ACA or ACCA (minimum criteria).
• Knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS 102.
• Client facing experience.
• Experience of audit software (we use Caseware) and Microsoft packages.

What's on offer?

In addition to your salary, we also offer the following benefits:

• 23 (if studying) / 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy / sell up to 5 days holiday)
• Private medical (Assistant Manager level)
• Contributory pension scheme
• 4x life assurance
• All employee share scheme
• Family friendly policies e.g. paid time off for dependants
• 2 days paid for volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts

Price Bailey aspires to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their social background, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We are an equal opportunities employer and place inclusion at the heart of what we do. Our workplace is one where diversity is embraced and where everyone is empowered to be their authentic selves. Should you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in the appropriate section of your application. For candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria of the role, we also offer a guaranteed interview, which you can opt into as part of your application.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

Price Bailey will only accept CV's from recruitment agencies who have been briefed on specific roles by our Resourcing team and where contractual agreement exists already. We do not accept speculative CV's and agency fees will not be owed in these instances. Should you wish to be considered for our approved supplier list please contact [e-mail]

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