Audit Senior

Saffery Champness; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hour working week

Hybrid working policy

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Profit-Sharing Plan

Job summary

Saffery LLP in Bournemouth seeks an experienced Audit Senior Associate to join the audits and accounts team. ACA/ACCA qualified or finalist, with a commercially minded, proactive approach, is required.

The role involves leading fieldwork, planning, and delivering high-quality audits across diverse clients, with hybrid working and office-based days. You will work on a range of audits, provide leadership to junior members, and liaise with tax colleagues to deliver integrated services.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA qualified or finalist with audit experience.
• Experience delivering complete audit files and planning
• Knowledge of UK GAAP; IFRS is a plus
• Proven track record in accounts preparation
• Excellent communication with clients and internal teams
• Client-focused with commercial awareness
• Strong Excel/Word skills; familiarity with CCH accounts/audit automation
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple jobs
• Experience leading teams and supervising juniors
• Ability to work under pressure and be proactive within a team

Responsibilities

• Lead audit fieldwork and ensure timely delivery of complete audit files.
• Perform planning: identify risks, set materiality, design tests.
• Manage budget and report to managers on progress.
• Review work of junior team members and provide guidance.
• Communicate findings clearly to managers and clients.
• Coordinate with other Saffery teams (e.g., tax) for joined-up service.
• Work across client sites and from home as needed.

Skills

Audit experience

Communication skills

Team leadership

Client focus

Time management

Proactiveness

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

ACCA finalist

Tools

Excel

Word

CCH accounts

Audit automation

Job description

Audit Senior Associate – Bournemouth

The Bournemouth office are looking for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Audit Senior, to join our audit and accounts team. Applicants must be ACA or ACCA qualified/finalist and be able to display a commercially minded and proactive approach to client work.

The role

This is a varied and challenging role which will include exposure to a wide range of clients, often working to tight deadlines.

The key role is to deliver complete Audit files to managers, to include:

• Full planning; identifying risks, setting materiality and designing appropriate tests
• Leading a team on audit fieldwork, with a focus on development of the team and delivering a positive client experience
• Detailed audit work, taking ownership for decisions and conclusions made through professional judgment
• Good understanding of audit requirements, ensuring professional scepticism is applied and appropriate documentation made
• Developing a rapport with clients to deliver effective audits and accounts
• File completion, including summarising key audit findings for the partner’s attention.
• Regular and effective communication with manager and team throughout audit process
• Responsibility for budgetary control and keeping manager informed thereon
• Liaising with other Saffery teams, such as corporate tax, to ensure we provide a joined-up service
• Reviewing the work of more junior team members
• Working across client sites, as well as in the office and from home.

The Team

The Audit Team within the Bournemouth office comprises circa 35 members of staff, from audit trainees up Partners. The team work with all partners within the office, and firmwide, on a variety of tasks including audits, statutory accounts preparation and ad-hoc client queries.

There is a real focus on development within the team, with the aim being for staff to develop their careers long term within the firm. Alongside a commitment to client service, and excellence in their work, there is a willingness to help each other and succeed as a team.

The Office

We offer accounting, audit and assurance, business advisory, tax and VAT services, acting for businesses and individuals both in the UK and internationally. The portfolio of clients held within the office range from AIM listed clients, large corporate groups to landed estates, with key specialisms in owner managed businesses, property, private wealth and professional practices. Our staff work regularly and closely with their colleagues in our national offices to provide a seamless service to clients, wherever they are located.

You

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Audit experience, including planning and completion
• Good knowledge of UK GAAP, IFRS would be beneficial
• Proven track record in accounts preparation
• Excellent communication skills
• Client focused with commercial awareness
• Computer experience: Excel, Word and ideally CCH accounts and audit automation
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work on multiple jobs at once
• Experience of running teams and supervising junior team members
• Ability to work in a pressured environment
• Proactive nature and enjoys working as part of a team.

Although not a pre-requisite, it would be beneficial if you had:

• Driving licence and ability to travel to client premises

Reward and benefits

• A 35 hour working week and a hybrid working policy with a minimum of 2 days in the office (our core hours are 10-4)
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies,
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.