Audit Senior

Ussaffery Llp; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

35 hour week

25 days annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Job summary

Saffery LLP in Bournemouth is seeking an experienced Audit Senior Associate to join the audit and accounts team. ACA/ACCA qualified with audit experience and a practical, commercially minded approach to client work.

You will lead fieldwork, plan audits, supervise junior staff, and coordinate with other teams to deliver a joined-up service. The role offers a hybrid working model with some travel to client sites.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA qualified audit experience, including planning and completion.
• Good knowledge of UK GAAP; IFRS would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in accounts preparation.
• Proven track record in supervising junior team members.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

ACA/ACCA qualified

Audit experience

UK GAAP knowledge

IFRS knowledge

Excel & Word

Communication skills

Team supervision

Client-focused

Travel flexibility

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

Tools

CCH accounts

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.

• 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.

You

ACA/ACCA qualifiedAudit experience, including planning and completionGood knowledge of UK GAAP, IFRS would be beneficialProven track record in accounts preparationExcellent communication skillsClient focused with commercial awarenessComputer experience: Excel, Word and ideally CCH accounts and audit automationExcellent organisational skills and ability to work on multiple jobs at onceExperience of running teams and supervising junior team membersAbility to work in a pressured environmentProactive 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 & 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. We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, collaborative, progressive and responsible, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.