Audit Senior

Saffery Llp; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An accounting and advisory firm in Peterborough is looking for a Qualified Senior to join their audit team. The ideal candidate will have ACA or ACCA qualifications, experience in audit planning and completion, and excellent communication skills. The role offers a hybrid working policy, allowing up to three days home working, along with competitive benefits including a contributory pension and annual leave.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance cover

Profit-Sharing Plan

Qualifications

• Candidates must be ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Must have experience in audit planning and completion.
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting and auditing standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audit planning and risk assessments.
• Complete audit fieldwork and document findings.
• Liaise with client teams to ensure excellent service.

Skills

Audit experience

Excellent communication skills

Client focused

Organizational skills

Ability to work in a pressured environment

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

Tools

CCH AP

CCH accounts

Inflo

Excel

Word

Job description

The Peterborough office are looking for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Qualified Senior, to join our audit team. Applicants must be either ACA or ACCA qualified and be able to display a commercially minded and organised approach to client work.

Responsibilities

• Audit planning section
• Assessing audit risks and materiality levels
• Designing and implementing testing work programmes
• Completion of audit fieldwork, applying professional scepticism throughout
• Clear documentation of audit findings and notes on judgemental matters
• Recording unadjusted misstatements and management letter points and discussing these with client team
• File completion, including summarising key audit findings for the partner’s attention
• Review of junior team member’s work assisting in their development
• Regular communication with manager throughout audit process
• Responsibility for budgetary control and keeping manager informed thereon
• Key point of contact for liaising with client teams on all audit matters, as well as to achieve excellent client service
• Liaising with other Saffery teams, such as corporate tax, to ensure we provide a joined‑up service

Qualifications & Experience

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Audit experience, including planning and completion
• It is preferable to have experience in CCH AP and AA as well as Inflo
• Excellent communication skills
• Client focused with commerciality awareness
• Computer experience: Excel, Word and ideally CCH accounts and audit automation
• Good technical knowledge including recent developments in accounting and auditing standards
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work on multiple jobs at once
• 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
  • Experience of consolidated accounts
  • Experience of IFRS

About the Team

The Audit team within the Peterborough office comprises staff ranging from Directors to audit assistants and audit juniors. The team reports to all of the partners within the office on a variety of tasks ranging from audit and accounts preparation and ad‑hoc client queries.

About Saffery LLP

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.

Benefits

• A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (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.