Audit Senior

Pro-Finance; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff events

Discounts at Gloucester Quays

Flexible working

Job summary

Pro-Finance is recruiting an Audit Senior in Gloucester to deliver high-quality audits and support junior staff. You will build strong client relationships, review accounts and manage audit risks while keeping up to date with evolving standards and ethics.

The role offers opportunities for flexible or part-time hours, a contributory pension, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as part of a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Experience across a variety of audit assignments.
• Strong understanding of audit standards and regulations.
• Ability to manage client relationships and expectations.
• Excellent communication with colleagues and clients.

Responsibilities

• Support Managers and Directors in delivering audits to a high standard.
• Ensure audit documentation is complete and compliant with standards.
• Act as initial client contact, understanding requirements and queries.
• Attend client meetings and build professional relationships.
• Review client accounts and identify key audit risks.
• Provide guidance to junior team members and assist their development.
• Lead small teams where appropriate and improve processes.
• Stay up to date with accounting standards, regulations, tax and ethics.

Skills

Audit experience

Communication

Client management

Commercial awareness

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

Job description

Audit Senior

Gloucester

£35,000 - £45,000

We're recruiting for an Audit Senior to join a well-established and growing accountancy practice in Gloucester.

The firm works with a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from owner-managed businesses and sole traders through to larger, multi-million-pound groups.

As Audit Senior, you'll play an important role in delivering high-quality audit assignments while developing strong relationships with clients and supporting more junior members of the team.

What's great about this Audit Senior role?

• Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Exposure to a varied and interesting client portfolio.
• The opportunity to have your voice heard and contribute ideas for improving the business.
• Potential for flexible working or part-time hours.
• Competitive salary, regularly reviewed.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free, confidential counselling and advice.
• Employee discounts at Gloucester Quays.
• Staff events and opportunities to take part in charity and community volunteering.

Your role as an Audit Senior:

• Supporting Managers and Directors in delivering audit assignments efficiently and to a high standard.
• Ensuring audit documentation is complete, accurate and compliant with relevant standards and regulations.
• Acting as an initial point of contact for clients, understanding their requirements and responding to queries effectively.
• Attending client meetings and building strong, professional relationships.
• Reviewing and interpreting client accounts and identifying key audit risks and issues.
• Providing support, guidance and feedback to junior members of the team.
• Helping with the training and development of junior staff, including 1-to-1s, appraisals and feedback on audit assignments.
• Taking the opportunity to lead and manage smaller teams where appropriate.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Keeping up to date with changes in accounting standards, audit regulations, tax, ethics, technology and wider industry developments.
• Taking an active role in your own professional development and ongoing training

What you'll need to succeed:

• Newly or partly ACA/ACCA qualified, with a genuine interest in developing their audit career.
• Experienced in working across a variety of audit assignments.
• Confident working with audit standards, regulations and relevant legislation.
• Comfortable taking ownership and responsibility for a portfolio of clients.
• A confident and effective communicator who enjoys working with both clients and colleagues.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to understand the wider picture and provide advice appropriate to individual client circumstances.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.