Audit Senior

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

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts at Gloucester Quays

Staff events

Job summary

Pro-Recruitment is seeking an Audit Senior in Gloucester to join a well-established accountancy practice delivering high-quality audits across a diverse client portfolio.

You will support Managers and Directors, oversee junior staff, and contribute to process improvements while developing client relationships and staying up-to-date with accounting standards.

Qualifications

• Newly or partly ACA/ACCA qualified, with an interest in audit career.
• Experience across varied audit assignments.
• Comfortable with audit standards, regulations and relevant legislation.
• Able to own a portfolio of clients and communicate effectively.
• Commercial awareness to advise clients appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Support Managers and Directors in delivering audit assignments to a high standard.
• Ensure audit documentation is complete, accurate and compliant with standards.
• Act as initial contact for clients and respond to queries effectively.
• Attend client meetings and build professional relationships.
• Review and interpret client accounts to identify key audit risks and issues.
• Provide guidance and feedback to junior staff.
• Help train and develop junior staff, including 1-to-1s and appraisals.
• Lead and manage smaller teams where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Keep up to date with changes in accounting standards and audit regulations.
• Pursue ongoing professional development and training.

Skills

Audit experience

Client communication

Regulatory awareness

Ownership mentality

Mentoring juniors

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.