Audit Senior

Lochead Sandford Recruitment Limited; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Lochead Sandford Recruitment Limited invites applications for an Audit Senior to join a well-established CA firm. You should be CA/ACA/ACCA qualified with up to two years PQE and proven audit senioring experience across UK practice.

You will lead audits, supervise junior staff, and maintain strong client relationships. The role emphasizes quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA/ACA/ACCA with up to c2 years PQE from a UK accountancy firm.
• Experience supervising and reviewing junior staff on audits.
• Strong client-focused approach and flexible, proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead audits from planning through to completion.
• Act as senior fieldwork team member on engagements.
• Supervise and review junior staff, ensuring quality and deadlines.
• Provide on-the-job mentoring and support to students and juniors.

Skills

Audit leadership

Client relations

Mentoring

UK GAAP/ISA

Education

CA/ACA/ACCA qualified

Tools

Audit software

Job description

Our client, a well established, highly regarded and most progressive medium sized CA Firm, who continue to expand, seek to recruit a suitably experienced Audit Senior to join their successful Audit team.

You will be CA/ACA/ACCA QUALIFIED, with up to c2 years PQE gained from another UK Accountancy Firm able with current/recent proven audit senioring experience supervising and reviewing the work of junior team members with a client focused and flexible 'can do ' approach.

Taking responsibility for leading audits from planning through to completion, working with clients of varying size and complexity, you will act as a key point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships and ensuring work is delivered efficiently and to a high standard.

You will also play an important role in supervising and supporting junior team members, providing on-the-job guidance, reviewing work, and contributing to a positive and collaborative team environment. Working closely with managers, directors, and partners, you will help ensure audit quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and delivering audit assignments from planning through to completion.
• Acting as the senior fieldwork team member on audit engagements, undertaking complex and technical audit work.
• Supervising and reviewing the work of junior team members, ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to deadlines.
• Providing on-the-job training and mentoring to students and junior staff, supporting their professional development and exam progression.
• Preparation of statutory accounts from trial balance, including audit adjustments and ensuring appropriate financial statement disclosures.
• Drafting management letters with clear recommendations for improvements to systems, controls, and governance.
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, building and maintaining strong professional relationships.
• Attending and contributing to client meetings, including Audit Committees and Board meetings where required.
• Taking ownership of audit quality, ensuring compliance with auditing standards, regulatory requirements, and firm methodologies.
• Supporting managers and partners with proposals, sales, and business development activity where appropriate.

Excellent new opportunity to work with a range of medium sized clients some groups, OMB's from varying sectors as well as not for profit and charities.

Broad audit or audit/accounts experience gained from another UK Accountancy Firm is required with strong ISA UK auditing standards and UK GAAP (FRS 102).

Our client prides themselves on good staff retention, with a 'hands on' supportive management team, they embrace being innovative—continually improving processes, adopting new technologies, and encouraging fresh ideas from across the team. Alongside this, they offer personalised development plans to ensure every individual has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

ATTRACTIVE SALARY WITH HYBRID WORKING AND EXCELLENT BENEFITS PACKAGE.GENUINE CAREER DEVELOPMENT, HIGH QUALITY, VARIED CLIENT PORTFOLIO, EXCELLENT COLLBORATIVE TEAM CULTURE, REGULAR SOCIAL EVENTS AND CHARITY EVENTS.If you are keen for a new change and challenge or feel progression is more limited where you are, this could be an ideal opportunity and Firm for you to consider!

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