Audit Senior

Hays Senior Finance; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Manchester is seeking an Audit Senior to join its growing team. This role offers exposure to a diverse portfolio of clients, a clear career progression path, and generous benefits including a competitive salary and a hybrid working policy, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Healthy holiday package

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in an audit team at an established Accountant Practice.
• Committed to providing professional excellence and building client relationships.
• Willingness to learn and develop both soft and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Active role in all areas of an audit from planning to completion.
• Coaching juniors and reviewing their audit work.
• Engaging clients and providing valuable insights.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical review skills

Leadership qualities

Interpersonal skills

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification or qualified by experience

Job description

Your new firm
This longstanding accountancy and business advisory firm, with a large national presence, is seeking to appoint a new audit senior to their large and modern office in Manchester City Centre. This Audit Senior job is vacant due to an extended period of company growth, presenting an excellent opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual to take their career to the next level and become part of an already established and growing audit team. Overall, this is a fantastic choice for either a newly Qualified Audit Senior, or an experienced Audit Senior seeking to join a firm that truly values its workforce, making your career a priority and ensuring you develop as an audit professional.
Your new role
As an Audit Senior, you will be responsible for:

• Taking an active role in all areas of an audit from planning through to completion.
• Your day-to-day duties will include being heavily involved in all aspects of an audit, and if experienced, beginning to complete the tricky and complex areas of fieldwork, as well as finalising concluding reports.
• You will begin to partake in the coaching of juniors, reviewing and supporting their audit work.
• Taking responsibility for engaging and updating your clients, providing both updates and valuable insights where appropriate, as well as reporting to the Manager or Senior Manager appointed to the engagement.
• You will receive continuous support throughout your role and will be part of the team's wider succession plans.
• This opportunity will see you have exposure to both corporate and not-for-profit audit engagements.
• Collaboration across the firm's department will be a vital part of your role and development.

What you'll need to succeed

• This organisation is seeking either a newly qualified, or an experienced Audit Senior, who has amassed a good amount of experience working within an audit team in a well-established Accountant Practice.
• You will be able to demonstrate attention to detail, as well as carry out a high standard of audit work, adhere to financial regulations and standards at all times, and have strong analytical review skills.
• Displaying leadership qualities and excellent interpersonal skills is important for your progression, as there will be internal opportunities to progress into an Assistant Manager and Manager role in due course.
• Experience or a desire to get involved in the coaching, training and mentorship of junior members of the team, both in your direct team and across the wider audit team internally.
• Ideally, you will be ACA/ ACCA qualified or qualified by experience.
• You must display a strong commitment to providing professional excellence to help you to build strong client relationships,
• The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and expand upon their own skills as an audit professional, as there will be plenty of opportunity to develop both soft and technical skills throughout your journey with this accountancy firm.

What you'll get in return
This Manchester-based audit senior job role is an excellent opportunity to join a growing accountancy firm that will give you exposure to a fantastic portfolio of clients, whilst working in a people-positive environment. You will have a career pathway laid out in front of you from day 1. You will work with a supportive network of managers, through the Directors and Partners who are willing you to succeed. Additionally, this firm will offer you a competitive salary that is reflective of your experience and qualifications, which includes a healthy holiday package, as well as an array of schemes and internal benefits, focusing on flexibility and health, with an excellent hybrid working policy that will prioritise your work-life balance.
What you need to do now
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