Audit Senior Associate

The role

Our Business Advisory Group is recruiting for a Qualified Senior to join the audit department in London. You will become a key part of the team, which provides a wide range of audit, advisory and accounting services to a huge range of diverse clients.

The responsibilities

1. Project manage and drive forwards the audit and accounting process, including liaising directly with senior individuals in clients' finance teams.
2. Get actively involved in every aspect of the audit process, taking ownership of planning, fieldwork, and the completion on audit engagements, working closely with managers and partners.
3. Have the opportunity to get involved in the direction and overall running of the team.
4. Our Audit Seniors are often given the opportunity to manage a small portfolio of jobs, which helps you to develop the next stage of your career progression.
5. Identify, research and help to resolve complex audit issues.

The team

The Business Advisory Group advise businesses ranging from large multi-national corporations to small family-run companies. You will work across a huge variety of sectors including real estate, recruitment, retail and hospitality, financial services, not-for-profit and sports and entertainment. Our clients range from entrepreneurial owner managed businesses to medium-large international groups.

As a team, we pride ourselves on our outstanding client service, providing a professional and efficient manner tailored to each individual client giving exceptional advice and maximum added value.

You

1. Experience working in an audit and accounts practice.
2. ACA, ACCA qualified or equivalent with good pass rates in the professional exams.
3. Demonstrated experience of managing, training, and mentoring staff on projects, and assessing performance.
4. Technically strong with a good and up to date knowledge of accounting and auditing standards.
5. Demonstrate a passion for delivering quality, ensuring that client needs are met.
6. Sets priorities, defines activities, gives responsibilities and plans work so that results are achieved on time.
7. Be organised and commercially minded, displaying a flexible, professional approach and having the confidence to establish credibility with Partners and clients.
8. Work cooperatively with others, motivating others to succeed.

Reward and benefits

1. 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).
2. Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies.
3. Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm.
4. Paid overtime or time off in lieu.

About us

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.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.