Auditor - Public Sector Audit

Hays PLC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national firm is seeking ambitious auditors to join their rapidly growing audit team focused on public sector clients. This role offers a chance to work with complex clients, excellent career progression opportunities, and a supportive, hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Study support

Great range of benefits

Focus on work-life balance

Qualifications

• Prior experience working on audit assignments within the public sector.
• Studying towards relevant accountancy qualifications or newly qualified.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver audits for large public sector organisations.
• Test financial statements to identify risks and ensure controls.
• Engage with clients to understand finance processes.

Skills

Audit experience

Client engagement

Risk identification

Education

AAT Qualified/ ACCA/ ACA/ CIPFA

Job description

Salary Highly competitive salary + benefits + study support

Audit opportunity within a rapidly growing team - leading national firm

Your new company

Due to ongoing growth plans, a new opportunity has arisen within a specialist audit team focusing on public sector clients. This highly successful team is looking to continue their rapid expansion by recruiting ambitious auditors to work with interesting and complex clients.

Your new role

Working with large scale public sector organisations, you will work as part of a well-structured audit team to plan and deliver audits. You will spend time on client sites, testing relevant areas of their financial statements to identify risks and ensure appropriate controls are in place. You will engage with clients to gather information and understand finance processes/procedures using different finance systems. Dependent upon your experience to date, you may also support the development of more junior members of the team and oversee their work and may lead audit assignments or sections of the audit.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this role, you must possess prior experience working on audit assignments within the public sector. You will be studying towards relevant accountancy qualifications - AAT Qualified/ ACCA/ ACA/ CIPFA or will be close to qualifying/ newly qualified.

What you'll get in return

If you want to be part of a real success story, this is the ideal next audit opportunity for you. With an expanding client base, a supportive, diverse and friendly team and great career prospects on offer, you will have great scope to progress your career within this firm. Hybrid and flexible working is in operation, a great range of benefits are on offer, and you'll join a team with a strong focus on ensuring work-life balance is possible for all.

What you need to do now

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