Audit & Accounts Senior – Leicester

TN United Kingdom; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK-wide firm of accountants is seeking Audit & Accounts Seniors to enhance their teams across multiple offices. The role involves planning and delivering audits, supervising junior staff, and managing client communications. Ideal candidates are newly qualified or soon-to-be qualified professionals eager to advance into senior roles.

Qualifications

• Experience with OMB/SME private company audits.
• Knowledge of current auditing standards.
• Leadership experience supervising teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver audit/accounts assignments.
• Supervise junior staff during audits.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities.

Skills

Planning

Leadership

Client Communication

Analytical Review

Tools

Caseware

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Posted:

21.05.2025

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05.07.2025

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Job Description:

Levitate Recruitment is currently working with a large UK-wide firm of accountants that are keen to strengthen their teams across multiple offices. The firm is keen to speak with Audit & Accounts Seniors that have experience working with OMBS and SMEs about career-enhancing opportunities and an exciting portfolio that covers multiple industry sectors. The firm would like to speak with newly qualified or soon-to-be qualified professionals that have the drive to push forward into more senior roles.

Role:

• Planning and delivery of audit/accounts assignments
• Take the lead on some of the largest and most complex assignments
• Supervise junior staff during the audit and review their work
• Deliver the audit file to the assignment manager in a timely manner
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and potential management letter points
• Manage client communication in an effective manner
• Monitor your chargeability and your assignment budgets pro-actively
• Coach other staff for improved performance and technical development
• Develop specialist sector knowledge and keep abreast of industry developments
• Mentor audit and accounts trainees and contribute to the office’s training and development programme

Requirements:

• Experience of OMB/SME private company audits: planning, budget preparation, identifying key risks, developing an audit plan, executing the audit on site
• Knowledge of and experience of current auditing standards and approaches: analytical review, documenting systems and controls, sampling techniques
• Experience preparing audit and accounts files using an electronic working paper system such as Caseware
• Significant prior experience of statutory company accounts preparation under UK GAAP, and also charities and LLPs
• Experience of preparing and auditing consolidated accounts and component auditor issues
• Leadership experience –experience supervising teams on-site and reviewing their work
• Experience of preparing budgets and monitoring actual time against budget