Semi-Senior Accountant (with audit experience)

Hallidays HR Limited; Stockport; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading regional firm of business advisers and accountants as a Semi-Senior Accountant in Stockport. This full-time role offers the opportunity to support and inspire clients while enhancing your audit skills. You will be responsible for planning and executing audit assignments, preparing statutory accounts, and coaching junior team members. If you thrive in a professional environment and are passionate about delivering quality results, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the challenge of making a difference in a collaborative team that values growth and excellence.

Qualifications

• Part qualified or equivalent experience with several years in accounting.
• Strong technical knowledge and skills in audit processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct audit assignments with attention to detail.
• Prepare statutory accounts and manage audit files efficiently.

Skills

Audit experience

Client management

Problem-solving

Time management

Coaching junior staff

Education

Part qualified accountant

Experience in accounting

Job description

Full time (Monday to Friday inclusive)

Stockport, Cheshire

Salary: up to £23,000 - £30,000 (depending on experience)

Do you enjoy the challenge of supporting and inspiring people and businesses to be the best that they can be?

We are a leading regional firm of business advisers and accountants that support and inspire our clients to grow.

We are seeking to recruit a professional and personable Semi-Senior Accountant with audit experience, to support growth within our team in Stockport.

You will have the drive to achieve results, will take a reflective and probing, problem-solving approach to the role and have an eye for detail in order to maintain quality standards. The role requires someone who has sound technical knowledge and skills and can be relied upon for their persistence and ability to see a job through to conclusion. A key requirement of the role is the ability to take responsibility for all aspects of the audit, including planning, fieldwork, completion and to provide a completed audit file for review.

If this sounds like a role you can do, then we would love to hear from you!

You will have/be:

• Part qualified (or Part Qualified by Experience with several years under your belt).
• Confident in front of clients and others more senior than you and not afraid to challenge.
• A formal and professional manner, able to reflect on difficult situations in order to resolve problems.
• A calm approach and make time for people.
• The ability to coach junior members of the team to ensure their standard of work meets expectations.
• The skill to take ownership for managing your own development, seek extra responsibility and strive to always go the extra mile.
• Able to make the right decision quickly and display a high level of confidence in your decisions with reasonable justification.
• Relentless in problem solving, providing solutions in a timely and thorough manner.
• Able to juggle a number of jobs, whilst demonstrating excellent time management skills to ensure all deadlines and expectations are met.
• The ability to keep systems and procedures up to date.

With supervision you will:

• Plan audit assignments.
• Conduct onsite audit fieldwork in accordance with the agreed plan.
• Complete all aspects of the electronic audit file.
• Prepare full statutory accounts, including all required disclosures.
• If required, produce draft tax computations and a provision for inclusion in the accounts.
• Prepare full supporting working papers.

If you would like to work with our friendly team, then we look forward to hearing from you.