Senior Audit & Accounting Specialist

The Portfolio Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading information services provider in Greater London is seeking a technically strong individual to join their team as a technical author. The role involves transforming and enhancing audit content, developing training materials, and maintaining external networks in the audit space. The ideal candidate will have a strong auditing background, excellent writing skills, and a keen interest in media and publishing. Employee benefits include a profit share scheme and private health insurance after five years.

Benefits

Profit Share Scheme

PerkBox Discounts

Social Events Throughout Year

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Health Insurance after 5 years

Qualifications

• Experience in accounting practice, typically within the audit function.
• Professional knowledge of auditing, ethics, quality, and risk.
• Ability to convey complex themes to various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for audit management products.
• Support content partnerships with audit software companies.
• Lead transformation projects for content and products.
• Research and review authoring update work for products.
• Contribute articles for news updates and social media.

Skills

Qualified ACA, ACCA, FCA or FCCA

Proven writing and presentation skills

Strong technical grounding in auditing and IFRS

Strong Excel and Word skills

Interest in media/publishing

Job description

My client is a market-leading provider of Information Services and Solutions for professionals in Accounting, Audit, Tax, H&S and Business. This is an ideal role for an experienced auditor with strong technical knowledge, excellent writing skills and a keen interest in media/publishing to join an expert and enthusiastic Audit and Accounting author team.

Job purpose

The technical writer team are responsible for writing and reviewing content for the Audit & Accounting segment. The team also deliver technical and product training and are expected to be active members of external technical committees, for example at ICAEW. The team are looking for a technically strong experienced auditor or accountant to drive content transformation and enhancement of audit content. The post holder will take responsibility for authoring and updating audit products on the Audit platform and ensure that content is up to date and relevant for users.

Day to day responsibilities

• Take responsibility for certain audit and practice management products in the Audit platform.
• Get involved in supporting commercial and content partnerships for example with audit software companies.
• Lead transformation projects for content, products, and processes.
• Research and perform or review authoring update work on the Audit & Accounting products as appropriate. This could include: commentary, insights, and analysis.
• Tools including audit programmes, model accounts and disclosure checklists.
• Online training materials (podcasts, videos, recording audio, preparing slides and notes).
• Contributing articles for news updates, newsletters and social media.
• UK GAAP and IFRS presentation, measurement, and disclosure.
• Company law and corporate governance; and
• Practice management guides and tools.
• Maintain and expand external networks through social media, webinars, training, sales demos and technical committees.

What you bring to the team

• Qualified ACA, ACCA, FCA or FCCA.
• Experience of working within an accounting practice environment, typically within the audit function.
• Professional knowledge of and strong technical grounding in the areas of auditing and IFRS and UK GAAP accounting, ethics, quality, and risk.
• Proven writing and presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex themes in an accessible way to a variety of audiences with varying levels of expertise.
• Strong Excel, Word and IT skills and experience in audit software.
• Interest in media/publishing.

Employee Benefits

• Profit Share Scheme
• PerkBox Discounts
• Social Events Throughout Year
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance after 5 years