Senior Audit Lead — Flexible Hours, Pension & Growth

Ambition; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Agile and flexible working

Life assurance

Benefits portal with cashback

Learning and development support

Career coaching and social events

Job summary

Ambition is seeking an Audit Senior to join its growing accountancy and business advisory team in the UK. You will own and deliver high-quality audit work across a varied client portfolio, at client premises, and lead junior colleagues to develop their careers.

You will hold or be progressing ACCA/ACA qualifications, bring external audit experience, and demonstrate strong attention to detail and professional judgement in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• ACCA or ACA final qualification or working towards it.
• Proven external audit experience in a practice environment.
• Comfortable managing workload and attending client premises on-site.
• Strong attention to detail when preparing and reviewing audit files and financial statements.
• Collaborative working style with the ability to build relationships across levels.
• Ability to escalate risk and key findings appropriately to seniors.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out audit fieldwork, including substantive and analytical procedures on-site at client premises.
• Managing planning and completion of audit assignments from initiation to sign-off.
• Ensuring audit files are documented to required standards.
• Preparing statutory financial statements from client data.
• Identifying high-level risk areas and key matters for Partners/Managers.
• Planning execution and finalisation of audit engagements for review.
• Coaching and motivating junior colleagues as they develop their careers.

Skills

External audit experience

On-site client work

Attention to detail

Collaborative working style

Professional judgement

Education

ACCA/ACA qualification (final or in progress)

Job description

Ambition is seeking an Audit Senior to join its growing accountancy and business advisory team in the UK. You will own and deliver high-quality audit work across a varied client portfolio, at client premises, and lead junior colleagues to develop their careers.

You will hold or be progressing ACCA/ACA qualifications, bring external audit experience, and demonstrate strong attention to detail and professional judgement in a collaborative environment.