Senior – Small firm ACA looking for Audit Training

BV Recruitment Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in London seeks a qualified Accounts & Audit Senior to lead audit assignments and manage statutory accounts preparation. This role offers excellent training and progression opportunities, particularly for ACA qualified professionals looking to join a supportive and growing team. The position involves a mix of responsibilities and client interaction across various sectors, promising a varied and challenging work experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience, preferably in a small/medium-sized firm.
• Must be ACA qualified or exam qualified.
• Experience with statutory accounts and corporate tax returns required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare statutory accounts for a diverse client base.
• Lead audit assignments from planning to completion.
• Supervise juniors and review their work.

Skills

Preparation of statutory accounts

Corporation tax returns

Audit assignments

Team player

Education

ACA qualified or exam qualified

Three years experience in accountancy

Tools

Caseware

Job description

Are you a fully ACA qualified or exam qualified General Practice Senior from an independent practice firm looking to upgrade to a very good quality, traditional medium size London based accountancy firm and be trained how to lead and manage audit assignments from start to finish? Are you keen to work in a very good quality firm with excellent progression and training opportunities on offer? In this newly created role due to growth, your time will be split 50% statutory accounts preparation and tax returns with 50% spent on audit & assurance assignments. Full training on audit assignments will be provided. Based in a general practice role in a good quality ACA training firm with 60 staff, you will be responsible for preparing statutory accounts for a wide range of clients, most being Limited Companies and FRS 102 accounts, drafting corporation tax computations and leading audit assignments from planning to completion. You will deal with client queries, technical research, HMRC queries and also be responsible for supervising juniors and reviewing their work. You will gain exposure to a wide range of UK and international clients, including groups, from sectors including property, legal, financial services, technology, media and entertainment, renewable energy, retail and other interesting sectors. Your role will be varied, challenging and hugely enjoyable with great progression prospects to manager grade on offer. The firm would look at a recently qualified ACA or someone who is exam qualified but not yet time qualified. They would consider someone with one or two exams remaining if they had first time passes in every exam to date. This firm has had great success with people who have trained outside of London and want to relocate to a London firm for the exposure and opportunities on offer.

To be considered for this new role (June 2025) you must have at least three years experience, probably in a small or medium size accountancy firm and be fully ACA qualified or exam qualified. First time passes are highly desirable. You must have experience of preparing statutory accounts, corporation tax returns, and ideally some experience or knowledge of audit assignments. Experience of a wide range of software packages, including Caseware would be an advantage as is a desire to work in a mixed general practice role. You must be professional, be a team player, and be looking to progress at a rapid pace. The firm welcomes applications from candidates looking to relocate to London from another UK based practice firm.

This growing accountancy firm has a great reputation for being a friendly and supportive place to work and providing their staff with challenging and varied roles. You will work in a friendly and growing team, and you can expect to work on an interesting array of high profile and growing London based clients as well as international clients. The firm is growing at a rapid rate due to many new business wins from larger accountancy firms. This is a unique opportunity for an ACA qualified or exam qualified Accounts & Audit Senior / General Practice Senior to join an entrepreneurial and forward thinking practice and play a role of great importance to the continued growth of the firm. It is also a great opportunity to progress to Manager level in a short space of time.