Senior/Supervisor – National Accounting and Audit Technical Team

We are recruiting a qualified Audit Senior/Supervisor to join our technical audit/assurance team.

The role is to join the small Audit and Accounting technical team to assist in delivering a growing workload. This role will be ideal for a newly or recent qualified accountant looking to develop their technical knowledge in the profession. The work is diverse covering dealing with technical accounting queries arising in both UK GAAP and IFRS, dealing with questions on compliance with requirements of legislation and assisting in ongoing review and development of our audit methodology and guidance. The role will involve keeping up to date on developments in all of these sectors and helping prepare materials to inform internal staff and clients of developments and the potential impact of such changes. Presentation of internal training courses may be required.

This role covers a broad range of technical areas and existing experience in all areas is not expected. The individual must have a strong desire to develop their knowledge in these areas through reading and other research.

The role requirements

• ACA/ACCA/CA qualification essential.
• Significant auditing and accounting experience (ideally both UK GAAP and IFRS).
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Interest in accounting and auditing standards and strong analysis skills.
• A desire to develop and deepen technical understanding in many areas through direct reading of standards and other professional analysis.
• Display energy and enthusiasm and a focus on achieving results.
• A keenness to further your own personal development and career goals.

Your people responsibilities

• Demonstrating personal commitment to work and team success; showing positive attitude and enthusiasm for work and taking initiative to improve process/situations when appropriate.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues at all levels within the firm.
• Consistently treating colleagues with fairness and respect, helping to provide opportunities for everyone to contribute and succeed.
• Providing and being receptive to regular and constructive feedback that improves self and others. Continually developing skills and knowledge.
• Influencing, changing and shaping the direction of a particular activity, either internally and/or externally.
• Drafting and presenting training sessions on current developments.
• Participating in service line, office and firm wide activities.

Your direct responsibilities

• Researching and drafting responses for technical queries on auditing and accounting queries.
• Reading and analysing auditing standards and drafting documents to effectively ensure these requirements are bought into our auditing methodology and guidance.
• Demonstrating excellent writing, research and presentation skills (proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Word).
• Drafting technical updates for internal and external presentation.
• Acting at all times with the Firm’s best interests in mind. Acts with integrity in all dealings.
• Demonstrating an understanding of the different types of risk, understanding the Firm’s approach and policies for managing risk in relevant business and applicable legal and regulatory rules and following policies.
• Considering and managing risk (reputational, operational and credit) in interactions within the firm.
• Showing a sense of urgency and understanding of how their work (including speed, attention to detail, and quality) impacts the Firm’s ability to serve clients.
• Producing work for the Audit and Accounting Technical Team to review, clearly highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to issues identified.

Qualities we are looking for

• Ability to execute work efficiently, delivering excellent service and assisting in maintaining the firms reputation for technical excellence.
• Adhere to the firm’s risk management policies at all times.
• Deliver work to the highest quality.
• Solid basic understanding and application of UK GAAP and IFRS accounting fundamentals and applications; proficient in basic technical techniques (valuations, modelling, spreadsheets). A strong desire to develop and deepen this knowledge.
• Ability to provide fast and intuitive analysis: correctly interpreting data, including financial stateents and source documents.
• A good understanding of the audit process with particular consideration of the requirements of the ISAs and how these requirements are addressed within audit methodology.
• The ability to manage a diverse mixture projects, including liaison with other departments.