Audit & Accounts Senior

Strata Financial; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Strata Financial in Dublin is seeking an experienced audit professional to join our SME-focused firm. You will lead audit engagements across a varied client portfolio, ensuring high-quality files and timely delivery.

The role emphasises coaching junior staff, managing deadlines, and communicating findings to senior stakeholders. You’ll work directly with leadership in a founder-led culture offering flexible start times.

Qualifications

• Essential ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualification with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience planning and completing audit assignments for a varied client portfolio.
• Strong knowledge of Irish accounting and auditing standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and complete audit files across a varied client portfolio.
• Identify, investigate and escalate audit issues to Managers and Partners as appropriate.
• Deliver audit assignments to a high professional standard while meeting deadlines and budgets.
• Support insolvency and corporate recovery engagements and related advisory work.
• Coach and supervise junior team members throughout the audit process.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with audit clients and senior stakeholders.

Skills

Audit management

Client communication

Team coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Strata Financial exists for one type of client: the SME owner who has built something real and needs an advisory partner who understands what that journey takes. Supporting owner-managed and growing businesses isn't a division of our business, it is the foundation of everything we do. Our ambition is to be the first-choice advisory partner for ambitious SMEs across Ireland. We're an Irish-owned, founder-led firm. Over the last four years, Strata Financial has experienced significant growth, becoming a Top 20 firm in 2023 and winning Employer of the Year at the Irish Accountancy Awards in 2024. Those milestones reflect the progress we've made so far, but we're just getting started. What sets us apart SME specialists - every service we provide is designed around the needs of owner-managed and growing businesses. Founder-led culture - direct access to senior leadership and faster decision-making than in larger firms. Opportunity to shape the future - contribute to how we develop our systems, client experience and culture. Flexible working hours - start any time between 8am and 10am (build your working day around what suits you best).

What You’ll Actually Do

Audit Delivery & Quality

• Prepare, review, and complete audit files across a varied client portfolio
• Identify, investigate, and escalationaudit issues to Managers and Partners as appropriate
• Deliver audit assignments to a high professional standard while meeting deadlines and compliance requirements
• Work effectively within agreed audit budgets and timelines

Accounting, Advisory & Insolvency Projects

• Assist with the preparation of exempt accounts and monthly management accounts where required
• Support insolvency and liquidation engagements, gaining exposure to business recovery, statutory compliance, and stakeholder reporting processes
• Assist with ad hoc assignments across audit, accounting corporate recovery and business advisory services
• Contribute to a diverse range of one-off projects that provide broad commercial and technical experience

Client Relationships & Advisory Support

• Build and maintain strong relationships with audit clients, becoming a trusted point of contact throughout engagements
• Communicate audit findings, risks and recommendations clearly to clients and senior stakeholders
• Support clients with a range of additional assignments, including financial analysis due diligence and company restructuring projects
• Contribute to the delivery of value-added advisory services alongside core audit work

Coaching & Team Development

• Train, mentor, supervise junior audit team members throughout the audit process
• Review work, provide constructive feedback and support ongoing professional development
• Help foster a collaborative high performing team environment

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Essential Accounting qualified (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with at least three years of post-qualification experience
• Proven experience planning, preparing and completing audit assignments for a portfolio of clients
• Strong knowledge of Irish accounting and auditing standards
• Experience managing multiple assignments and meeting client deadlines
• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience coaching, supervising or reviewing the work of junior team members

Nice to have

• Exposure to corporate restructuring projects
• Experience supporting regulated businesses

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