Audit Senior - Top 40 Firm

An award-winning Top 40 firm of Chartered Accountants are looking for an ACA/ACCA qualified Audit Senior to join their expanding team in Milton Keynes.

You will be reporting to the Audit Managers and supervising junior members of the audit team.

Duties

• This is a split role working on 20% accounts and 80% audits.
• Planning and carrying out audits with turnover up to GBP60 million, including specialist audits e.g. FSA, pensions, solicitors, charities and schools. Jobs to be completed with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget.
• Supervision of junior staff.
• Preparation of draft business tax computations.
• Preparation of draft statutory accounts and consolidated accounts under FRS102 from client's draft figures.
• Drafting recommendations to management following audit fieldwork completion.
• Dealing with group reporting for clients where we are the component auditor.
• Larger accounts preparation jobs for audit exempt limited companies, partnerships, LLPs.

Essential

• ACA or ACCA qualified (degree not essential).
• Preferably 1-2 years post-qualification experience in a practice of similar size or smaller having had audit experience throughout their career to date.
• As well as being able to prepare completed audit files for a large variety of clients to a high standard, the applicant should be a good communicator and be able to deal confidently and effectively with both clients and staff alike.
• They should be able to cope with both pure audits and with jobs where the records are not straightforward and should be able to work within deadlines and budgets.

Desirable

• Use of computer packages including Proaudit, CCH Accounts Production (AP), Sage, QuickBooks Xero, Alphatax and Microsoft office would be desirable.

Salary

• GBP40,000 - GBP45,000 (dependent on experience)
• 23 days holiday, pension, DIS
• Working hours: Monday-Friday 09.00am - 17.30pm

For more information on this vacancy, please contact Colin Priddle at Taylor Hawkes.