Audit / Accounts Senior

Recruiter
Douglas Charles Ltd
Location
Leeds, UK
Salary
35,000 - 45,000
Posted
24 Sep 2020
Closes
02 Oct 2020
Ref
1721880814
Job role
Audit
Be part of an award nominated Audit team offering great experience, development opportunities and work-life balance in a top 20 Accountancy firm.

Main function of job(Note: in addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required.

Audit senior / supervisor reporting to audit managers and partners and supervising more junior members of the audit team.

Main duties:
  • This is a split role working on audits and accounts.
  • Planning, supervising, and carrying out audits with turnover up to £80 million, including specialist audits e.g. FCA, pensions, solicitors, and charities. Jobs to be completed from planning through to completion with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget.
  • Supervision and assisting junior staff with technical accounting and auditing problems
  • Preparation of draft corporation tax computations
  • Preparation of draft statutory and consolidated accounts under FRS102, FRS105, and IFRS from clients' draft figures
  • Drafting points for partner and recommendations to management following audit fieldwork completion.
  • Larger accounts preparation jobs for audit exempt limited companies, partnerships, and LLPs

Software knowledge:
  • Proaudit, CCH Accounts Production (AP), Sage, QuickBooks, Xero, and Alphatax would be desirable. Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required.

Qualifications / education required:
  • ACA or ACCA qualified

Experience required:
  • Qualified audit senior with experience in a top 60 practice, having had both audit and accounts experience throughout their career to date.

Particular aptitudes/ skills required:

As well as being able to prepare completed audit files for a large variety of clients to a high standard with minimal guidance from manager, 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.

If you feel this role is for you then please submit your CV and one of the team will be in contact to discuss your application further.

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