Audit Senior
- Recruiter
- Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers
- Location
- Newton Of Falkland, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 25 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 28 Feb 2021
- Ref
- 1986870945
- Job role
- Audit
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Part qualified
We are looking to recruit an Audit Senior who will be responsible for controlling the day to day audit work; flag up issues and concerns to Audit Managers at an early stage; train Audit Assistants as needed; ensure deadlines and budgets are met and the Audit file is presented for review as a substantially complete file, finished to a good standard and signed off.
You will work closely with Audit Managers and Audit Assistants to ensure the audit work is handled efficiently and effectively from start to finish and is done in accordance with the Firm's Audit Policy and other relevant policies and processes. This role will be based in the Glasgow or Edinburgh office.
The Audit Senior will be responsible for (but not limited to):
Qualifications
The successful candidate will also have good organisational skills and be pro-active in their approach to their work.
You will work closely with Audit Managers and Audit Assistants to ensure the audit work is handled efficiently and effectively from start to finish and is done in accordance with the Firm's Audit Policy and other relevant policies and processes. This role will be based in the Glasgow or Edinburgh office.
The Audit Senior will be responsible for (but not limited to):
- Completing the audit planning documentation for review.
- Arranging the timing of the audit work with the Audit Manager responsible for the client.
- Planning, scheduling and delegating work to Audit Assistants and ensuring they are supported as necessary to complete their work to the standard required.
- Taking responsibility to discuss with the local audit team the incorporation of data analytics within each audit.
- Completion of the audit file and all required documentation ready for your Manager's review.
- Briefing, training and debriefing Audit Assistants, giving formal feedback as required.
- Liaising with client staff while on the client's premises, building effective relationships with client's staff.
- Monitoring budgeted versus actual time spent, flagging up scope issues, on-site issues and overruns to the Audit Manager on a timely basis.
- Keeping the client's staff informed of progress and issues while maintaining confidentiality.
- Auditing the draft tax computation and tax provisions with supporting schedules and liaising with the tax staff to get these reviewed as required.
- Preparing the draft financial statements to a reasonable standard, free from quality control issues.
Qualifications
- Qualified or Part qualified CA (or equivalent).
- Practical experience of using software systems in the preparation of audit files, financial statements and audit working papers. Full training will be given on all software packages.
The successful candidate will also have good organisational skills and be pro-active in their approach to their work.