Senior Associate, Pensions Audit - London

We are Crowe U.K. LLP - one of the UK’s foremost Audit, Advisory and Tax experts. We are part of Crowe Global, offering the right combination of global reach and expertise to help our clients succeed.

Our head office, in London, is part of our eight-office network that offers national coverage. As part of Crowe Global, we work with organisations in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Our aim is to become long-term trusted advisors to the organisations and individuals with whom we work. Everything about us: our structure, our training, our people, and our personal and professional success criteria, is driven by this goal.

The Crowe Pension Funds team are looking for an enthusiastic individual with some pension scheme experience, to assist them in supporting their existing business and expanding their business in pension scheme internal audit, risk management and Master Trust assurance reporting engagements.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to be a member of a team who are committed to working with trustees and senior management to optimise pension scheme risk management and control procedures resulting in better pension scheme governance. In addition, they will be working on Independent Trustee assurance framework reporting assignments.

The individual needs to demonstrate the following:

• Understanding of internal audit methods and techniques including the development of internal audit strategies, annual audit programmes and the development of internal audit assignment scopes.
• Pension scheme experience.
• An understanding of assurance frameworks.
• An understanding of Pensions regulations including Master Trust Frameworks.
• Knowledge of the pensions industry and regulatory environment for occupational trust based pension schemes, including good practice governance arrangements.
• Experience and enthusiasm about adding value to clients.
• Work as a member of a team.

About the Crowe Pension Funds team

Crowe U.K. LLP is a leading provider of pensions audit, tax, advisory and risk services to many of the UK's leading pension schemes, many with multi-billions of assets under management.

We strive to support good trustee governance by contributing to pensions sector working parties and providing first class audit, accounting, tax and risk management services to pension schemes.

Our multi award winning Pension Funds group is one of our firm's four strategic sector groups and the pensions audit and risk team work closely with IT, forensic and tax specialists within our firm.

In our business, people come first.  We work closely together to foster excellent working relationships with our clients.  Our internal staff surveys show high levels of satisfaction and our client surveys show we are providing high levels of service and adding value.

Why work for Crowe U.K. LLP?

As one of the UK’s leading firms of chartered accountants, we are looking for exceptional people. Our ethos is to promote our friendly, approachable and professional style as business partners, building strong and long-term relationships with our clients.

We offer you an opportunity to continue your career and work for a Firm that offers stability and knowledge. In addition you can work alongside experienced professionals who put the client at the heart of everything they do.

We want to create the best environment for our staff to thrive. We recognise the importance of offering a flexible approach to our working environment and we would be happy to discuss this with you further.

At Crowe U.K. LLP, you will find the expertise, the resources and, above all, the commitment to help you build a satisfying and rewarding career. In return we can offer you continued career development, highly competitive salaries and flexible benefits. Plus an opportunity to work for a Firm that truly values its people.

Crowe U.K. LLP is committed to equal opportunity and diversity in recruitment and employment. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation and believe that diversity and inclusivity are key drivers of effectiveness and in providing our clients with a quality service.

Entry and progression within the firm is determined solely by the application of objective criteria, personal performance and merit.

Closing Date: 03 September 2021

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