Audit Senior
- Recruiter
- Hays Accountancy and Finance
- Location
- England, Hampshire, Southampton
- Salary
- £35000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
- Posted
- 22 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 01 Mar 2017
- Ref
- 2931111
- Contact
- David Povey
- Job Title
- Audit
- Category
- Accountancy Practice
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Audit Senior - 6 month FTC, Top 10 Chartered Practice, Southampton, £40,000
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Chartered Practice, Top 10 Audit Senior - 6 month FTC
Assurance & Business Services
Fixed Term Temporary with a view to going permanent
Purpose of role:To plan, perform and complete the audit process for each assignment.
Client Contact
- Regular discussions with the client to confirm progress, identify solutions to any hurdles and ensure reasonable expectations are met.
- Establish relationship with key contacts at the client.
- Identify and highlight any opportunities apparent from work undertaken.
Staff management
- Assist and perform training of junior staff.
- Plan, assign, monitor and review work of junior staff.
- Complete assessment forms of audit team.
- Monitor adherence to budget.
Technical
- Assist with the planning of audits and accounting assignments.
- Perform work in accordance with audit and assignment procedures.
- Ensure all areas of the work are completed with any exceptions to this being agreed with the manager.
- Prepare draft accounts/report and completion memo (including identification of control weaknesses or areas of improvement) for review by manager.
- Understand and appreciate key commercial aspects of the clients business.
Organisational
- Provide regular progress reports to the manager.
- Identify and discuss with manager issues/problems and agree and complete appropriate actions.
- Ensure deadlines met.
- Be able to work on several different assignments at one time.
Staff development
- Attendance on courses.
- Technical reading.
- Attend client meetings
Key Competencies:
- Judgement: be able to take a situation and reach a suitable conclusion based on information available.
- Planning and organising: needed throughout process to ensure deadlines met.
- Customer focus: develop relationship and gain confidence of client.
- Commercial awareness: awareness of the key business drivers and the commercial pressures affecting the client.
- Teamwork: ability to optimise the team's performance and fulfil the needs of each team member in terms of personal and professional development.
- Technical expertise: technical competency.
- Candidate Profile Education/Qualifications:
- ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent
- Demonstrable audit and accounts experience gained within a professional services firm.
- Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.
- Demonstrable experience of supervising others and delegation of work.
- Demonstrable ability to organise self and others, such that you can work on several different assignments at one time.
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