Accounts & Audit Senior
Gerrards Cross, England, gb
Accounts & Audit Senior
£45,000 – £50,000
Gerrards Cross
Full Time, Permanent
Ref: 401868
A friendly firm of accountants is recruiting for a talented Accounts & Audit Senior to join its team in Gerrards Cross. This well-established firm is enjoying a period of continuing growth, providing high quality advisory and compliance services in accounts, audit and tax to a broad range of clients.
This role will offer hybrid and flexible working patterns and would suit someone who thrives under pressure in a busy environment and is looking to improve their skills and developments.
As Accounts & Audit Senior your responsibilities will include:
- Lead company audit assignments, which will include planning, fieldwork and completion using standard programmes
- Preparation and completion of company accounts in accordance with the firm’s policies and procedures
- Carry out specialist audits (eg; SAR, ATOL, pensions and charities)
- Carry out ad-hoc assignments (eg; due diligence and systems reviews)
- Preparation of corporation tax computations
- Carry out work efficiently, to budget and within deadlines
- Supervise, train and mentor more junior members of staff
- Research and analyse financial statements and audit related issues
- Maintain client confidentiality and professional relationships
- Proactively interact with client management to gather information, resolve problems and make recommendations for business and process improvements
- Manage assignments and report to audit manager or partner on progress
- Some travel to client sites may be required
Please do apply for this role is you have the following skills, experience and attributes:
- ACA or ACCA qualified or finalist
- Have significant experience in statutory audit, bookkeeping and statutory accounts preparation, gained within a multi-partner practice environment
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent management, analytical, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Strong technical knowledge
- Leadership, training, and mentoring skills
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multitask and complete assignments within budgets and deadlines
- Dedicated to superior client service
- Ability to build a quick rapport in a friendly, confident and enthusiastic way
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft office, Sage, Xero and other accounting software
- Experience and knowledge of CCH would be an advantage
- Ideally a driver with own car
- Technically up to date with current legislation
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, bonus, hybrid working, flexible working hours and benefits scheme.
This may not be your perfect role today, so and we will contact you as suitable vacancies arise.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a graduate visa.
Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.