Letchworth
Employment
Full time, Permanent
About The Audit Semi-Senior / Senior Role
We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses. We have an exciting opportunity for an Audit Senior or Audit Semi-Senior to join our team in the Letchworth office!
Working as an Audit Semi-Senior / Senior you will maintain a high level of audit knowledge and awareness of emerging issues whilst leading audit assignments from planning through to completion, delivering high-quality audits. You will oversee audit fieldwork, identify key risks, assess controls and provide practical recommendations.
We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 2 years audit experience within a practice environment and who are either AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA part qualified.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintaining a high level of audit knowledge and awareness of emerging issues
- Leading the planning, fieldwork and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment
- Carrying out audit fieldwork according to the audit plan and firm’s audit procedures
- Investigate and determine causes and irregularities
- Investigate and assess controls and systems
- Identifying key audit risks and appropriate mitigation strategies
- Provide recommendations for improvements to client’s systems and internal controls
- Commercially aware of productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service
- Supervising and training junior members of the team
- Preparation of financial statements from trial balance
Requirements
- AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA part qualified
- At least 2 years audit experience within a practice environment
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and understand the importance of meeting client
Expectations
- Ability to proactively communicate at all levels, both in writing and verbally
- Has a good working understanding of auditing standards/accounting principles
- Has a good knowledge of financial reporting requirements including FRS 102
- Experience of working with audit and accounts production software
- Excellent IT skills are essential – good knowledge of Excel
- Enjoys working with a wide variety of client groups and sectors
- Takes ownership of responsibilities and acknowledges limitations
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Group life assurance – 4x salary
- 22 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing after 5 years service by one day per year (up to a maximum of 25 days)
- Salary sacrifice PMI scheme – eligibility to enter following successful completion of probationary period
- Additional holiday – your birthday off and religious holiday exchange option
- Christmas shut down (included as part of holiday allowance)
- Flexible hours & hybrid working between office and home
- Volunteering opportunities – 7.5 hours to use each year to support local charities or community
- Social functions and events
- Regular training and development & career prosperity programme
- Access to our employee benefits portal – GP and prescription services, cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases
- Employee assistance programme
- Annual flu immunisation and health check
- Free eye check
- Family friendly polices
- Employee referral bonus – we’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team
- Incentive payments for introducing new clients and new colleagues
- Lottery & lottery bonus ball – via salary sacrifice
We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.
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