Audit & Accounts Senior

Audit & Accounts Senior
£40,000 – £45,000
Kettering
Full Time, Permanent
Ref: 712286

An opportunity has arisen for an Audit & Accounts Senior to join a successful practice at its Kettering office.  This is a firm that focusses upon its employees through social events, and flexible, hybrid working patterns, striving to make time spent in the office rewarding and enjoyable.

This firm will offer the successful candidate a competitive salary and benefits package, a supportive working environment and the opportunity for career progression.

This is a well-established and successful firm has a range of clients including owner-managed businesses, rural businesses and individuals, through to multinational organisations.

The key focus of this role will be to carry out audit and accounts work to a high standard and fulfil client expectations and outcomes.

As Audit & Accounts Senior, your responsibilities will include:

• Complete and supervise audit assignments at a client site or remotely
• Review and prepare client accounts, tax or VAT-based work from information provided
• Assist with higher-level, technical client audit, accounts, and taxation compliance work for corporate clients
• Manage and deliver ad hoc projects and assignments
• Identify points for Partner to raise with clients and to raise potential areas for additional services including added value services and advice
• Finalise paperwork for dispatch to clients and HMRC in a timely manner
• Proactively liaise with clients to obtain relevant information for their accounts
• Monitor own job quality and quantity in line with agreed budgets, and record your own chargeable time
• Support trainees by providing on-the-job coaching and supervision and review of trainee assignments, and being involved in their training and development
• Review and depending on the size of the assignment prepare client tax returns based on information supplied by the client, advise on tax payable and payment dates
• Assisting clients with accounts software and other queries as required
• Involvement in client seminars, networking and business generation under the guidance of more senior team members
• Working proactively with other team members, managers and partners for satisfactory outcomes
• Assisting with other duties as necessary

The requirements for this Audit & Accounts Senior role are as follows:

• Be ACA or ACCA qualified with significant audit and accounts experience gained within practice
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be self-motivated and demonstrate strong logical and analytical skills
• Flexible and organised in managing time to deadlines
• Experience and willingness to supervise and mentor junior team members
• Strong IT skills with a sound knowledge of audit and accounts software

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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.

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