Senior - Audit in Sutton

Affinia is a UK Top 35 Accounting firm, where we support our clients with everything from day-to-day Accounting, Audit and Tax planning to strategic business advice, compliance and specialist services such as Cloud Accounting, Payroll and Mergers & Acquisitions across a wide range of sectors. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

We focus on building authentic connections, collaboration and growth, both with our clients and colleagues, bringing together financial experts from across London, East Anglia & Southeast England. We have more than 600 professionals across our 15+ offices and advise businesses, public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across seven principal practice groups: Accountancy, Tax Compliance and Advisory, Audit Services, Corporate Finance, Digital Solutions, Payroll and Financial Planning.

We have invested continuously in technology and gained in-depth knowledge across a broad range of markets, growing through acquisitions and organic growth. We offer an exceptional service to our clients, with access to our sector experts to develop the strategy that will help them reach their goals. We keep a finger on the industry pulse, so our clients receive the best short, medium, and long-term advice.

Purpose Of The Role

As an Audit Senior you will be contributing regularly, supporting your assistant managers and managers with their portfolios, and contributing more to meetings with clients. You will start to mentor those junior to you and monitor their work to ensure quality outputs. Using your knowledge and experience, you will have a more initiative-taking mindset when it comes to collaborating with your team and your clients, e.g. recognising and flagging where efficiencies can be created or process improvements can be made. You will have more client exposure more frequently, to model best-in-class client service principles. In this role, the emphasis is less on learning and more on ownership, contributing, and starting to manage.

If you are on the path to being fully qualified, then during this role you will likely finalise your studies. Affinia can provide ongoing training to develop your ‘soft’ skills, such as how to be a mentor to others, provide constructive feedback, and an introduction to line management. We provide access to Tolley’s, Mercia and Croner-I for CPD, and LinkedIn Learning for everyone. Working with your line manager you will craft a development plan that is bespoke to you and your goals.

Accountabilities

• Finalise professional studies and exams, achieving qualified status (if not already).
• Start to mentor those junior to you, monitoring their work for quality, providing guidance and feedback.
• Continue to support assistant managers and managers and others senior to you in the creation and quality of work, identifying strategic insights and ways to create efficiencies.
• Lead meetings with clients, ensuring we are managing and meeting their expectations.
• Apply risk management techniques during audit planning and fieldwork, in line with compliance.
• Learn how to manage audit assignments and team resources.
• Complete WIP and timesheets accurately and on time, as per company policy.
• Function as an ambassador for Affinia, internally and externally.

Skills/Qualifications

Key characteristics include strong diligence, problem solving and communication skills, a professional approach to clients and colleagues and a firm commitment to providing top quality client services.

You Will Have Experience In

• Recent experience in Audit and Assurance within an accountancy practice.
• Qualified or almost qualified status (we will provide access to the required professional training including exams if relevant).
• Interested in collaborating with people, able to build relationships and networks.
• Experience of leading external audit assignments from planning to completion stages under International Standards on Auditing.
• Experience of preparing accounts in accordance with UK GAAP.
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Effective communication skills with senior staff and clients.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office suite – Intermediate/Advanced user of Word and Excel.
• Sound knowledge of key risks applicable to specific audits and aware of own limitations and when to ask for assistance.
• Excellent organisational and time management.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:

• Professional study support / membership support.
• Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies.
• Agile/Hybrid Working Policy.
• Dress for your Diary Policy.

Affinia is a flexible business which has embraced a hybrid working model where our colleagues enjoy a mix of home and office working. We welcome applications from people looking for flexible, agile, and part‑time roles and we are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.

Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion, or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or sexual orientation. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.