Join a leading UK accountancy and advisory firm as an Audit Senior, where you will take ownership of complex audit engagements and play a key role in delivering high-quality client service. This is an opportunity to accelerate your career within a supportive, growth-focused environment offering clear progression, diverse client exposure, and increasing leadership responsibility
Our client is a well established and highly regarded professional services firm, known for delivering high quality audit and advisory services to a diverse portfolio of growing and established businesses. The organisation offers a collaborative, people-focused environment with a strong emphasis on professional development, technical excellence, and long-term career progression.
Description
- Lead the planning, execution, and completion of audit engagements, ensuring delivery aligns with UK auditing and accounting standards
- Take ownership of key audit areas, producing high-quality, well-documented work and preparing statutory financial statements
- Work closely with a diverse client portfolio, building strong relationships and acting as a trusted point of contact throughout the audit life cycle
- Identify and assess audit risks, applying sound technical judgement to complex areas including group reporting, acquisitions, and non-routine transactions
- Review the work of junior team members, providing clear, constructive feedback and supporting their ongoing development
- Play an active role in mentoring and coaching junior staff, contributing to a high-performing and collaborative team environment
- Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining quality and efficiency
- Contribute to audit planning and completion meetings, ensuring key risks and findings are clearly communicated to stakeholders
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve audit quality, efficiency, and client service delivery
- Collaborate with colleagues across wider service lines to deliver a cohesive and value-added client experience
Profile
A successful Audit Senior should have:
- A professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
- Strong experience in auditing within the professional services sector.
- Excellent knowledge of accounting principles, standards, and regulations.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines effectively.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with clients and team members.
- A proactive attitude towards problem-solving and process improvement.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary package (£36,000-£42,000) combined with a highly flexible hybrid working model, enabling senior professionals to balance delivery excellence with personal priorities
- Defined career progression within a professional services environment, supported by a strong commitment to continuous development and long‑term career growth
- Comprehensive and market‑leading well‑being offering, including 24 hour GP access, Employee Assistance Programme, and a broad suite of optional medical and preventative health benefits, reinforced by the Thrive 365 strategy
- Robust financial and lifestyle benefits framework, incorporating life assurance, estate planning support, critical illness options, and a flexible range of lifestyle benefits including holiday trading and salary sacrifice schemes
- Progressive, people‑centred culture, underpinned by enhanced family support provisions and a collaborative environment that promotes high performance and professional fulfilment
