Audit Professional

We are recruiting for a new job opportunity with an accountancy firm based in Milton Keynes, who are hiring for an Audit Senior. The firm have flexibility in the role and can hire from Semi-Senior to Manager level.

To an extent, the role can be moulded to suit the successful applicant, and salary will be dependent on experience. This firm have a strong portfolio of clients, including some larger, more complex work to expand your skill-set and offer excellent experience alongside studies. They are a sizeable firm, who still have the friendly feel and support available of an independent accountancy firm, but with the scale and size to offer good pay, strong benefits, and real career progression.

As an Audit Senior, you will manage a portfolio of audit clients across various sectors, from planning to completion. You’ll oversee fieldwork, supervise team members, and take commercial responsibility for the delivery of work—ensuring it is completed profitably, within agreed timeframes and budgets.

You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the firm’s workflow management systems are kept up to date in real time, reflecting job progress and facilitating clear reporting and resource planning. You’ll deliver audit files including accounts that are fully prepared for Audit Director review, ensuring they meet our technical and quality standards and that all documentation sent to clients is correct and up to quality standards as set by Audit Directors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver a portfolio of audit engagements across a variety of industries and entity sizes.
• Take ownership of audit assignments from planning through to completion, including fieldwork and finalisation whilst adhering to profitability and budgetary expectations as set by the Audit Directors.
• Ensure each job is delivered within agreed timeframes and budgeted hours, actively managing team workloads and deadlines.
• Deliver high-quality audit files to RI’s in a review-ready state, in line with the expectations set by the Audit Directors.
• Attend client meetings where required and act as the day-to-day contact throughout the audit process.
• Plan and monitor job budgets, ensuring all work is delivered profitably.
• Identify and manage risks of budget overruns early, taking action to resolve or escalate to Audit Directors where necessary.
• Where additional work arises outside of the scope of a standard audit expectation, liaise with Audit Director as to who should lead discussions with clients to recover overspends or agree additional fees, clearly explaining the nature of the work and reasons for the cost impact.
• Work with the Audit Directors to ensure timely billing in coordination with the wider team.
• Ensure the firm’s workflow management systems are kept updated in real time (daily), reflecting accurate progress on all live jobs under your management.
• Work closely with scheduling and operational stakeholders to maintain transparency on job status and resource needs.
• Supervise and develop audit staff where applicable, providing guidance, coaching and on-the-job training.
• Ensure that you as a Senior member of the team you are setting the example to your peers by adhering to the expectations of chargeability as determined by the Audit Directors.
• Review work completed by junior team members or counterparts where necessary, ensuring technical accuracy and completeness.

Benefits:

• On site free parking
• Competitive salary 
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working available (after probation)
• Forward thinking innovative practice
• Company pension scheme
• Study support