Accounts & Audit Senior

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT SENIOR

EASTBOURNE

SALARY DOE

Our well-established client is currently recruiting an Accounts & Audit Senior to join their Accounts and Audit team, based at their Eastbourne office.

Description

As an Accounts and Audit Senior at our Eastbourne office, you will work as part of the Accounts and Audit team assisting on client accounting, tax compliance tasks and auditing tasks. The job role is likely to be 75% audit and 25% accounts work.

The candidate must be ACA or ACCA qualified or at minimum be within 12 months of being ACA or ACCA qualified or AAT qualified with appropriate experience. The candidate must have a minimum of 3 years practice experience.

Responsibilities;

As an Accounts and Audit Senior your main responsibilities will include:

• Assist managers on accounts preparation, tax and auditing
• You will work closely with a manager or partner who will guide you on how to approach each task
• You will attend in-house technical training as required to assist in your role
• Maintain a professional working relationship with both clients and colleagues

Skills required;

As an Accounts and Audit Senior your skills, qualifications and knowledge will include:

• ACA qualified or AAT qualified with appropriate experience
• The ability to manage own workload and prioritise to meet deadlines
• Experience in preparing FRS 105, FRS 102 1a and FRS 102 accounts
• Experience in assisting with the planning of audits if not a whole audit file
• Specialisms in Charity audits and/or Solicitor Accounts Rules would be a bonus
• Awareness of changes in current accounts and audit legislation
• Problem solver with investigative nature
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and with others
• Good IT skills (although training provided)

Learning and Development is an integral part of the firm. We aim to provide the best support to our people to ensure that their development and knowledge is at the best level possible through professional qualifications, in-house training and self-development.