Audit Senior Associate
Employer Location Leeds, United Kingdom Salary Competitive Closing date 6 Feb 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Contract type Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
Job Details
Our Leeds office are looking for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Qualified Senior Associate, to join our audit team. Applicants must be either ACA or ACCA qualified and be able to display a commercially minded and organised approach to client work.
You will become a key part of a growing team, which provides a wide range of audit, advisory and accounting services to a huge range of diverse clients including but not limited to landed estates, charities, owner-managed businesses and FCA regulated entities.
Our Audit Senior Associates:
1. Project manage and drive forwards the audit and accounting process, including liaising directly with senior individuals in clients' finance teams.
2. Get actively involved in every aspect of the audit process, taking ownership of planning, fieldwork, and the completion on audit engagements, working closely with managers and partners.
3. Have the opportunity to get involved in the direction and overall running of the team. There may also be opportunities to work on ad hoc projects, department or firm wide working groups and client advisory work.
Our Audit Senior Associates are often given the opportunity to manage a small portfolio of jobs, which helps you to develop the next stage of your career progression. With exciting growth plans in the team, we have a successful framework in place where you will be supported and encouraged throughout your time with us, to allow ample opportunity for further development.
The Team
The Audit team within the Leeds offices comprises over 30 members of staff. There is a real focus on development within the team, with the aim being for our people to develop their careers long term within the firm.
Clients are varied in nature with the opportunity to work on AIM listed organisations, complex groups with overseas links, Owner Managed Businesses and charities and not for profit organisations.
The Office
Our Leeds office is home to 6 partners and over 80 staff. Our modern, purpose-built office space in Wellington Place, which recently opened in 2024, is within walking distance of the city centre with easy access to bus and national rail services.
Qualifications and Skills
4. ACA/ACCA qualified
5. Audit experience, including planning and completion
6. Excellent communication skills
7. Client focused with commerciality awareness
8. Computer experience: Excel, Word and ideally CCH accounts and audit automation
9. Good technical knowledge including recent developments in accounting and auditing standards
10. Excellent organisational skills and ability to work on multiple jobs at once
11. Ability to work in a pressured environment
12. Proactive nature and enjoys working as part of a team
13. Although not a pre-requisite, it would be beneficial if you had:
14. Driving licence and ability to travel to client premises
15. Experience of consolidated accounts
16. Experience of IFRS
Reward and Benefits
17. A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with a minimum of 2 days in the office (our core hours are 10-4).
18. Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies.
19. Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
About Us
Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK's 15th largest accountancy firm.
When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We're a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We're committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset - our people.
As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we've got access to local insight on a global scale.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.
We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.
Company
Who we are
Saffery is a partner-led and people-focused firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers. Since 1855, we’ve built long-term relationships with our diverse, high-profile clients, across varied and specialised sectors. As a proud member of Nexia, a worldwide network of trusted member firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.
We pride ourselves on our informal and inclusive culture, building an environment where people can be themselves and enjoy challenging, interesting, rewarding careers.
When you work with Saffery, the well-respected accountancy firm where heritage meets ambition, you work with people who know your name. Who know you as a human being, not just a job title. Everyone belongs here. Always.
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Company info Website Telephone 03300944149 Location 71 Queen Victoria Street
London
London
UK
EC4V 4BE
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