The role
will predominantly include audit and assurance work, with occasional statutory accounts preparation, as well as corporate and personal taxation. Our clients are based in a variety of industries, including the not-for-profit sector. This provides a varied role and gives you a wide range of experience. You will take responsibility for completing tasks accurately and meeting deadlines, in order to ensure the work is delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Your main responsibilities will include:
1. Audit Planning: Identifying audit risks, setting materiality, and designing appropriate tests.
2. Audit Fieldwork: Guiding and developing a team, taking ownership of decisions and conclusions through professional judgment, along with ensuring audit files have appropriate and sufficient documentation in a clear and concise manner. Delivering a positive client experience.
3. File Completion: Concluding on key audit findings for the director's review.
4. Client Relationships: Developing strong relationships to deliver effective audits and accounts.
5. Communication: Maintaining regular and effective communication with managers and the team throughout the audit process.
6. Budgetary Control: Managing budgets proactively and keeping the manager informed.
In addition to the above, you will also be required to:
7. Prepare Limited company accounts for a variety of clients to be reviewed by Managers/Directors
8. Preparation of Corporation Tax computations for review
9. Preparation of personal tax returns
About you:
10. You will be part-qualified ACA / ACCA with a minimum of 2 years' audit experience within a practice environment.
11. Previous experience of planning and completing audits.
12. Self-driven, results-orientated and with a positive outlook. As well as a desire to learn and develop yourself, you will be interested in supporting our trainees with their training and development.
13. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to take accurate and well-structured notes.
14. Strong IT skills, ideally with a working knowledge of Sage, QuickBooks, Xero, and CCH but must also be competent in both Word and Excel.
Additional Preferences:
15. Driving Licence: Ability to travel to client premises.
We will offer you:
The opportunity to join a strong, dynamic, professional business in Banbury.
A company that takes pride in putting its staff first and in turn providing client excellence. In addition to this, you will receive:
16. A competitive salary with 6 monthly salary reviews if under a training contract
17. Training support for the completion of your professional qualification at the Reed Business School to include paid time for study and exams
18. 25 days annual holiday (after completion of studies) in addition to 8 Bank Holidays (20 plus 8 Bank Holidays if under a training contract)
19. Salary sacrifice pension scheme
20. Private medical currently with Vitality
21. Birthday day off
22. WeCare from Canada Life - Health and Wellbeing Support
23. SmartHealth from AIG - 24/7 online GP/health and wellbeing expert access
24. Flexitime
25. Cycle to Work scheme
26. Electric vehicle scheme
27. Death in Service
28. Regular staff social events and the opportunity to support charity events
29. Free parking onsite
30. Internal career progression - some of our current directors joined us as trainees
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
31. Corporate Governance
32. Credit Control
33. Part-Qualified Accountant
34. Payroll
35. Public Practice Accounting
36. Public Services Accounting
37. Senior Finance – Qualified
38. Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
39. Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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