Looking to work locally in the Redbridge area, since Covid and reduce your audit visits?
About the Company:
My client is a growing firm of accountants in Redbridge with 5 offices located in London, Surrey, and East Anglia. They believe in a family feel and recognize the importance of a happy workforce. As a team member, you would receive a competitive salary, benefits that increase with service, great CPD, and additional benefits including perk box.
This opportunity:
The role is 40% audit vs 60% accounts preparation, with at least 30% external audit exposure, where you will have led on audit. My client is looking for a newly or recently qualified ACA/ACCA to join the audit and accounts team based at their Head Office in Redbridge. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking for the next step post-qualification to carve out a career in a well-established and ambitious practice that is looking to grow. This is a dual role split between SME Accounts and Audit, with certain times of the year being more audit-driven.
For the right candidate, the role will offer variety and the opportunity to gain experience in many areas across the varied services offered by the practice. This role is ideal for someone looking to make their mark while attaining a work/life balance by working for a smaller firm with big ambitions within a local setting. The role is client-facing and will require very strong interpersonal and communication skills both with our team and clients.
Overview of duties:
Accounts and Corporate Tax:
- Involved in the delivery of accounts and tax compliance services to small and micro businesses.
- Reporting to client managers, the focus of the role is to assist in the delivery of timely and informative financial information to business owners.
- Helping clients meet their compliance obligations in the preparation of statutory accounts for submission to Companies House and HMRC.
- Attending client meetings with managers and Directors to see the job through to conclusion and to gain experience in running client meetings.
- Assisting in the development and training of more junior members of the team.
Audit:
- Working directly with the Audit Partners to deliver audit services to a range of clients across sectors.
- Managing audit teams and running audits onsite.
- Assisting audit partners in finding, targeting, and winning new audit clients.
- Opportunities to become involved with the delivery of valued-added services to major audit clients, including management accounts, share valuations, due diligence, and virtual FD.
The ideal Candidate:
- Ideally degree educated, possessing strong Excel, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience using the PCAS audit methodology preferred.
- Experience of Xero, SAGE, and Pro-audit are preferred.
- A friendly, outgoing person who is keen to learn and take on more responsibility as the practice grows.
- Candidates without at least 30% current external audit experience will not be responded to.
This vacancy is being managed by Richard Perrott, Director at Holden Jones Practice Recruitment.
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