Audit Associate

Your new company
Your new company is an international, multi-award winning Top 20 Chartered Accountants based in London. This firm provides many different services to its clients, including audit & assurance, accounting, corporate finance and other advisory services, this firm works with companies from a variety of sectors, including financial services, renewable energy and not-for-profit, to name a few. With a well-known, large UK network, this firm works closely with local communities to support the environment and hold annual volunteering days and fundraisers for a national charity they are partnered with. This firm is very supportive of employee well-being and encourages personal and professional growth for all its employees.
This Top 20 Chartered Accountants is looking for a talented Audit Semi-Senior to join their busy team in London.

Your new role
As an Audit Semi-Senior in the busy London team, you will be working with a mixed client base, duties and responsibilities for a typical day-to-day are listed below:

• Preparing the audit and accounts planning, carrying out the field work process and completing audits of corporate clients complying with technical and professional standards
• Taking the lead throughout on-site fieldwork to ensure delivery of a high-quality product for manager review, or directly for partner review.
• Preparing the UK corporation tax returns and supporting computations of our corporate clients
• Working on ad hoc technical projects from time to time

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, this Top 20 Chartered Accountants is ideally looking for someone who is in their 2nd year of study towards an accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/equivalent). Below are some of the other key skills and attributes that this firm is looking for:

• Recent audit experience within a UK Chartered Accountants, including working with a wide range of clients - some accounts prep experience is also desirable
• Experience in audit fieldwork and testing, leading audits would be a bonus
• Good working knowledge of UK accounting and auditing standards any IFRS experience would be a bonus
• Ideally, you will have strong software skills, including the Microsoft packages and Pro-Audit.
• Strong communication skills

What you'll get in return
As well as clear lines of progression and a competitive salary within the London market, below are some other benefits that the firm has to offer:

• 35 hour working weeks, including hybrid and flexible working
• Study package, including TOIL (Time off in Lieu)
• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays), including the ability to buy more holiday
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown not counted as part of holiday entitlement
• Private medical insurance at discounted rates
• Private dental cover at discounted rates
• Subsidised corporate gym membership
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Season ticket loan
• Enhanced Paternity & Maternity

What you need to do now
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