Senior - Top 20 Practice

Senior - Top 20 Practice

Location: London , South East Salary: From 38,000 to 42,000 per annum Date posted: 03/04/2012 12:12 Job type:Permanent Company: House Contact: Michelle Steward Ref: Totaljobs/H - ASCITY Job ID: 53273978

Our client is an innovative and expanding top 20 firm of chartered accountants, who have a rare opening for a newly qualified Audit Senior to join their City office.

Main duties will include and not be limited to:-

Audit

Produce a detailed audit planning memorandum, including details of any potential difficulties that may have been encountered during previous audits and ensure correct tests are applied to produce sufficient audit evidence, discuss with partner/managerAllocate sections to junior staff and brief on what is expected of t hemAnswer queries from juniors throughout the auditComplete audits in accordance with the firms audit procedures, with assistance from more Senior members of staffMonitor the progress of jobs, ensure that budgets are met, address any problems that are encountered to ensure that the audit is finished within budget and timeframeCheck and supervise the work of more junior staff both onsite and in office and complete any sections as necessaryEnsure all hours worked on any client are recorded correctly, enabling a true reflection of the profitability of the job to be shownComplete analysis of items for taxSign off audit sections, address any problems and/or queries and complete the file before passing it on to the manager/partner for reviewUndertake all completion tasks including: filling in required forms, commentary on accounts, summary of outstanding points, final analytical review, clear all review points, make necessary amaendmentsDraft client letters on occasion

Accounts< /p>Check the work completed, produce review points for junior staff, monitor clearance of queries to ensure it is presentational and technically correctCalculate more complex areas for sets of accounts completed by junior members of staff (where appropriate)Prepare accounts from records and produce set of financial statementsProduce a short summary on the contents of the accounts before passing to the principal/managerSupervision and staff developmentProvide technical advice and guidance to more junior staff and give detailed help and training as required, to ensure skills are improved to enhance future effectivenessMonitor the performance of staff working on jobs; including giving feedback after files have been, reviewed and completing audit review form at the end of each job, noting any training and, development needs that have been identifiedComplete 6 monthly appraisals on juniors in team (where appropriate)

Desired Skills & Experience

recently ACA or ACCA, qualifie d with practice experienceSolidaudit and accounts preparation skillsCompetent planning and completion skillsComputer experience - Sage, Excel, Word and tax softwarePrevious experience of supervising junior members of staff (12 months plus experience)Good up-to-date technical knowledge including recent developments in accounting standardsCommunication - oral and written, ability to deal with variety of people in different environmentsOrganised - ability to deal with a variety of tasksClient focusedCommercially aware

Please note that house recruitment are a consultancy who will contact succesful applicants within 2 - 3 days of application.