Audit Senior

The Opportunity 

We have an opportunity for a driven and ambitious Audit Senior to join our friendly Birmingham office. Working for us, you will have a broad scope in your role to give you maximum experience and exposure and you'll work for a variety of clients and sectors. As an Audit Senior, you will display a flexible, professional approach and have the confidence and ability to establish credibility with clients.

The Offering

Over the last few years, we have won multiple industry awards such as National Firm of the Year, Tax Team of the Year, Graduate and Non-Graduate programme of the Year, Best Advisory Services and most recently the gold standard accreditation by Investors in People.

• Genuine Work Life balance
• Accredited Investor in People
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential
• 33 days holiday Inc. bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days (28 days on a training contract, with the opportunity to buy 5 days)
• Very competitive salary
• Employee Recognition awards and bonuses
• Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral
• Paid CSR time
• Car lease scheme
• And more!

Main Responsibilities:

• To prepare assignments to strict deadlines (accounts, tax, briefing notes), reporting either directly to director/partner or on more complex assignments to senior manager.
• To liaise with the director/partner or manager to organise assignments (book with clients and organise staff).To use allocated staff and provide appropriate supervision.
• To liaise in particular with relevant departments to make sure compliance work is planned at the right time.
• Collate project raw data and summarise into suitable format for review (e.g. first draft projections/reports).
• Highlight issues which the manager/partner needs to discuss with the client.
• Ensure compliance deadlines are met and liaise with tax staff to ensure work is appropriately planned.
• Ensure jobs are adequately resourced giving due regard to staff continuity where possible.
• Review work in progress and fee budgets on monthly basis, reporting variances from billing target to manager/partner.
• Arrange pre-completion meetings with managers/directors/partners and completion meetings with clients on timely basis.
• Manage own fee targets, prepare own budgets and bills for manager/partner approval.
• Plan own and others time to maximum efficiency.
• Give clear, unambiguous instructions to staff on assignments ensuring they are suitably trained and supervised.
• Provide staff with feedback at the end of the assignments using the Firm's IPD framework documentation.
• Identify when staff members may need support, provide support and refer issues where appropriate to relevant line manager.
• To manage personal time and working practices to maximize profitability and protect the good reputation of the firm.
• To maintain the highest standards of personal organisation, setting an example to more junior members of staff.
• Consistently achieve good feedback from clients and staff by delivering a high standard of client service both internally and externally.

Qualifications and Skills

• Studying ACA or ACCA
• 2-4 years Auditing experience
• Excellent audit analysis skills
• Up to date technical knowledge of Auditing and Financial Reporting Standards
• Competent planning and completion skills
• Computer experience - Excel, Word and ideally CaseWare (accounts and audit)
• Previous experience of supervising/mentoring junior members of staff
• Good up-to-date technical knowledge including recent developments in accounting standards
• Familiarity with IFRS, ISA, US GAAP & GAAS would be an asset, but not required
• Communication - oral and written, ability to deal with variety of people in different environments
• Organised - ability to deal with a variety of tasks
• Client focused and commercially aware
• Team building skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Positive and committed to MHA in dealings with staff and clients

It's an exciting time to join the firm so take your next career step with us.

Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process.

Req ID: 1214