Audit Semi-Senior / Senior

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About the Audit Semi-Senior / Senior role

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We're business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we've honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Audit Senior or Audit Semi-Senior to join our team in the Letchworth office!

Working as an Audit Semi-Senior / Senior you will maintain a high level of audit knowledge and awareness of emerging issues whilst leading audit assignments from planning through to completion, delivering high-quality audits. You will oversee audit fieldwork, identify key risks, assess controls and provide practical recommendations.

We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 2 years audit experience within a practice environment and who are either AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA part qualified.

Key responsibilities of an Audit Semi-Senior / Senior will include:

• Maintaining a high level of audit knowledge and awareness of emerging issues
• Leading the planning, fieldwork and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment
• Carrying out audit fieldwork according to the audit plan and firm's audit procedures
• Investigate and determine causes and irregularities
• Investigate and assess controls and systems
• Identifying key audit risks and appropriate mitigation strategies
• Provide recommendations for improvements to client's systems and internal controls
• Commercially aware of productivity, recoverability, fee income and client service
• Supervising and training junior members of the team
• Preparation of financial statements from trial balance

About you

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA part qualified
• At least 2 years audit experience within a practice environment
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and understand the importance of meeting client

expectations

• Ability to proactively communicate at all levels, both in writing and verbally
• Has a good working understanding of auditing standards/accounting principles
• Has a good knowledge of financial reporting requirements including FRS 102
• Experience of working with audit and accounts production software
• Excellent IT skills are essential - good knowledge of Excel
• Enjoys working with a wide variety of client groups and sectors
• Takes ownership of responsibilities and acknowledges limitations

Full benefits available for the Audit Semi-Senior / Senior

• Pension scheme
• Group life assurance - 4x salary
• 22 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing after 5 years' service by one day per year (up to a maximum of 25 days)
• Salary sacrifice PMI scheme - eligibility to enter following successful completion of probationary period
• Additional holiday - your birthday off and religious holiday exchange option
• Christmas shut down (included as part of holiday allowance)
• Flexible hours & hybrid working between office and home
• Volunteering opportunities - 7.5 hours to use each year to support local charities or community
• Social functions and events
• Regular training and development & career prosperity programme
• Access to our employee benefits portal - GP and prescription services, cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases
• Employee assistance programme
• Annual flu immunisation and health check
• Free eye check
• Family friendly polices
• Employee referral bonus - we're always looking for talented individuals to join our team
• Incentive payments for introducing new clients and new colleagues
• Lottery & lottery bonus ball - via salary sacrifice

About us

TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We're an ambitious group of people with the same aim - to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing - we're supporting more and more of the UK's ambitious business owners, SME's and large Corporations and it's a real team effort. We're helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses.

We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.