Audit Senior/Assistant Manager - St Albans

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Be part of an award nominated Audit team offering great experience, development opportunities and work-life balance in a top 40 Accountancy firm.

Main function of job

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Audit team in our St Albans office and become a key part of a growing team, which provide a wide range of audit, advisory and accounting services to a large, diverse range of clients.

Key responsibilities

This is a split role working on 90% audits and 10% accounts preparation.

Planning, performing and completing audits with turnovers up to £350 million working closely with managers, directors and partners.

Project manage the audit process through close liaison with clients to confirm progress, identify solutions to any hurdles and ensure reasonable expectations are met.

Ensure audits are completed with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget.

Supervision, training and assisting junior staff with technical accounting and auditing problems.

Preparation of draft statutory accounts and consolidated accounts under FRS102, IFRS and FRS101 from clients' draft figures.

Drafting recommendations to management for improvements following audit fieldwork (including identification of control weaknesses or areas of improvement).

Preparing responses for group reporting for clients where we are the component auditor.

Equipment used

Use of computer packages including ProAudit, CCH Accounts Production (AP), Sage, Quick Books, Xero, Alphatax, Inflo and Microsoft office would be desirable. Laptop is provided.

Qualifications/education required

Ideally ACA or ACCA qualified (degree not essential) or sitting finals imminently.

Experience required

At least 2.5 years' experience in a practice of similar size to Mercer and Hole or larger having had audit experience throughout their career to date.

Particular aptitudes / skills required

As well as being able to prepare completed audit files for a large variety of clients to a high standard with minimal guidance from manager, the applicant should be a good communicator and be able to deal confidently and effectively with both clients and staff alike.

They should be able to cope with both pure audits and with jobs where the records are not straightforward and should be able to work within deadlines and budgets. Ideally, they will also have experience of controls-based audits.

Technically strong with a good and up to date knowledge of accounting and auditing standards with the ability to identify, research and help to resolve complex auditing and accounting issues.

They should also be able to demonstrate a passion for delivering quality and ensuring client needs are met. They need to be organised and commercially minded whilst maintaining a flexible and professional approach.

Values and behaviours

Our Values and behaviours are based on

We really want to attract and retain individuals who share our Values:

Together

The firm with the family feel. Express gratitude. Smile. Be humble and confident. Have fun.

Resilient

Change is imminent, and business is imperfect. Be open minded & agile. Assume positive intent and exercise the power of positive thinking.

Understanding

Each individual matters and will be heard and respected. Honesty, integrity, empathy and kindness are fundamental.

Supportive

We support what is important to you and show kindness in our behaviour to each other. We encourage each other to realise our potential.

Thrive!

We strive to be the best, innovate and always do exceptional work. That's who we are and what our clients deserve.

Mercer & Hole is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Our people are our most valuable asset. We bring our life experiences, knowledge, creativity, and talents together at Mercer & Hole making it a unique place to work where all can safely thrive.