Audit Senior In Leeds

A secure business Accountancy Practice with a long serving staff experience have a very rare opening within their accountancy team. Due to internal promotion they need an experienced and career driven tax assistant to join their friendly and warm team if your aim is to join good practice and excellent prospects for career advancement then you are in the right place.

Job Spec:
*Full responsibility for all aspects of planning including budgeting resourcing, coordinating manager and partnerr
*Perform an assessment of the systems and controls and identify risks as a result of this review.
*Perform preliminary analytical review and highlight risk areas for further audit investigation. Consider expected trends and ensure analytical review addresses this. Communicate expected trends and relevant ratios that should be included in this review to other seniors and assistants.
*In light of the above produce a costed work programme for the assignment tailored to the risks associated with the client.
*Draft the budget and assign audit areas to team members (where applicable) so as to manage the audit risks and develop the team members.
*Produce the Client Audit Plan to detail the above strategy to the client. Be involved in the delivery of the CAP to the client.
*Where applicable, prepare draft statutory financial statements based on the information provided by the client.
*Organise, prepare agenda for and chair team meeting and communicate the strategy to the other members of the team. This is to include all team members not just audit.
*Ensure team member's objectives have been set.
*Ensure all Manager and Partner review points noted and cleared.
*Controlling the Assignment
*Where appropriate, allocates work to team members based on skill and knowledge of team members, ensuring meet development objectives: in particular assigning more responsibility to more junior staff.
*Completes the complex areas of the assignment.
*Provides on the job training to assistants and seniors.
*Reviews the work of assistants and provide informal feedback throughout the fieldwork stage. Encourages other seniors to provide feedback to assistants.
*Ensures work of assistants has been reviewed and any issues highlighted and resolved before manager review (to allow manager to concentrate on key risk areas).
*Act as a point of contact for both manager and client, ensuring both are kept fully informed of any issues arising and the progress of the audit.
*Review actual to budgeted time and inform manager of any issues immediately.
*Build strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly.
*Communicate with other departments (e.g. tax) and pass on all relevant information.
*Be aware of developments concerning client's affairs and any opportunities to provide additional services.

Person:
*Demonstrates and applies advanced technical, commercial and industry knowledge to the role, identifying issues and solutions.
*Actively seeks to enhance expertise and knowledge.
*Pro-actively identifies client need and keeps them informed of project status as appropriate.
*Develops and maintains relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels.
*Begins to develop a network of client contacts.
*Takes ownership of projects, effectively delegates to others within the team and takes responsibility for quality control.
*Acts as a role model for the team and values others expertise.
*Provides assistance, shares experiences, provides meaningful feedback and proactively supports the development of others.
*Demonstrates commitment to self development.
*Participates in meetings, providing information and ideas with clarity and persuasiveness.
*ACA or ACCA qualified or part qualified.