Banking Audit Senior

Banking Audit Senior | Top 20 Firm | London

Are you a Financial Services Auditor looking to step into the Banking sector without needing prior banking experience? Are you eager to work closely with senior leadership—including a Managing Partner—on complex, high-profile portfolios while accelerating your career development?

This Top 20 Firm boasts a premier Financial Services practice with an outstanding presence in London. Following significant investment in setting up a specialist banking division, the team continues to experience exponential growth year-on-year. Renowned for its award-winning training, supportive leadership, and genuine commitment to work-life balance, the firm provides an exceptional platform for audit professionals seeking structured succession paths and high-quality client exposure.

• Work directly alongside senior leadership, including the Managing Partner, delivering audit engagements for a fast-growing portfolio of banking clients.

• Lead detailed audit planning, identify complex client issues, and implement robust testing strategies to ensure compliance with standards.

• Supervise audit teams on-site, allocating sections to junior team members, monitoring job progress against budgets, and reviewing completed files.

• Conduct final analytical reviews and prepare summary reporting on key technical accounting matters prior to Partner sign-off.

• Provide technical advice and structured mentoring to junior staff to support their professional development and team performance.

• Be ACA or ACCA part-qualified, a finalist, or newly qualified.

• Hold 2–3 years of external audit experience specifically gained within Financial Services (prior banking audit experience is not required, providing a rare pathway into the sector).

• Demonstrate direct experience in delegating to, supervising, and reviewing the work of junior audit staff.

• Possess strong technical knowledge of accounting standards (including IFRS and UK GAAP) alongside practical experience with audit software such as Case Ware.

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.

• Employee referral scheme paying up to £4,000 per successful placement.

• Paid CSR time to support charitable and community initiatives.

• Competitive salary supplemented by employee recognition awards and performance bonuses.

• Access to a salary sacrifice car lease scheme.