Audit Senior

Working Pattern: Office-based with occasional client site visits

Compensation: Strong base salary aligned to experience and qualification level (
part-qualified and qualified candidates welcome
) + performance-linked bonus

Visa Sponsorship: Skilled Worker sponsorship available for suitable candidates

Looking for more responsibility, broader exposure, and a clearer route to progression?

This is an opportunity to join a growing accountancy practice where you'll lead client engagements, work directly with senior decision-makers, and gain experience across both audit and accounts preparation - developing skills that go far beyond a traditional audit role.

Whether you're already qualified or progressing towards qualification, you'll be trusted to take ownership of client relationships, lead engagements, and develop commercially valuable experience that is often difficult to access within larger firms.

This role is particularly suited to auditors who enjoy building relationships, communicating confidently with clients, and taking ownership of engagements from start to finish.

• Strong base salary aligned to experience and qualification level
• Performance-linked bonus
• ACA/ACCA study support and paid study leave
• Clear progression pathway to Manager with increasing responsibility from day one
• Early responsibility and direct client exposure
• Broader exposure across audit, accounts preparation, and advisory assignments
• Direct access to Partners and senior decision-makers
• Flexible working hours within an office-based environment
• Skilled Worker visa sponsorship available for suitable candidates

This well-established and growing accountancy practice has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality work to a specialist client base.

What sets the business apart is the breadth of exposure available to its team. Rather than operating in a narrow audit-only environment, you'll gain hands‑on experience across audit, accounts preparation, and client advisory work, helping you develop into a more commercially rounded accountant.

The firm’s continued growth creates genuine opportunities for ambitious auditors to progress quickly, take on greater responsibility, and play a meaningful role in shaping how work is delivered.

You’ll work closely with Partners, have direct client exposure from day one, and be trusted to take ownership of engagements far earlier than would typically be possible within a larger firm.

As a Senior Auditor, you’ll take ownership of audit assignments from planning through to completion while developing trusted client relationships and supporting junior team members.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading audit engagements from planning through to completion
• Managing audit delivery and ensuring work is completed to a high technical standard
• Acting as the primary point of contact for clients throughout engagements, building trusted relationships and communicating confidently with stakeholders at all levels
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships
• Supervising, reviewing, and mentoring junior staff
• Supporting the preparation of statutory accounts
• Contributing to process improvements and best practice across the team

• 2-5 years' audit experience gained within a UK accountancy practice
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to build relationships and interact directly with clients
• Ability to explain technical matters clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• ACA/ACCA qualified, finalist, or part-qualified with a clear commitment to completing qualification
• Strong understanding of UK GAAP and ISAs (UK)
• IFRS exposure would be advantageous
• Experience preparing statutory accounts would be beneficial
• Exposure to both audit and accounts preparation is desirable but not essential

This opportunity is ideal for an Audit Senior looking for greater responsibility, broader exposure, and a more commercially focused role than many traditional firms can offer.

Success in this role requires more than strong technical audit skills. You’ll be someone who enjoys working directly with clients, building trusted relationships, and communicating confidently with colleagues and stakeholders.

You’ll thrive in a close-knit team where ideas are welcomed, and progression is based on contribution rather than hierarchy.

If you’re looking for a role that offers genuine responsibility, broad technical exposure, and a clear route to progression, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Walker Lovell for a confidential discussion.