Corporate Audit Senior Associate

About Crowe
Crowe is a leading national firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services with global reach and local expertise. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks worldwide, we have access to over 40,000 professionals across 140+ countries and more than 800 offices globally.
Our vision is to be a leader in our chosen markets, creating lasting value for our clients and our people and being a trusted partner in their success.
We are dedicated to driving client success, empowering our people, embracing sustainability, delivering technological change and acting in the public interest.

Senior Associate, Audit
We seek a talented and ambitious Senior Associate (i.e. newly-qualified) to strengthen the ever-growing Corporate Audit function. This role would suit any recently qualified Auditor looking to develop their experience and career in a supportive environment as well as gain broad and holistic experience.
This opportunity will involve working on a varied client portfolio; a range of corporate, listed and owner‑managed businesses across multiple sectors.
You will be working alongside experienced Managers, Directors and Partners in a dynamic and growing team, within a supportive and approachable environment.

Your role will be challenging and varied and you will be encouraged to take on responsibilities and offered excellent opportunities to quickly develop and progress further within the firm.
You will be responsible for the delivery of client‑based assignments, ensuring the team’s audit work and reporting is of high quality. This role will include leading and coaching team members as well as managing relationships with clients.

• Act as the first point of contact for our clients on a day‑to‑day basis
• Demonstrate excellent writing, research and presentation skills (proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Word)
• Anticipate client needs and communicate effectively with clients in both written and verbal exchanges
• Act at all times with the Firm’s best interests in mind, acting with professionalism and integrity in all dealings
• Assist in the planning, execution and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment for manager or partner review, providing solutions and seeking input for areas of concern and judgement
• Demonstrate an understanding of the different types of risk and the Firm’s approach and policies for managing risk in relevant business and applicable legal and regulatory rules and following policies
• Consider and manage risk (reputational, operational and credit) in all interactions with clients
• Show a sense of urgency and an understanding of how your work (including speed, attention to detail, and quality) impacts the Firm’s ability to serve clients
• Produce work for the Manager and/or Partner review, clearly highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to issues identified
• Demonstrate business development skills and identify additional sales opportunities
• Use an application and solution‑based approach to problem solving, referring to research on delivery of solutions in that field on client assignments
• Identify areas requiring improvement in the client’s business processes and possible recommendations and prepare and deliver Audit Findings Reports to the client
• Take primary responsibility for monitoring progress against budget, and when the actual differs from the budget then gain a full understanding for the Manager
• Although the majority of your time will be spent servicing clients in the Kent region, at times there may be a requirement to support the other UK offices.

• Demonstrate personal commitment to work and team success; show positive attitude and enthusiasm for work and take initiative to improve processes or situations when appropriate
• Consistently treat colleagues with fairness and respect, helping to provide opportunities for everyone to contribute and succeed
• Provide and be receptive to regular and constructive feedback that improves self and others. Continually develop skills and knowledge
• Influence, change and shape the direction of a particular activity, either internally…