Audit Senior​/Assistant Manager

Audit Senior/Assistant Manager - Milton Keynes

Be part of an award nominated Audit team offering great experience, development opportunities and work-life balance in a top 50 Accountancy firm.

Responsibilities

• Audit senior / supervisor reporting to audit managers and supervising more junior members of the audit team.
• This is a split role working on 80% audits and 20% accounts.
• Planning, supervising and carrying out audits with turnovers up to £250 million, including specialist audits (e.g., FSA, pensions, solicitors, charities and schools). Complete jobs with minimal supervision, to deadlines and within budget.
• Supervision and assisting junior staff with technical accounting and auditing problems.
• Preparation of draft corporation tax computations.
• Preparation of draft statutory accounts and consolidated accounts under FRS
  102 from clients’ draft figures.
• Drafting recommendations to management following audit fieldwork completion.
• Preparing responses for group reporting for clients where we are the component auditor.
• Larger accounts preparation for audit-exempt limited companies, partnerships, LLPs.
• Use of computer packages including Proaudit, CCH Accounts Production (AP), Sage, Quick Books, Xero, Alphatax and Microsoft Office would be desirable. Laptop is provided.

Qualifications/education required

• Ideally ACA or ACCA qualified (degree not essential) or with Advanced Level or equivalent to sit.

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.
• Ability to prepare completed audit files for a large variety of clients to a high standard with minimal guidance from manager, good communication with clients and staff, and ability to cope with both pure audits and non-standard records while meeting deadlines and budgets.

Values and behaviours

• Our Values and behaviours are based on values we really want to attract and retain individuals who share: 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. 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.
• We strive to be the best, innovate and always do exceptional work. That’s who we are and what our clients deserve.

DEI statement

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

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Audit Senior/Assistant Manager - Milton Keynes

Experience:

ACA or ACCA qualified (degree not essential) or with Advanced Level or equivalent to sit.