Audit Executive

Associate Director - Audit, Accounts & Tax

If you're a qualified auditor ready for a role that genuinely invests in your growth and recognises your contribution, this could be the move you've been looking for.

Our client is a well-established and highly regarded UK accountancy firm with a strong regional presence and international reach. Based in Preston, this Audit Senior position offers you the chance to manage a varied client portfolio, mentor junior colleagues, and act as a trusted adviser to businesses across a wide range of sectors.

This is a role where technical excellence matters just as much as building relationships and delivering real commercial insight.

If you're a qualified auditor ready for a role that genuinely invests in your growth and recognises your contribution, this could be the move you've been looking for. Our client is a well-established and highly regarded UK accountancy firm with a strong regional presence and international reach. Based in Preston, this Audit Senior position offers you the chance to manage a varied client portfolio, mentor junior colleagues, and act as a trusted adviser to businesses across a wide range of sectors.

This is a role where technical excellence matters just as much as building relationships and delivering real commercial insight.

• Managing a varied portfolio of audit clients across multiple industries, ensuring work is completed on time and in line with regulatory requirements, with direct reporting to Managers, Directors and Partners
• Serving as the primary point of contact for clients, organising assignments, agreeing timescales and coordinating scheduling effectively
• Producing planning memoranda, identifying key risk areas and determining the most efficient approach to gathering audit evidence
• Supervising and reviewing the work of junior and semi-senior team members, ensuring files are complete and review points resolved before escalation
• Liaising with relevant internal departments to ensure compliance work is appropriately planned and coordinated
• Collating and summarising project data into clear, review-ready formats, including first-draft reports and projections
• Monitoring and managing filing deadlines, including corporation tax and Companies House submissions
• Undertaking on-site client visits, building strong professional relationships and providing trusted advisory support

• ACA or ACCA qualified, with solid practice experience
• Strong, current technical knowledge of accounting standards and recent developments
• Confident working with Microsoft Excel, Word and Sage
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage clearly with a range of clients and stakeholders
• Well organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload across competing deadlines
• A client-focused and commercially aware approach to your work

• Experience supervising junior members of staff (six to twelve months or more)
• Working knowledge of tax computation preparation
• Familiarity with Case Ware

Our client puts its people first and fosters a culture where your development, wellbeing and ambitions are taken seriously. Here's what's included:

• Hybrid working with core hours of 10am to 2pm and two home working days per week, giving you genuine flexibility
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to five additional days
• Competitive salary
  , negotiable depending on your experience
• Employee recognition schemes
  , including an Outstanding Performance Award Bonus
• Structured succession planning and a supportive management framework designed to help you progress
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free, confidential 24/7 support, unlimited counselling sessions, and virtual GP access for you and your family