Audit Senior / Audit Supervisor

Upto £48,000| Full-time | Permanent
NEWcaSTLE | BGC2318AU

The Firm:

A large independent accountancy firm with a strong name in the local and wider market place. With a particularly high scoring employee satisfaction levels across their offices its always makes them a highly sought after employer in the accountancy profession.

The Role:

A vacancy has arisen for an Audit Senior or Audit Supervisor who can take responsibility for managing the day to day audits, highlighting any issues and concerns to the Audit Manager. You will support Audit Assistants and ensure deadlines are met within budget and the audit file is presented for review to a good standard for sign off.

• Completion of audit planning documentation.

• Arranging the timing of the audit work alongside the Audit Manager.

• Planning, scheduling, and delegating work to Audit Assistants, ensuring the most complex work is completed as soon as practical.

• Briefing, training and debriefing Audit Assistants, giving formal feedback as required.

• Liaising with client staff while on the client’s premises, building effective relationships.

• Monitoring budgeted versus actual time spent, flagging up scope issues, on-site issues and overruns to the Audit Manager on a timely basis.

• Keeping the client’s staff informed of progress and issues while maintaining confidentiality.

• Auditing the draft tax computation and tax provisions with supporting schedules and liaising with the tax staff to get these reviewed as required.

• Preparing the draft financial statements to a reasonable standard, free from quality control issues.

Experience required:

• We are seeking a qualified Auditor (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with the relevant large organisation audit experience.

• You will ideally have been trained or gained experience working in the Big 4 or a Top 50 firm.

• Comfortable leading and providing your knowledge to others.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others

• Have good organisational skills and adopt a pro-active approach in your work.

Benefits:

A diverse range of benefits and a competitive salary.

A great atmosphere and culture for your career to flourish.

Hybrid working available for this role.

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Job Application BGC-2318AU

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Audit Senior

£38-48,000 | Full-time | Permanent
NEWcaSTLE | BGC2319AU

The Firm:

A national accountancy firm with a large network of offices across the UK who have experienced great success are looking to welcome an Audit Senior to their Newcastle team. Their audit service line boasts a wealth of experience from Partner to trainee and offers a great opportunity for the ambitious individual to progress their career to Director and Partner level.

The Role:

As an Audit Senior you will be responsible for your own portfolio of clients as you support the Audit Manager to ensure client satisfaction is at the forefront, forging good client relationships you will get to work with a large variety of businesses whilst ensuring that the delivery of audit to target and budget.

You will be involved in the completion of audit fieldwork/planned substantive and analytical audit procedures, predominantly on client site, taking responsibility for the planning and completion of audit assignments, whilst ensuring audit files have appropriate and sufficient documentation.

You will prepare statutory financial statements from client data, bringing to attention any level risk areas or matters of concern to the Partner whilst using a significant degree of your own judgement.

You will also plan the execution and finalisation of the audit assignments for Partner review.

Experience Required:

We are seeking a qualified Accountant either ACA, CA, ACCA with UK based audit experience and working knowledge of IFRS/UKGAAP. You will have gained audit experience during your training and be comfortable working with a variety of industries and coaching more junior members of the team.

Benefits:

A huge array of benefits are on offer from day to day exposure to large audit clients and an experienced team of professionals who will nurture your learning. Flexible hybrid working, health and medical benefits, increased pension contributions and above standard holiday allowances with the opportunity to purchase extra days at salary sacrifice. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, to name but a few.

All applicants must have a valid right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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Private Client Tax Associate

Upto £27,000 | Full-time | Permanent
NEWcaSTLE | BGC2337TX

The Firm:

An International accounting firm with luxury modern offices in Newcastle city centre are looking for a bright, enthusiastic and business minded individual who is interested in developing a career in the field of tax. With full training, support towards qualifications and a long-term career in the profession this is an amazing opportunity for a young professional to embark upon a tax career.

Joining a large yet very friendly and supportive team of individuals who hold both strong levels of expertise and tax knowledge you will find yourself in an incredibly supportive and encouraging environment for you to thrive. The pace is fast, work is collaborative and no two days are the same. If you are good with numbers, enjoy building lasting relationships with people and would relish the chance to develop your skills in tax this might just be perfect for you.

The Role:

As a Private Client Tax Associate you will support the team to manage a diverse portfolio of clients, preparing their tax returns, and making sure everything with their tax affairs is up to date with current tax laws. The role is as much to do with building relationships with your clients as it is calculating numbers and understanding tax guidance. You will be regularly chasing information from your clients, liaising with the HMRC on their behalf and dealing with their day to day queries.

Experience Required: 

• Applicants will need to demonstrate the following:

• An interest in a career in tax

• Strong communicator, confident to develop new relationships both on teams, phone, e-mail and face to face

• The ability to use your own initiative and work effectively alone as well as part of a wider team

• Professional and self-assured in your approach

• Computer literacy and being willing to learn new skills as the move towards digital working accelerates

• Good attention to detail.

You must also hold:

• An Undergraduate degree in any discipline at 2:2 or above

• Willing to study towards a professional qualification (ATT)

• Eligible to work in the UK

Please note this role is open to those without any prior tax experience but you must satisfy the above criteria to be considered.

Benefits:

A super opportunity where no prior experience is required to embark upon a career in tax. An international accounting firm with a wide and extensive list of benefits alongside a salary at the higher end of the market and fully-funded training towards a tax qualification.

The firm offer hybrid working, although there will be a huge benefit and expectation for you to base yourself in the office whilst you are learning in order to ensure you receive the best training to support your development. With your whole career ahead of you there will be plenty of time for you to work from home, however the flexibility is provided if required.

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Audit Assistant Manager

£Competitive | Full-time | Permanent
NEWcaSTLE | BGC2343AU

The Firm:

A UK accountancy firm with a strong network of offices across the UK including Newcastle where they are looking to appoint a newly qualified Accountant into the position of Audit Assistant Manager. They work with a wide range of local clients, both businesses and charities, offering a professional service for all of their accounting needs.

Following expansion and significant growth in the local audit market they have created the opportunity for a newly qualified Auditor to join the Newcastle audit team in their first managerial position. This is an exciting chance to elevate your position as a qualified accountant where you will be responsible for planning, performing, and completing the audit process for each assignment.

The Role:

Supporting the Manager and Partnership group within the firm you will be required to establish relationships with your key client contacts, these can be tailored to your experience but will expose you to both corporate and not for profit entities. Leading on audit assignments you will spend time both on site as well as working remotely on some audits. You can also spread your time between home and office with flexibility afforded to suit your working week.  You will be expected to identify issues and agree resolutions internally ensuring your Manager / Partner is up to date on job progress. Your previous experience in audit will equip you well to be aware of commercial aspects of clients businesses and their impact, alongside the ability to identify and highlight opportunities for the wider firm to undertake further services.

Experience Required:

You will be fully ACA/ACCA qualified with UK audit experience within an accounting firm.  You must be able to demonstrate audit and accounts experience from a professional services firm and be used to liaising with clients direct. Naturally you will have good communication skills and enjoy the interaction this role brings. You must have the capacity to manage projects and deadlines wit strong organisation skills.

Benefits:

Working on local clients means you will not be required to undertake long-distance travel or overnight stays. You will have the flexibility to work your week as the role requires giving you flexibility across home and office. A strong newly qualified salary is on offer alongside professional membership fees paid, private medical insurance, life assurance, generous holidays (plus the option to purchase more) and shared parental leave.

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Tax Semi-Senior

£27-30,000 | Full-time | Permanent
NEWcaSTLE | BGC2342tx

The Firm:

A well regarded Top 50 accountancy firm with an increasing presence across the north of England are looking to strengthen their emerging local team with the appointment of a Tax Semi Senior at their offices in Newcastle city centre.

The firm work with a wide client base including UHNWIs, owner-managed businesses, celebrities, non-doms and other leading professionals.  We are looking for an individual who is ready to take on a higher level of responsibility with a more complex portfolio of clients with more technical issues.

The Role:

Working as part of a small local team in Newcastle city centre with flexibility to work across home and office you will be guided by the Tax Manager with both your training and ability to achieve your career goals.

We are looking for an individual who is able to partner with clients and develop meaningful relationships in order to become a trusted advisor. You will be responsible for the preparation of various financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations and standards.

You will be preparing personal tax returns, partnership tax returns, P11D’s and PSA’s for a variety of managers, taking ownership of all aspects of the tax return process and client advisory. You will be tasked with proactively managing budgets and time reporting, ensuring accurate and timely recording of billable hours and adherence to agreed-upon budgets and timelines.

You will be encouraged to foster strong client relationships by consistently delivering excellent client service, maintaining professionalism, and effectively communicating findings and recommendations. Continuously enhancing your technical knowledge, skills, and industry expertise through self-study, firm-provided training, and on-the-job learning opportunities.

Experience Required:

• ATT Part Qualified or equivalent

• Minimum of 12 months relevant UK work experience

• Preparation of personal tax returns

• Knowledge of current accounting standards, techniques and best practice

• Good communication and the interest to develop your client relationship management skills with a collaborative approach.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Benefits:

The firm provide you with the opportunity to work in an independent and teamwork environment basing yourself from both home and office across the week. Further study for CTA is available long with a comprehesive benefits package and salary that reflects your experience.

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Job Application BGC-2342TX

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