Total 6 Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4DX

Your new firm
A South Manchester based Accountancy firm specialising in the support of a wide range of SME, corporate and regulated clients is seeking to recruit an Accounts Semi-Senior to join their team. With over 30 years' experience, this practice is renowned for their commitment to providing excellent accountancy and business advisory services. This role is an excellent opportunity for an Accounts professional to join a supportive and experienced team in which they can develop their skills and continue their professional experience.

Your new role
As Accounts Semi-Senior, you will be responsible for your own portfolio of client accounts. The range of clients you will be dealing with will be varied in terms of size and industry. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates seeking to manage their own portfolio. You will prepare management accounts including the preparation of budgets, VAT returns, bookkeeping and preparation of tax returns.

What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate for this role will have previous experience handling accounts for a wide range of clients and strong IT skills, ideally with experience in accounts software such as Iris, Sage, Dext or Xero. This candidate will need to be AAT qualified. You will also need a strong ability to work to tight deadlines and manage your time effectively as you will be managing an independent portfolio of clients.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be offered a competitive salary between £25,000 and £30,000 dependent on experience. You will be a part of a supportive network of colleagues and will have access to competitive firm wide benefits package including 20 days holidays plus bank holidays, life assurance, pension contributions, and study support. Other excellent benefits include hybrid working, flexible working hours and an early finish on a Friday.

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Audit Senior/Semi-Senior
Thames Valley
Dependent on experience
Permanent, Full-time

Your new company
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Top 50 practice with offices throughout the south of England. They provide accounting, audit and taxation services to a wide variety of clients. They are committed to providing a friendly, personal service to their clients, and pride themselves in the longevity of their relationships. They are currently looking to recruit an Audit seniors and semi-seniors. Within our Audit & Assurance team, this role can be based in either our Newbury, Oxford or Reading office. This is a key role, requiring a passion for audit and so we are looking for an accomplished audit professional.


Your new role
Due to continued growth, we have fantastic opportunities for hardworking Senior/Semi Senior Accountants (qualified or ACCA/ACA part qualified) with the motivation to continue to develop their career with a forward-thinking, friendly and inclusive firm of accountants and business advisers. You will have a passion for client service with a keen interest to further your own personal and professional development. You will receive excellent training and study support to conclude your professional qualification.

You will be responsible for assisting on audit assignments and receive comprehensive training to allow you to progress running complete audit assignments from planning to completion. You will work with a variety of clients in a variety of sectors and gain a broad depth of business understanding. Preparation of statutory accounts and corporation tax returns. You will be responsible for supervising juniors from time to time.


What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate will be an ACA / ACCA trainee accountant, part way through their studies or even a part qualified/ finalist trainee or fully qualified and will have at least 18 months experience within an audit team carrying out audit assignments. You will be well presented, personable and be a team player. Good experience of assisting on audit assignments is essential. Experience with a wide range of software packages, including Caseware, would be an advantage


What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Alongside a competitive salary, you will benefit from the firm's comprehensive benefits package. This includes a variety of benefits, such as pension, life assurance, buy & sell holiday, income protection and dental insurance as well as a cycle to work scheme.



What you need to do now
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Audit Manager
Permanent, Full-time
Newbury, Oxford or Reading


Our client is currently looking to recruit an Audit Manager within our Audit & Assurance team. This role can be based in either our Newbury, Oxford or Reading office.

This is a key role, requiring a passion for audit, and so we are looking for an accomplished audit professional with previous experience operating at a manager level who shares in this enthusiasm. You would make a significant contribution towards the overall future development and success of this service line as well as the firm as a whole.You would oversee the effective management of a substantial portfolio of clients; planning assignments, briefing staff on the clients' business, ensuring all work carried out is compliant with auditing standards and that client and statutory deadlines are routinely met and exceeded. You would also oversee advisory engagements as part of your developing role. Business development experience would be an advantage as the role would provide the opportunity to identify new business, research and prepare proposals, as well as take part in formal presentations to prospective clients.
Overall job purposeTo profitably manage a substantial portfolio of clients in the office, ensuring both excellent client service and making a significant contribution towards the overall future development and success of the service line and the firm.
Responsibilities

• To manage assignments in accordance with the firm's standard procedures and confirm arrangements with the client, including likely costs and billing arrangements.
• To ensure audit quality at all times. Assist with internal and external quality assurance, ensuring any actions are completed in line with the firms and professional standards.
• To brief staff on the client's business and the pre-assignment instructions, to supervise and control the completion of work, and to undertake 'on the job' training and appraisals where necessary.
• To ensure that the job is completed within budget, and to discuss all materials points arising with the assignment partner and client immediately, particularly in relation to any anticipated overruns.
• To liaise with the client throughout the year and to practise the principles of excellent client service at all times.
• To ensure that appropriate liaison takes place with all other departments, and that all potential client needs are identified and serviced accordingly.
• To develop a detailed knowledge of the firm's specialist services and to undertake special work in response to client needs where appropriate.
• To perform the firm's review and completion procedures, to attend the final meeting with the client, and to ensure that the client subsequently receives the final accounts and commercial management letter on a timely basis.
• To oversee adhoc advisory projects;
• To ensure the profitable recoverability of work in progress, and to bill clients on a timely basis.
• To maintain an advanced level of technical knowledge through appropriate reading and courses, and to fulfil the Institute's CPD requirements.
• To research and prepare proposals for new work, and to take part in formal presentations to prospective clients.
• To act as a line manager to students and/or seniors;
• To take an active involvement in prospective client seminars, and to effectively follow-up contact made.
• Attend staff meetings and training as required.
• Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as reasonably requested by the line manager, Partner or Head of Service Line.
  
  

Personal and professional qualities

Essential:

• Candidates must be ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Previous experience operating at manager level in a similar role;
• Proven experience in managing a portfolio of clients and developing strong client relationships;
• Proven wide audit experience in producing high quality audits;
• Audit experience within the SME sector would be advantageous;
• Charity experience is also desirable but not essential;
• Business development experience and interest would be a distinct advantage

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Job description

Our Maidenhead office is looking for an Audit Manager to join them on a permanent basis. The reason for this role, is to back fill promoted staff members; demonstrating the opportunities that are available for driven employees.
While we work with a range of clients within multiple industries. Increasingly we are getting involved with cross-office projects, working with our colleagues across the country.
As Audit Manager, you will manage a portfolio of clients, meeting the needs of the clients while maximising the fee income of the portfolio, by delivering audit services. You will also need to effectively manage resources and the workflow in conjunction with our management team.
We are looking for well-motivated and forward-thinking individuals. If you are excited to meet and build great relationships with new clients and companies, and want to thrive in a collaborative, social and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
About our Client
Our client takes the time to create great relationships with our clients to become not just their trusted advisers, but valued partners that face the future together.
As a Top 13 firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, we work in partnership with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and individuals to multi-national corporations. We work together to navigate an ever-changing business world and proactively identify the opportunities that tomorrow presents.
Leveraging our national network of offices, we offer a comprehensive range of financial and business strategy services to clients across the UK, enabling them to achieve profitable growth and build sustainable long-term success.
As a member of Baker Tilly International, we have a global reach that allows us to offer our insight and expertise wherever our clients need us to be. We believe this makes us a national and international partner of choice for entrepreneurs and multi-national enterprises across the world.
Our agile and responsive approach means we are always on hand to have the right conversations about with clients at the right time, allowing us to identify their goals and business needs both now, and in the future.
The Offering

• Genuine Work Life balance
• Accredited Investor in People
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential
• 33 days holiday Inc. bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days (28 days on a training contract, with the opportunity to buy 5 days)
• Very competitive salary
• Employee Recognition awards and bonuses
• Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral
• Paid CSR time
• Car lease scheme
• And more!

In 2019 alone, we won National Firm of the Year, Tax Team of the Year and Graduate and Non-Graduate programme of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards, we internationally re-branded, and we grew substantially with a few high-profile mergers. It's an exciting time to join the firm!
Main Responsibilities:
Portfolio Management

• Plan, control and review client work to ensure that the jobs are completed as efficiently and effectively as possible by allocating the resources available
• Hold pre-audit meetings with clients where appropriate, to establish the events that have had an impact on the business and any areas needing particular attention
• Prepare a time budget for each assignment.
• Review all work received as soon as possible, ensuring that any issues arising are referred back to the audit staff for completion before any outstanding issues are drawn to the attention of the Partner
• Ensure that files are complete and that audit work is sufficient to enable the Partner to form an opinion on the accounts, bearing in mind the balance between cost and benefit
• Monitor work in progress on all jobs within the portfolio, communicating any potential problems and write offs to the Partner's attention on a timely basis
• Ensure all hours worked on any client are recorded correctly, enabling a true reflection of the profitability of the job to be shown
• Prepare fee schedules and bill for Partner review and approval, explaining any extra charges also identifying and explaining any write offs or profits
• Draft all management letters, finalising of accounts, letters of engagement etc.
• Attend client meetings (where appropriate).

Team Management

• Complete 6 monthly appraisals and sign off training records for all allocated members of staff ensuring that these are completed to enable staff to be developed and in turn enhance their effectiveness.
• Complete staff review forms after the end of each job identifying any areas needing further development and giving feedback to ensure improved future performance.
• Deal with day to day staff issues which may include holidays, courses, conflicts, quality of work, motivation, monitoring chargeable and non chargeable hours
• Specific office responsibilities e.g. technical contact, specific technical area expert, office accounts, client bank accounts, IT contact, marketing committee, client care committee, maintenance of the office work planner.

Business development, advisory and ad hoc work

• Identify opportunities for additional services that the firm can provide to clients
• Identify and target new clients through networking, marketing and client referrals
• Ad-hoc project work which may include compliance or value added services
• Be proactive in involving other experts i.e. Corporate Finance, Tax, Financial Services where relevant · Promote and use marketing materials and other such resources
• Coach team members in spotting opportunities and to consider the bigger picture.

Qualifications and Skills

• Fully qualified ACA/ACCA (or equivalent)
• more than 3 years post qualification experience is preferred, gained in a practice enviroment
• Up to date in CPE and recent developments in accounting standards
• Experience of OMBs covering a range of industries with a focus across accounts, advisory and audit work
• Computer packages - Excel, Word, Outlook, Sage, Xero, QBO, Caseware, VPM and Alphatax
• Management/supervisory experience - the ability to motivate, delegate effectively, develop the team and be a strong leader
• Client focus and commercial awareness
• Communication - accurate and concise oral and written, ability to deal with variety of people in different environments
• Organisational skills - the ability to juggle a number of different tasks at once
• Diplomacy and patience
• Team focussed with a strong interest in building and developing the team
• Analytical thinking/problem solving
• Calm and effective under pressure
• Manage change in a positive way

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Audit Senior
Negotiable, Dependent on Experience
Abingdon or Newbury
Permanent, Full-time

Your new company
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Top 20 firm of Chartered Accountants based in Newbury, Abingdon, Hungerford and Swindon. They are ambitious people, united in their mission to be exceptional accountants and business advisers delivering seamlessly integrated client service.

Your new role
We are looking for an Audit Senior who will undertake statutory audit work for a range of limited companies and charities, taking responsibility for the file prior to review by the Director.

This role would suit an already experienced Audit Senior looking for a new challenge.

The responsibility of this role would include:

• Preparation of statutory accounts for limited companies, partnerships and sole traders
• Audit of accounts in accordance with ISAs, including attendance at client premises
• Liaise with clients to ensure accounts comply with accounting standards
• Draft corporation tax computations, including analysis of items for tax
• Support the development of trainees in a clear and concise manner, identify and solve knowledge gaps
• Work directly for Client Managers and Directors, supporting the delivery of technical knowledge

What you'll need to succeed

• Essential: Qualified Accountant with audit and accounts experience
• Essential: Previous experience working in a practice environment
• Desirable: Background working in a corporate environment
• Essential: UK company audit experience.

You'll also have excellent attention to detail, be analytical proactive and enthusiastic to improve services and share knowledge. You'll use initiative and have strong oral and written communication skills. You'll have the confidence to build rapport and manage a professional relationship with clients. You'll be highly organised, proven ability to meet deadlines. You will be able to work under pressure and be able to build rapport and work well as part of a team.

What you'll get in return

Alongside a competitive salary, you'll also benefit from a comprehensive benefit package. This includes hybrid working, enhanced holiday with the option to purchase more, a wellbeing programme, healthcare, pension and life assurance. This is complimented by support with up to 2 professional subscriptions and a cycle to work scheme.




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Your new role
The Group Compliance and Audit Manager is responsible for supporting the business in complying with group policies, processes, and procedures (SOPs), and external requirements including GDPR, ISO standards and all other relevant regulations and legislation. Key Responsibilities
Audit and business certifications

• Manage the Group's internal audit programme.
• Carry out internal audits in line with the Group's internal audit programme and ensure that findings add value to the business.
• Produce audit reports within agreed timescales that are factually accurate, and a true reflection of the processes audited.
• Ensure that audit findings are resolved by auditees within agreed timescales.
• Work with each site to manage and maintain the Group's Integrated Management System to ensure that it remains current, fit for purpose, efficient, effective and compliant with internal and external requirements.
• Maintain all controlled documents in the Integrated Management System.
• Manage and maintain compliance with ISO and other certifications including PCI DSS. Ensure that new sites achieve the required certifications and maintain compliance with these standards.
• Be the primary point of contact for all relevant certifying and assessment bodies.
• Oversee all external audits in the Group and provide support to all sites during the audit process.

Compliance

• Ensure that there are GDPR-compliant policies, processes and procedures in place and that these are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated to all team members.
• Establish systems and processes to measure and monitor that appropriate and regular compliance training is taking place within agreed timescales.
• Investigate and manage any compliance incidents including personal data breaches through to resolution, and where applicable ensure that these are reported to the regulators within required timescales. Ensure that root causes of any risks or issues are identified and preventive actions are put in place and evaluated for effectiveness.
• Support the Group Compliance and Audit Director with maintaining the Group's risk and governance framework.
• Know and understand defined role in Business Continuity Plan.
• Support the Group Compliance and Audit Director with Crisis Management and Business Continuity incidents and associated procedures and activities.
• Comply with all company policies and all relevant data protection legislation to ensure our:
• Clients' and team members' sensitive and personal information is protected and processed in accordance with the law
• Our team members' and clients' rights under the legislation are protected and treated with the utmost respect and integrity.

Management information and reporting

• Develop and implement reporting tools to monitor, measure and analyse adherence to process, identify areas for improvement and support the resolution of identified issues or areas for concern.
• Report outcomes of audit and monitoring activities and any resulting risks and issues to senior management and other key stakeholders.
• Monitor, measure and analyse the performance of the IMS and report to senior management on its effectiveness and where improvements can be made.
• Produce accurate and timely reporting.

Quality management

• Close liaison with team members to ensure policies, procedures and standards are consistently articulated, implemented and embedded across the Group.
• Ensure health and safety, client satisfaction, information security, quality, environment, compliance, and team member performance are considered in all aspects of the quality management system and associated policies, processes and procedures, including SOPs.
• Meet and work collaboratively with stakeholders and colleagues in Performance and other support areas to ensure ways of working are fit for purpose and compliant with internal and external requirements.
• Challenge current ways of working, identify and/or design best practices that can be shared across the Group and support change.
• Promote a culture of continual improvement where ideas are shared and implemented where possible.

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