Total 3 Senior Executive level Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in Oxford, Oxfordshire

Audit & Accounts Senior
Location: Oxfordshire
Contract: Permanent
Rate: £35,000 - £45,000 per annum
Start Date: Flexible
*Hybrid - 60% in office*
Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk

Job Description
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Top 100 Accountancy in Oxfordshire for an Audit & Accounts Senior/Semi-Senior to join the team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a newly/part-qualified ACA/ACCA accountant to join a rapidly-growing Chartered Accountancy and rise through the ranks. The firm have a wide-ranging client base and have multiple areas of specialism for professionals to tailor their services to.

Main Responsibilities

• Support partners and managers in the Corporate Department to deliver quality service to clients with compliance and planning matters.
• Manage and deliver ad hoc projects and assignments.
• Review and prepare client accounts, tax or VAT-based work from information supplied by clients to the required standards.
• Undertake remuneration planning exercises.
• Complete and supervise Audit assignments at a client site or remotely.
• Assist with higher-level, technical client audit, accounts, and taxation compliance work for corporate clients.
• Finalise paperwork for dispatch to clients and HMRC in a timely manner meeting required deadlines and quality.
• Liaise with clients to obtain relevant information for their accounts, acting in a proactive way and ensuring attention to details and effective questioning of client.

Candidate Criteria

• ACA/ACCA Qualified or Part-Qualified with significant experience
• Minimum of 2 years of proven accounts/audit experience within a practice environment
• Experience with cloud accounting software such as Xero is desirable
• Strong client management skills with the ability to manage workload effectively
• Great communication skills and ability to work professionally and adapt to any team fit.

If you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Greg at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208969 or email greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.

Audit Semi-Senior
Oxfordshire
Permanent, Full-time

Your new company

Following an exciting period of growth, a leading accounting firm in Oxfordshire is looking for an Audit Semi-Senior. This role would suit someone with a minimum of 3 years' UK practice Audit experience. Full training and support will be given to further develop your skills and abilities for a long-term career within practice.


To support the organisation's growth, we have created a new opportunity for an Audit Semi-Senior to join either our Oxford or London Audit teams. This is a permanent full-time role with hybrid and flexible working options (flexing your hours on different days to suit your lifestyle).
Key Responsibilities:

• Building long-lasting client relationships
• Working on a variety of interesting and complex audit assignments across multiple sectors, liaising with seniors, managers and partners when required
• Prepare audit files, undertake audit planning and lead/assist with fieldwork. As you progress and develop, you will be given more responsibility and start leading smaller audits.
• Ensure audit assignments/ sections (depending on the size of the audits that you are involved in) are completed to a high standard, on time and within budgets agreed with partners
• Preparing corporation tax computations
• Managing own workload in a timely and efficient manner while all the time ensuring we exceed client expectations.
• Supervising, training and assisting more junior members of the team
• Building productive relationships with team members and colleagues at Shaw Gibbs, adopting a collaborative working approach
• Whilst the role will predominantly be audit-focused, there will also be opportunities to get involved in preparing accounts.

What we can offer you

• Exposure to a wide range of clients across many industry sectors
• Hybrid and flexible working
• A varied role in a talented and experienced team
• Joining a company with an exciting growth plan ahead
• Plenty of opportunities to increase your technical knowledge and skills
• A tailored career progression plan
• Competitive salary and benefits package including pension, life assurance, health cash plan, retail discount scheme, electric vehicles salary sacrifice, and cycle to work scheme.
• Generous core holiday allowance plus holiday trading, flexible bank holidays and additional holiday with service
• Wellbeing programme with regular events and activities focused on your physical and mental wellbeing. We also offer all employees a Wellbeing Day each year - a day dedicated to boosting your wellbeing
• A comprehensive induction to help you get up to speed

About You

• ACCA/ACA part-qualified
• Minimum of 1-2 years' UK Audit practice experience
• Preference for a University degree with at least a 2:1 or minimum 3 A-Levels (A, B, B or above)
• Xero, Sage, Caseware and CCH experience would be an advantage
• Fully fluent in English with proven communication skills, both written and verbal
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong IT skills, specifically Excel and able to pick up new IT packages very quickly
• A positive, confident and proactive attitude
• Create a positive impression with clients and staff
• Ability to prioritise and meet tight timeframes with high quality output
• Enjoy working as part of a team and self-motivated
• Able to work within procedures on job aspects which will deal with facts, standards and quality

What you'll get in return

Flexible working options available.
In return you shall receive exposure to a wide range of clients across many industry sectors. To complement this, you'll also enjoy a comprehensive induction and buddy to help you get up to speed in your first few months. A competitive salary and benefits package including pension, life assurance, retail discount scheme and flexible working is also on offer as is a generous holiday allowance + ability to buy/sell holiday. A wellbeing programme, charity events and a spacious modern office are also on offer.



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