An Audit & Accounts Accountant required to join the corporate services team within an expanding and award-winning firm. The role can be appointed at Senior, Assistant Manager or Manager level and is flexible on location.

About the team
The Corporate Services team provide a wide range of audit and assurance services including the audits of Limited companies accounts (UK GAAP and IFRS), LLP's, solicitor accounts charity and Not-for-Profit accounts, Pension scheme accounts ABTA/ATOL return audits and FCA Client Money audits.
The team's client portfolio includes business clients across the spectrum from the very small to groups turning over several hundreds of million pounds including OMBs, subsidiaries of larger international groups, charities, pension schemes and LLPs. The firms acts for a number of East Anglia's most significant businesses including many household names and also have other clients based locally, throughout the UK and internationally. This means we can offer you exposure to a broad and mixed portfolio of work.

The role
This diverse role offers real scope to further develop your existing accounting skills as well as your external profile. You will be expected to participate in all stages of an audit from planning through to fieldwork, and finalisation of the assignment for Partner review. Reporting directly to the Corporate Services Manager and Partners, you will oversee client engagement teams and may manage multiple engagements simultaneously whilst also taking a lead on client contact. Whilst the majority of this role comprises of audit work, you will also be involved in supporting clients with accounts preparation and corporation tax matters.

Responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing day to day work on client engagements; mentoring and developing team members
• Leading audit assignments in order to produce high quality audit files
• Reviewing assignments and working papers, providing constructive feedback to team members
• Client interaction, including communicating engagement progress, problems, financial information and other business concerns
• Participating in networking and building client relationships
• Monitoring engagement profitability - billings and collections

Skills and Experience required:

• You must be ICAEW/ACCA qualified or QBE, with recent UK practice-based experience.
• Thorough knowledge of audit work with prior experience of planning and leading audits.
• Strong technical knowledge on audit matters (eg FRS102, UK GAAP) is essential.

Salary & Benefits
We offer an attractive salary with numerous benefits in a friendly working environment. We have an impressive record of growth and an excellent reputation for staff development, offering an extensive in-house training programme for all staff.

• Buddy Scheme
• Contributory Pension
• Cycle to work
• Death in Service
• Dress for your diary
• Enhanced materinity/paternity pay
• Flexible working
• Free parking
• Health cash plan
• Holiday purchase
• Private medical insurance
• Professional certification
• Shopping discounts
• Sick pay
• Social events
• Well-being support
• Staff awards scheme

What you need to do now
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If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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HR Audit Administrator

Reference Number - 78977

This HR Audit Administrator will report to the HR Data, Systems and Reporting Manager and will work within the Human Resources directorate based in our Fore Hamlet office. You will be a permanent employee and (Part time / Jobshare applications welcome)

You will attract a salary of £30,000.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 13/05/2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

JOB PURPOSE:

You will undertake a regular audit of HR SAP data to ensure that data is up to date and fit for purpose. You will work with other parties to ensure any errors are corrected and validated and any changes are authorised following procedures.

You will also undertake a regular audit and raising anomalies as appropriate of monthly mileage and expenses and any other pay related HR data that is processed following procedures. These include third-party travel claims, CIP bonus, allowances and overtime and standby.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• You will deliver a schedule of HR data analysis and audits over a 12 month basis. Identify any new areas that require review.
• Maintain a completion of audits following agreed timescales.
• Ensure controls are in place and that procedures are complied with and in line with current working practices.
• Review policies and procedures following audit findings and propose changes.
• You will prepare audit reports detailing findings, present information and provide relevant recommendations.
• Escalate actions and track and follow up recommendations to ensure they have been implemented.
• Review monthly red flag reports and ensure findings are communicated to assist the reduction of queries.
• Support other departments to help provide data where requested.
• Deal with ad-hoc requests for data analysis and ad-hoc audits.
• Review specific HR SAP data fields to ensure that they are consistent and have similar naming principles. This will involve running regular reports from HR SAP to validate data.
• Identify anomalies and data errors which require validation or amendments. Maintain spreadsheets of data changes and ensure these are approved following governance procedures.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPEREINCE:

• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Good general IT literacy
• An understanding of HR SAP would be preferential
• An audit background would be preferred but not essential
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability for information gathering and processing
• Used to working on own initiative
• Ability to manage own workload to ensure all tasks completed daily
• Enjoy working as a team player

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

HR Audit Analyst

Reference Number - 78051

This HR Audit Analyst will report to the HR Data, Systems and Reporting Manager and will work within the Human Resources directorate based in our Fore Hamlet office. You will be a permanent employee and (Part time / Jobshare applications welcome)

You will attract a salary of £27,000.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 08/04/2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

JOB PURPOSE:

You will undertake a regular audit of HR SAP data to ensure that data is up to date and fit for purpose. You will work with other parties to ensure any errors are corrected and validated and any changes are authorised following procedures.

You will also undertake a regular audit and raising anomalies as appropriate of monthly mileage and expenses and any other pay related HR data that is processed following procedures. These include third-party travel claims, CIP bonus, allowances and overtime and standby.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• You will deliver a schedule of HR data analysis and audits over a 12 month basis. Identify any new areas that require review.
• Maintain a completion of audits following agreed timescales.
• Ensure controls are in place and that procedures are complied with and in line with current working practices.
• Review policies and procedures following audit findings and propose changes.
• You will prepare audit reports detailing findings, present information and provide relevant recommendations.
• Escalate actions and track and follow up recommendations to ensure they have been implemented.
• Review monthly red flag reports and ensure findings are communicated to assist the reduction of queries.
• Support other departments to help provide data where requested.
• Deal with ad-hoc requests for data analysis and ad-hoc audits.
• Review specific HR SAP data fields to ensure that they are consistent and have similar naming principles. This will involve running regular reports from HR SAP to validate data.
• Identify anomalies and data errors which require validation or amendments. Maintain spreadsheets of data changes and ensure these are approved following governance procedures.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPEREINCE:

• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Good general IT literacy
• An understanding of HR SAP would be preferential
• An audit background would be preferred but not essential
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability for information gathering and processing
• Used to working on own initiative
• Ability to manage own workload to ensure all tasks completed daily
• Enjoy working as a team player

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.