Clark James are pleased to be appointed agents recruiting for this top 20 chartered accountancy practice with offices throughout the SE of England and who are looking to continue their rapid growth.

Job Summary: The Senior Auditor participates in and leads staff on audit engagements. The Senior Auditor is afforded the opportunity to undertake more challenging assignments, clients, staff responsibilities relating to auditing procedures.

Major Responsibilities & Duties:
• Lead client audit engagements, which include planning executing, directing, and completing financial audits.
• Begin to develop generally accepted accounting principles and SEC accounting and reporting rules, where applicable, and financial statement presentation.
• Supervise, train and mentor associates and interns on audit process.
• Research and analyse financial statement and audit related issues.
• Acquire a working knowledge of the client’s business.
• Proactively interact with key client’s management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
• Perform other job related duties as necessary.

Requirements & Qualifications:
• Excellent project management, analytical, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic team environment
• Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude.
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multitask and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines.
• Dedicated to superior client service.
• Strong organisational skill and attention to detail.

The successful candidate will possess the following:
• Recent work experience as an auditor at a public accounting firm, demonstrating a progression in complexity of auditing and accounting tasks.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs, including spreadsheet programs (i.e. Excel).

Education and Licenses:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• ACA certification (active) preferred or working toward if not already obtained.