Purpose of the role:
To act as the Audit Senior in undertaking audits of financial statements and/or other assurance work.
Responsibilities:
- Work under the oversight of Audit Director and Audit Manager
- Run audit and/or other assurance engagements from planning to completion based on agreed deadlines
- Work as part of a bigger team on larger audit assignments
- Produce comprehensive and accurate audit files and working papers
- Liaise with clients on audit requirements, arrange meetings, discussion of issues and status updates and others
- Complete other engagement management tasks such as KYC updates, WIP analysis, billing of ongoing and completed work, and other ad hoc client-related work
- Participates in quality control reviews and implementation of quality control improvements
- Undertake and satisfactorily complete all professional development training required by the company
Skills required:
- Be in possession of, or be working towards an ICAEW/ACCA Accountancy Qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development where required by the relevant professional accounting body
- Additionally, it is preferred, but not required, that you have spent the majority of their professional career working in external audit in a professional practice
- Has experience in working on audits carried out in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing
- An understanding of Jersey’s Financial Services regime or a similar regulated financial services regime is preferred but not required