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Audit and Accounts Assistant - Semi - Senior

Employer
Frank Hirth
Location
Central London, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 19, 2019

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Job Role
Auditor
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Audit and Accounts Assistant - Semi - Senior Who we are Frank Hirth plc was founded in 1975 with the aim of providing a dual tax service for UK and US citizens and businesses. Since then we have grown significantly and are the Accountancy Age Top 32 Firm in the UK - large enough to offer you a rewarding and challenging career and small enough to give you the chance to make a real contribution to our success. Our audit and accounts department is a small, fast-paced, friendly team who provide services to a wide range of UK companies and LLPs in a variety of industry sectors. What you can expect This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious person to develop their skills and experience supporting managers and peers on a variety of audit assignments, delivering a quality service to clients. Clients will include financial services firms, software companies, retail companies, travel agents, start-ups and law firms. You should have a good level of technical competence in UK Financial Reporting Standards, particularly FRS102 and Section 1A. You will need to be confident leading an audit of any sized entity from planning to review. You will be responsible for ensuring work is completed on time, building relationships with clients to become their main point of contact within the firm. We believe our people are our biggest asset and we are committed to making an ongoing investment in the development of all our staff. As a senior you will be supported by managers to supervise and train junior staff. You will be expected to be used to delegating throughout an audit, to review work completed by junior staff and to provide feedback. You will need to demonstrate commercial awareness and ensure quality, by summarising actual time spent compared to budget on each assignment and by performing the firm's review and completion procedures before passing the file for manager or partner review. You will need to report any problems or contentious issues to your manager immediately, as well as proposing possible solutions. You will need to develop and maintain an advanced level of technical knowledge through reading and courses and ensure you meet your CPD requirements. What we require from you Essential: ACCA/ACA Qualified or Part-Qualified At least 2 years' experience in a similar role Strong academics - including a high 'A' Level (or equivalent) in Maths & English Language Ability to lead audits from planning to completion Excellent written and verbal communication skills Direct client / Customer service experience Experience of supervising junior staff Knowledge of UK GAAP and confidence with double entry bookkeeping The desire to take ownership of their career and development Available immediately Desirable: Experience in preparing corporation tax returns Paperless accounting environment experience Experience using bookkeeping software such as Quickbooks Exposure to Caseware and the CCH suite of products Experience with LLPs and / or FCA regulated clients What you'll get in return Competitive salary 23 days holiday (increasing with service) Office closed between Christmas and New Year (days given in addition to annual leave allowance) Flexi-time around core hours Life Assurance (4x salary) Private medical cover (employee) Permanent health insurance Health Shield plan Cycle to work Pension Season ticket loan Free fruit Subsidised lunchtime yoga Continuous development and training Be a model of the Frank Hirth values Our values run through everything we do. These bind us together and provide a clear and consistent direction for building our future. We are guided by our values and they help to measure our behaviours. We have four Values, which complement each other, and all contribute to our success and to that of our clients.

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