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Audit Assistant Manager (newly qualified)

SW Group
Bristol City
1 day ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Audit team in our Bristol office. You will be responsible for planning, performing and completing the audit process for each assignment.

Why join S&W audit Bristol?

We're proud of our highly successful S&W audit department. We hold ourselves to high standards and work together to produce quality, incisive audit work in a collegiate environment. We're focused on working with an expanding client base of dynamic mid-market businesses who are evolving and changing, which gives our team continual development opportunities and new experiences.

Jamie, Audit Assistant Manager brings S&W culture to life and shared why it’s an employer of choice, Please click here to listen.

As Audit Assistant Manager, some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Regular discussions with the client to confirm progress, identify solutions to any hurdles and ensure reasonable expectations are met.
  • Identify and highlight any opportunities for S&W apparent from work undertaken.
  • Assist and perform training of junior staff.
  • Complete assessment forms of audit team.
  • Perform work in accordance with S&W audit and assignment procedures.
  • Prepare draft accounts/report and completion memo (including identification of control weaknesses or areas of improvement) for review by manager.

 


Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

  • ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent
  • Demonstrable audit experience gained within a professional services firm.
  • Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.
  • Demonstrable experience of supervising others and delegation of work.
  • Demonstrable ability to organise self and others, such that you can work on several different assignments at one time.



Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include 

  • Competitive salary 

  • Private medical insurance 

  • Life assurance 

  • Pension contribution  

  • Hybrid working model (role dependent) 

  • Generous holiday package 

  • Option to purchase additional holiday 

  • Shared parental leave 

  • Fully funded training towards professional qualifications 

  • Cycle to work scheme 

  • Season ticket loan 

  • Eye care support 

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.  

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know. 

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