Audit Senior | Glasgow

Employer: Consilium Chartered Accountants

Location: Glasgow, Hybrid

Salary: Competitive plus benefits

Contract type: Permanent

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About the Company

Consilium Chartered Accountants is an independent firm of accountants providing Accounting, Audit, Corporate Finance, Tax, Payroll and Cloud Accounting services. We work with small and medium-sized businesses across Scotland and the UK in multiple industries and sectors.

Due to significant growth in our audit portfolio, we are on the lookout for a forward-thinking, proactive and positive Audit senior to join our team.

About the role

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting Managers and Senior Managers in the delivery of quality client work. You will be helping to add value to Consilium’s work and successfully completing assignments.

The Audit Senior will add value to the Consilium team by:

• Executing planning and completion of Audit work in line with internal processes and procedures and due consideration of resources and budget with guidance
• Taking responsibility for planning, fieldwork, and completion of audits, taking a key role in the Audit team, managing delivery expectations and highlighting any issues at an early stage
• Identifying and undertaking more complex audit areas during the fieldwork stage, with guidance, and referring queries to more senior members of the Audit team
• Attending planning and clearance meetings, taking an active role in the meeting preparation, contributing to discussions, and answering queries where appropriate, both from the Audit team and the client
• Preparing and reviewing statutory financial statements, issuing to clients and dealing with any queries arising, with guidance
• Demonstrating the ability to act as the client’s main point of contact on-site during audit fieldwork dealing with queries and identifying areas where other service lines could provide support
• Managing work delegated to junior members of the team while still being responsible for overall delivery to meet deadlines.

You will also attend client meetings, gathering information and data, and agreeing on the best way to present outcomes and findings.

As part of our Audit team, you will support a wide range of small and medium-sized business clients working either at clients’ premises, in our office or remotely.

About the candidate

We are looking for candidates that are keen to develop their career with Consilium and are inspired to grow and flourish.

The ideal candidate will have at least 30 months of experience working in the Scottish SME sector and we are willing to consider ACCA, ACA, CA or Part qualified candidates.

A good understanding of business disciplines is required along with the ability to apply technology to your work.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent upon experience
• 35 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working from day one
• Flexi-time
• Private medical insurance
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Death-in-service cover
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Dress for your diary policy
• An extra day off on your birthday
• Staff social events

Next Steps:

To apply for the position of Audit Senior, please email your CV and cover letter to Recruitment outlining what interests you in this role and what you will bring to it.

Consilium is an equal opportunities employer.