Audit Senior
- Employer
- Hays Senior Finance
- Location
- Northumberland, England / Tyne and Wear, England, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- GBP40000.0 - GBP50000.0 per annum + Up to £50,000 + outstanding benefits
- Closing date
- 13 Feb 2025
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- Sector
- Accounting - practice
- Salary band
- £40,000 - £50,000, £50,000 - £60,000
- Hours
- Full Time
- Where will they be working
- Hybrid - mostly home
Job Details

Your new company
An ambitious and professional practice in a significant period of growth and acquisition. A large Newcastle-based office with ample opportunities for progression - career development is actively encouraged and well-supported. Modern environment, systems and a proactive Executive team who are hands-on in actively supporting and guiding colleagues both strategically and technically.
Your new role
You will be working on a varied client portfolio, with options around sector, duration, geography and client size. You will be given support around the expectation to deliver revenue and profitability targets. You will have demonstrable skills in developing enduring client relationships and undertaking day to day client duties whilst supervising and mentoring more junior colleagues to improve their own skills. There is a focus on shared feedback to look for improvements and efficiencies around audit delivery and ways of working.
Your day-to-day duties will see you being heavily involved in the completion of audit fieldwork/planned substantive and analytical audit procedures, normally (and ideally) on site at client premises. You will take responsibility for the planning and completion of audit assignments, whilst ensuring audit files have appropriate, and sufficient, documentation. As well as this, you will prepare statutory financial statements from client data and highlight high level risk areas or matters of concern to the Partner/Manager whilst using a significant degree of your own judgement. Additionally, this role will also encompass the planning, execution and finalisation of the audit assignments for Partner/Manager review.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this post you will need to bring working knowledge of IFRS/UK GAAP, ACA/ACCA/CA or equivalent qualification, experience of auditing clients within a variety of industries and demonstrable experience coaching and mentoring junior members. You will have well-developed communication skills - both written and verbal - and a high degree of competence in IT systems and software - with a natural ability to adapt to new systems. You'll bring ambition and a desire to deliver excellence for your clients.
What you'll get in return
Benefits include competitive salaries (talk to us if you have requirements beyond the expectation for this role), as well as hybrid and flexible working, generous pension scheme and holidays, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
- Corporate Governance
- Credit Control
- Part-Qualified Accountant
- Payroll
- Public Practice Accounting
- Public Services Accounting
- Senior Finance – Qualified
- Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
- Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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