Audit Junior/ Intermediate - Qualified CA Audit role with UK Client

Are you a recently Qualified CA, looking to start a career in a Global Audit team?

If so: we want to meet you!

Talent Formula is a consulting firm that offers outsourced financial and accounting talent to Chartered Accounting firms worldwide. We are currently sourcing for PKF Littlejohn, one of the UK's top 10 accounting firms and recognised as the 9th largest Audit practice in the UK.

PKF Littlejohn is looking to hire Junior and intermediate Auditors for their pilot Audit Global Delivery Service.

Who we are looking for:

• Fully Qualified CA (Mandatory)
• 4yr experience minimum including articleship within an Audit & Assurance team (Audit Juniors)
• 5yr experience minimum including articleship within an Audit & Assurance team (Audit Intermediate)
• Basic accounting and auditing knowledge
• Excellent communication skills
• Can-do attitude with a desire to learn

Why apply?

• Global client, reporting to an Offshore Manager in the UK
• Exposure to work on UK listed company audits
• Work for a structured client, providing training and development opportunities as you progress

Overview of Client

PKF is the 11th largest accountancy brand and the 9th largest audit practice in the UK. We are also an active member of PKF International, a global network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.

We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. We are particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organisations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.

We are recruiting 2x Audit Juniors 5x Audit Intermediate for the Business Services Team:

Business Services Team

Variety best describes the work of this team. You could be involved in the audit of any organisation from a multi-national listed company to a fast-growing scale-up Our clients include natural resource companies, tech companies, professional practices and retailers. We are one of the leading advisors to listed businesses in the UK, according to the Corporate Adviser Rankings Guide, and the 7th largest auditor to LSE listed companies. 

Your work could range from conducting audits at clients premises to preparing management or statutory accounts.

With every audit, youll gain a deeper insight into each stage of the process, and a broader view of the businesses we work for. As your experience grows, so will your opportunities.

You could, for example:

• Assist our corporate finance teams and litigation experts
• Work on an international contract via our membership of PKF International  a global family of independent accounting firms
• Work on an assignment for the European Commission.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Audit Junior)

• Understand client background, sector and regulatory environment to support performance of relevant assurance procedures
• Understand UK-specific and internationally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards, including reporting requirements
• Support executing assurance procedures under the guidance of UK team/GDS manager
• Document clearly and accurately the execution of assurance procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, and planned assurance approach as per the PKF audit methodology
• Accurately identifying problems, exceptions and ensuring that all stakeholders are kept updated on these items.
• Proactively reach out to teams soliciting real time feedback for work performed and take appropriate action
• To begin to develop a knowledge of UK and internationally accepted accounting standards and auditing techniques, and show commitment progressing within the Firm
• Highlight risk areas through regular interactions with UK teams.
• Be responsible for allocated tasks on a portfolio of clients
• Keep Audit managers informed about progress at daily meetings
• Complete the work within timetable agreed

Job duties and responsibilities (Audit Intermediate)

• Accept responsibility for all work performed
• Attend pre-audit discussions with partner and manager
• Plan audit assignments with the assistance of the audit partner and manager
• Ensure that the work undertaken on each audit is completed in accordance with the approved plan and budget
• Advise the audit manager of progress on the job and any developments that may lead to a change in strategy on a daily basis
• Suggest logical solutions to problems
• Under withdrawn supervision, complete the audit file and pass the complete file for review to the manager subject only to key points raised for the managers attention, to include the following: Planning, Closing, Fixed assets, Stock, Debtors & Sales, Bank, Creditors & Purchases, Tax, VAT, Provisions, Reserves, Profit and loss, Payroll, Related parties, Trial balance
• Effectively communicate with the client and manager in a timely manner
• Take ownership of all aspects of the audit file when acting as the ‘assignment leader’ and ensure all review points raised by the manager and partner on work completed by yourself are addressed in a timely manner
• Understand and apply UK-specific and internationally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards, including reporting requirements
• Complete the work within timetable agreed
• Complete appraisals and job by job forms in accordance with the firm’s procedures
• To act in a mentoring capacity for more junior staff
• Coach more junior members of staff on the job

Personal Attributes

• Be commercially aware
• Computer literate
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Flexibility
• Strong organisational skills and ability to multitask on projects
• Systematic
• Enthusiastic
• Able to work on own initiative
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Work to deadlines
• Problem solver
• Persuasive