Audit Senior
Job description
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Birmingham £45,000-£55,000
If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership of client relationships, support developing talent, and broaden your exposure across a varied portfolio, this opportunity offers an excellent next step. Offering a salary of £45,000-£55,000, this is a chance to join a growing business that genuinely invests in its people and long-term development.
A well-established professional services organisation is expanding its team and seeking an Audit Senior to become a key part of its continued growth. Based in Birmingham, you'll join a collaborative and supportive environment where high-quality work and career progression are genuinely valued. This role sits within a thriving accountancy environment and offers exposure to a diverse range of clients and sectors.
As an Audit Senior, you'll manage assignments from planning through to completion, working closely with clients and internal specialists. This opportunity in Birmingham would suit a qualified individual looking to increase responsibility while building a long-term career in a progressive organisation.
What you'll be doing- Managing and overseeing a varied portfolio of clients across audit and financial assignments
- Planning, coordinating and delivering audit fieldwork through to completion
- Acting as a key point of contact and developing strong client relationships
- Supporting statutory reporting and wider business advisory projects
- Supervising and coaching junior colleagues to support development
- Working alongside specialist teams on tax-related projects and planning activity
- Assisting with ad hoc projects and additional client assignments
- Supporting service delivery across a growing accountancy function
- ACA or ACCA qualified
- Previous experience gained within audit and practice environments
- Strong supervisory experience with a passion for mentoring others
- Excellent project management and organisational ability
- Strong analytical thinking and decision-making capability
- Confident communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to understand broader commercial objectives alongside technical detail
- Experience within a client-focused accountancy setting would be highly advantageous
- Performance bonus and profit share opportunities
- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days
- Structured progression and long-term career pathways
- Enhanced family-friendly benefits
- Life assurance package
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⭐ Highlight your ACA or ACCA qualification prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your supervisory experience: 'Mentored 4 junior auditors, improving completion times by 25%'
🌐 Emphasise your client portfolio management experience as the role involves managing varied client assignments
🎯 Showcase your audit fieldwork experience from planning through completion stages
🤝 Demonstrate your stakeholder management skills as you'll be the key client contact point
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- •Managed audit fieldwork for 15 clients across manufacturing and retail sectors, completing all assignments within statutory deadlines
- •Supervised and mentored 3 junior auditors, improving their technical competency scores by 40% over 12 months
- •Coordinated statutory reporting for 8 SME clients, identifying £120k in tax planning opportunities through business advisory work
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Your Audit Senior position at this Birmingham practice perfectly aligns with my ACA qualification and proven experience in audit fieldwork management and client relationship development.
My background in practice environments has equipped me with strong supervisory skills and the ability to coordinate audit assignments from planning through completion. I have successfully managed diverse client portfolios whilst mentoring junior colleagues and supporting business advisory projects.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you approach audit planning for a new client engagement?
- ›Describe your experience with statutory reporting requirements
- ›How do you ensure audit fieldwork quality and completion deadlines?
- ›What's your approach to identifying and assessing audit risks?
- ›How do you coordinate with tax specialists on integrated client projects?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult client relationship
- ›Describe a situation where you mentored a junior colleague through a challenging audit
- ›How do you prioritise multiple client assignments with competing deadlines?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a commercial opportunity for a client
- ›Describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision during an audit engagement
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult client relationship
Describe a situation where you mentored a junior colleague through a challenging audit