Audit Senior - Cardiff - #2084568

Join a leading UK accountancy and advisory firm as an Audit Senior, where you will take ownership of complex audit engagements and play a key role in delivering high-quality client service. This is an opportunity to accelerate your career within a supportive, growth-focused environment offering clear progression, diverse client exposure, and increasing leadership responsibility

Client Details

Our client is a well established and highly regarded professional services firm, known for delivering high quality audit and advisory services to a diverse portfolio of growing and established businesses. The organisation offers a collaborative, people-focused environment with a strong emphasis on professional development, technical excellence, and long-term career progression.

Description

• Lead the planning, execution, and completion of audit engagements, ensuring delivery aligns with UK auditing and accounting standards
• Take ownership of key audit areas, producing high-quality, well-documented work and preparing statutory financial statements
• Work closely with a diverse client portfolio, building strong relationships and acting as a trusted point of contact throughout the audit life cycle
• Identify and assess audit risks, applying sound technical judgement to complex areas including group reporting, acquisitions, and non-routine transactions
• Review the work of junior team members, providing clear, constructive feedback and supporting their ongoing development
• Play an active role in mentoring and coaching junior staff, contributing to a high-performing and collaborative team environment
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining quality and efficiency
• Contribute to audit planning and completion meetings, ensuring key risks and findings are clearly communicated to stakeholders
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve audit quality, efficiency, and client service delivery
• Collaborate with colleagues across wider service lines to deliver a cohesive and value-added client experience

Profile

A successful Audit Senior should have:

• A professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Strong experience in auditing within the professional services sector.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting principles, standards, and regulations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines effectively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with clients and team members.
• A proactive attitude towards problem-solving and process improvement.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary package (£36,000-£42,000) combined with a highly flexible hybrid working model, enabling senior professionals to balance delivery excellence with personal priorities
• Defined career progression within a professional services environment, supported by a strong commitment to continuous development and long-term career growth
• Comprehensive and market-leading well being offering, including 24 hour GP access, Employee Assistance Programme, and a broad suite of optional medical and preventative health benefits, reinforced by the Thrive 365 strategy
• Robust financial and lifestyle benefits framework, incorporating life assurance, estate planning support, critical illness options, and a flexible range of lifestyle benefits including holiday trading and salary sacrifice schemes
• Progressive, people centred culture, underpinned by enhanced family support provisions and a collaborative environment that promotes high performance and professional fulfilment