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Role Purpose
The Audit Senior plays a key role in delivering high-quality audits across a diverse client portfolio. The role exists to lead fieldwork, supervise junior team members, and ensure audit files meet the firm’s technical, quality, and compliance standards. Acting as a key point of contact for clients, the Audit Senior contributes to efficient planning, execution, and completion of audit engagements while supporting continuous improvement across the audit function.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead audit fieldwork across a range of clients, ensuring delivery in line with ISA requirements and firm methodology.
- Plan audit assignments with the Audit Manager, including risk assessment, scoping, and determining appropriate testing strategies.
- Monitor budgets and flag overruns to the manager.
- Prepare and review high-quality audit working papers, ensuring they are fully cross-referenced, logically structured, and ready for manager/partner review.
- Identify audit issues and areas of risk early, escalating appropriately and proposing practical, commercially-focused solutions.
- Draft key audit deliverables including financial statements, completion reports, management letters, and audit summaries.
- Act as the main client contact during fieldwork, managing information requests, resolving queries, and maintaining strong professional relationships.
- Supervise, coach, and mentor trainees and semi-seniors, providing on-the-job training and constructive feedback.
- Monitor budgets and timelines to ensure assignments are delivered efficiently and within agreed parameters.
- Support the Audit Manager in finalizing audit files, ensuring all review points are cleared promptly.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance audit processes and client service.
- Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of FRS 102, auditing standards, and regulatory developments.
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AMS Group
AMS Group is a UK Top 60 accountancy firm with over 40 years of experience and a strong advisory-led approach. From our roots as a family-run practice, we’ve grown into a nationwide business with 300+ colleagues across 14 offices, supported by continued organic growth and a successful M&A strategy. We provide bespoke, end-to-end services - from start-up to exit - built on our belief that “Good advisers help your business. Great ones transform it.” Our award-winning culture is central to who we are.
Key Relationships
Internal:
- Audit Manager
- Audit Seniors
- Trainees
- Wider Audit & Accounts team
External:
- Clients
- Professional advisers
- Regulators (where applicable)
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years’ audit experience within a practice environment.
- Proven experience leading fieldwork and reviewing junior work.
- Experience managing multiple assignments and working to tight deadlines.
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Technical skills
- Strong technical knowledge of FRS 102, auditing standards, and core audit methodology.
- Confident using audit software and cloud accounting platforms (e.g., Xero, QuickBooks).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial information and identify key risks.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong client relationships.
Qualifications
Essential:
- ACA/ACCA finalist or qualified
Desirable:
- Progress toward ACA/ACCA qualification with a strong exam record
Performance Measures (Success Criteria)
- High-quality audit delivery and technical accuracy.
- Strong client feedback and relationship management.
- Effective supervision and development of junior team members.
- Consistent adherence to technical, quality, and compliance standards.
- Contribution to team culture, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- 23 Days Holiday
- Birthday off
- Annual bonus scheme
- Health cash plan after probation
- Company sick pay
- Enhanced parental pay policies
- Perkbox subscription
- 1 x paid membership / subscription
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension scheme
AMS Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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