Job Description:

Our client, a leading professional services company, has a new opportunity as an Audit Advisor to join their team based in Edinburgh on a permanent basis.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• A professional accountancy qualification - ACCA/ICAS or equivalent
• Newly qualified or part qualified considered
• Audit experience working in a similar role
• Experience of a client facing role
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines

Core Responsibilities:

• Execute planning and completion of audit work in line with internal processes and procedures and due consideration of resources and budget, with guidance.
• Planning, fieldwork and completion of audits, taking a key role in the audit team, managing delivery expectations and highlighting any issues at an early stage
• Identify and undertake more complex audit areas during fieldwork stage, with guidance, and referring queries to more senior members of the audit team.
• Attend planning and clearance meetings, taking an active role the meeting preparation, contributing to discussion and answering queries where appropriate, both from audit team and client.
• Reviewing draft accounts, issue to client and deal with any queries arising, with guidance.
• Demonstrating the ability to act as the client's main point of contact on site during audit fieldwork, dealing with queries and identifying areas where other service lines could provide support.
• Manage work delegated to junior members of the team while still being responsible for overall delivery to meet deadlines.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15790

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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