Audit Senior, Up to £55,000 | Loughton, Essex

Audit Senior – Clear Path to Assistant Manager

Location: Loughton, Essex

Salary: Up to £55,000

Ready for your next step in audit?

Looking for more variety, greater responsibility and a clear route to promotion? This could be the perfect next move.

Join a modern, well-established and highly respected accountancy firm with an excellent track record of developing people from Trainee through to Manager. You’ll be part of a friendly, supportive team where your contribution matters and your career progression is taken seriously.

What makes this role different?

• Promotion potential within 12 months – a genuine opportunity to progress to Assistant Manager.
• Variety in abundance – work with clients of different sizes, structures and sectors, from ambitious owner-managed businesses to larger corporate groups.
• Specialist audit opportunities – broaden your experience with interesting assignments across sectors including not-for-profit organisations and solicitors.
• Real ownership – lead audits from planning through to completion, manage client relationships and supervise junior team members.
• A supportive culture – benefit from flexible working, a strong focus on wellbeing and colleagues who want to see you succeed.

What will you be doing?

You’ll take the lead on a varied portfolio of external audit assignments, planning and delivering audits, reviewing working papers, identifying technical issues and keeping engagements on track. You’ll also coach junior colleagues, liaise directly with clients and contribute to the preparation and review of statutory accounts.

No two assignments will be quite the same, giving you the opportunity to develop your technical expertise, commercial awareness and leadership skills.

What are we looking for?

You’ll ideally be ACA or ACCA qualified, or close to qualifying, with recent UK practice experience and a background in leading external audit assignments.

You’ll be confident managing deadlines, communicating with clients and supporting junior team members, with the ambition to take the next step in your career.

What’s on offer?

• Salary of up to £55,000
• A clear and achievable route to Assistant Manager within 12 months
• Flexible and agile working
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• £400 annual wellbeing allowance and a paid day off for your birthday
• Paid volunteering day, life assurance and employer pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave and additional lifestyle benefits

Interested?

If you’re an ambitious Audit Senior looking for variety, progression and a firm that invests in its people, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information, please apply direct or contact Scott Golding from AJ Chambers.