Senior Audit Reviewer

Overview of the role

We are delighted to be supporting a leading professional membership body with the appointment of a Senior Audit Reviewer.
This is an excellent opportunity for a fully qualified accountant with significant UK external audit experience, ideally at manager or senior manager level, to move into a role offering greater professional autonomy, variety and control over your workload.
You will undertake monitoring and quality reviews of individuals and firms registered to conduct audit work in the UK and Ireland. You will assess audit work against relevant professional, regulatory and ethical standards, engage with experienced audit practitioners and produce clear, robust written reports.
The role is predominantly home-based, with very limited travel, and offers the opportunity to work independently while being part of an established and supportive team.


Key responsibilities

• Undertake monitoring and audit quality reviews of registered individuals and firms in line with prescribed procedures and professional standards.
• Review audit work and assess compliance with relevant auditing, ethical and regulatory requirements.
• Engage confidently with experienced and qualified audit practitioners, including challenging findings where appropriate.
• Conduct review meetings remotely and, where required, undertake occasional visits to practices.
• Produce clear, accurate and timely written reports following each review.
• Manage your own diary and workload effectively against agreed departmental targets.
• Maintain a high level of professional judgement and independence when assessing audit quality and compliance.
• Contribute to a consistent and effective approach to monitoring across the team.


About the role

This role would suit an experienced audit professional who enjoys working with a high degree of autonomy and is confident making independent professional judgements.
You will generally manage one review at a time, allowing you to focus on the quality of your work while retaining ownership of your diary and workload.
The successful candidate will join an established team of Senior Audit Reviewers and will be supported throughout the role, while having significant professional independence in how they organise and deliver their work.

Salary & benefits
• London: up to £75,000
• Outside London: up to c. £70,000.
• Employer pension contribution of up to 9%
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working arrangements
• Flexi-leave, including the opportunity to accrue additional leave for qualifying overtime

Location & working arrangements
• Primarily home-based, with the role open to candidates across the UK
• Very limited travel, with occasional visits to practices when required
• Travel is expected to be a small proportion of the role and may occasionally involve overnight stays
• Candidates must be comfortable working remotely and managing their own diary and workload


About you

We are looking for an experienced audit professional who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You will ideally have:
• A recognised professional accountancy qualification.
• At least five years' post qualification experience in UK external audit.
• Recent experience working within an audit practice environment.
• Experience at manager, senior manager or equivalent level, including experience managing or supervising others.
• Strong practical knowledge of UK auditing standards, ethical requirements and relevant professional and regulatory requirements.
• Experience across a variety of audit clients and industries rather than a highly specialised or single-sector background.
• The ability to assess audit work critically, exercise sound professional judgement and reach well-reasoned conclusions.
• The confidence to communicate with experienced audit practitioners and challenge appropriately where required.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to produce clear, concise and robust reports.
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to manage your own workload and meet deadlines.
• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing positively to a collaborative team.
• A calm, professional and assertive approach when dealing with potentially challenging conversations.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Experience within a quality review, audit monitoring or compliance environment would be advantageous.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have developed broad audit experience across different types of firms and clients and who can demonstrate strong management, communication and stakeholder skills.


Why join?

This is an opportunity to use your audit expertise in a role where you can make a meaningful contribution to audit quality across the profession, without the pressures of a traditional practice environment.
You will benefit from:
• A fully home-based role with a high degree of flexibility.
• Significant professional autonomy and ownership of your workload.
• A manageable review structure, generally focusing on one review at a time.
• The opportunity to work with a wide range of audit practices and practitioners.
• An established and experienced team with a supportive working environment.
• The opportunity to use your technical audit expertise while developing your skills in monitoring, quality review and professional judgement.


Interested?

To arrange a confidential conversation with FJWilson Talent before applying, you can email us at resourcingteam@fjwilson.com

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