Audit Senior Associate

Company: Saffery Champness
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As a Qualified Senior in the Mid-Market and Not-for-Profit Audit team, you will lead audit and accounting projects for a diverse client base. You will work closely with clients’ finance teams and collaborate with partners to drive high-quality delivery. The role offers exposure to a range of sectors, including entrepreneurial, recruitment, financial services and charities, with opportunities to contribute to team leadership and firm-wide initiatives. You will help shape client service and advisory outcomes while developing within a supportive growth-focused environment. This is a chance to progress toward assistant manager while strengthening technical and people-leadership capabilities.

Pay / Benefits

  • 35-hour week with hybrid policy
  • home working up to three days per week
  • contributory pension
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Life Assurance
  • Profit-Sharing Plan

Responsibilities

  • Project manage the audit and accounting process, coordinating with client senior finance teams
  • Take ownership of planning, fieldwork, and completion of audit engagements alongside managers and partners
  • Contribute to the direction and running of the team
  • Engage in ad hoc projects such as departmental or firm-wide initiatives and client advisory work
  • Support growth plans and development within the team through mentorship and collaboration

Key requirements

  • Experience in an audit and accounts practice
  • ACA or ACCA qualified with strong exam results
  • Ability to identify, research and resolve complex audit issues
  • Experience in training, mentoring, and assessing staff performance
  • Technically strong with up-to-date accounting and auditing standards knowledge
  • Passion for delivering quality and meeting client needs
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and commercial mindset
  • Flexible, credible with Partners and clients, and able to motivate others
  • client service orientation
  • leadership and mentoring
  • collaboration and teamwork
  • auditing standards
  • accounting standards
  • complex issue resolution

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Posted: October 22nd, 2026