Audit Senior - Cardiff

Cardiff Permanent £36,000 - £42,000 per year View Job Description
Join a leading UK accountancy and advisory firm as an Audit Senior, where you will take ownership of complex audit engagements and play a key role in delivering high-quality client service. This is an opportunity to accelerate your career within a supportive, growth-focused environment offering clear progression, diverse client exposure, and increasing leadership responsibility
  • High-impact role leading complex audits with diverse client exposure
  • Structured career pathway, owning audits and client relationships

About Our Client

Our client is a well established and highly regarded professional services firm, known for delivering high quality audit and advisory services to a diverse portfolio of growing and established businesses. The organisation offers a collaborative, people-focused environment with a strong emphasis on professional development, technical excellence, and long-term career progression.

Job Description

  • Lead the planning, execution, and completion of audit engagements, ensuring delivery aligns with UK auditing and accounting standards
  • Take ownership of key audit areas, producing high-quality, well-documented work and preparing statutory financial statements
  • Work closely with a diverse client portfolio, building strong relationships and acting as a trusted point of contact throughout the audit life cycle
  • Identify and assess audit risks, applying sound technical judgement to complex areas including group reporting, acquisitions, and non-routine transactions
  • Review the work of junior team members, providing clear, constructive feedback and supporting their ongoing development
  • Play an active role in mentoring and coaching junior staff, contributing to a high-performing and collaborative team environment
  • Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining quality and efficiency
  • Contribute to audit planning and completion meetings, ensuring key risks and findings are clearly communicated to stakeholders
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve audit quality, efficiency, and client service delivery
  • Collaborate with colleagues across wider service lines to deliver a cohesive and value-added client experience

The Successful Applicant

A successful Audit Senior should have:

  • A professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
  • Strong experience in auditing within the professional services sector.
  • Excellent knowledge of accounting principles, standards, and regulations.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines effectively.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with clients and team members.
  • A proactive attitude towards problem-solving and process improvement.

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary package (£36,000-£42,000) combined with a highly flexible hybrid working model, enabling senior professionals to balance delivery excellence with personal priorities
  • Defined career progression within a professional services environment, supported by a strong commitment to continuous development and long-term career growth
  • Comprehensive and market-leading well being offering, including 24 hour GP access, Employee Assistance Programme, and a broad suite of optional medical and preventative health benefits, reinforced by the Thrive 365 strategy
  • Robust financial and lifestyle benefits framework, incorporating life assurance, estate planning support, critical illness options, and a flexible range of lifestyle benefits including holiday trading and salary sacrifice schemes
  • Progressive, people centred culture, underpinned by enhanced family support provisions and a collaborative environment that promotes high performance and professional fulfilment



Contact
Sally Mason
Quote job ref
JN-032026-6975755
Phone number
+441179065158

Job summary

Job function
Audit & Advisory
Subsector
Practice (Audit) & Assurance
Sector
Financial Services
Location
Cardiff
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Sally Mason
Consultant phone
+441179065158
Job reference
JN-032026-6975755