Senior External Auditor

About Crowe

Crowe is a leading national firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services with global reach and local expertise. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks worldwide, we have access to over 46,000 professionals across 150+ countries and more than 800 offices globally.

Our vision is to be a leader in our chosen markets, creating lasting value for our clients and our people and being a trusted partner in their success.

We are dedicated to driving client success, empowering our people, embracing sustainability, delivering technological change and acting in the public interest.

Due to continued growth in our Manchester office, we are recruiting a qualified Audit Senior Associate to join our Audit/Assurance team.

We are looking for an Audit Senior Associate (newly qualified or qualified senior) to join our growing Manchester team. You will be joining the leading firm of auditors to the charity sector committed to delivering a quality service to a high profile portfolio of clients.

The role will involve working with a variety of corporate and owner managed businesses. charities and other not for profit organisations. Clients range from start-ups to well established, prestigious clients and listed clients.

This is a great opportunity for anyone that is looking develop their experience. You will be working alongside experienced partners and managers in a dynamic and growing team, within a supportive and approachable environment. Your role will be challenging and varied and you will be encouraged to take on responsibilities and offered excellent opportunities to quickly develop and progress further within the firm.

You will be responsible for the delivery of client based assignments, ensuring the team’s audit work and reporting is of high quality. This role will include leading and coaching team members as well as managing relationships with clients. The person in this role will also contribute to the success of our business unit, which will involve wider business and people development.

There will be opportunity to work on advisory engagements, on both our audit and non-audit clients.

The Role Requirements

• ACA/ACCA/CA qualification essential
• Significant auditing and accounting experience (ideally UKGAAP)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• A passion for client service
• Display energy and enthusiasm and a focus on achieving results
• A keenness to further your own personal development and career goals

Your People Responsibilities

• Demonstrating personal commitment to work and team success; showing positive attitude and enthusiasm for work and taking initiative to improve process/situations when appropriate
• Consistently treating colleagues with fairness and respect, helping to provide opportunities for everyone to contribute and succeed
• Providing and being receptive to regular and constructive feedback that improves self and others. Continually developing skills and knowledge
• Influencing, changing and shaping the direction of a particular activity, either internally and/or externally
• Coaching junior members of staff through sharing experience and knowledge appropriately
• Providing on-the-job training for developing auditing skills and familiarity with the firm’s audit methodology
• Participating in service line, office and firm wide activities

Your Direct Client Responsibilities

• Acting as the first point of contact for our clients on a day-to-day basis
• Demonstrating excellent writing, research and presentation skills (proficient in power point, excel and word)
• Anticipating client needs, and communicating effectively with clients in both written and verbal exchanges
• Acting at all times with the Firm’s best interests in mind. Acts with integrity in all dealings
• Assisting in the planning, execution and finalisation of all areas of the audit assignment for manager or partner review, providing solutions and seeking input for areas of concern and judgement
• Demonstrating an understanding of the different types of risk, understanding the Firm’s approach and policies for managing risk in relevant business and applicable legal and regulatory rules and following policies
• Considering and managing risk (reputational, operational and credit) in all interactions with clients
• Showing a sense of urgency and understanding of how their work (including speed, attention to detail, and quality) impacts the Firm’s ability to serve clients
• Producing work for the Manager and/or Partner review, clearly highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to issues identified
• Demonstrating business development skills an identifying additional sales opportunities.
• Demonstrating an application and solution-based approach to problem solving, referred to for research on delivery of solutions in that field on client assignments
• Identifying areas requiring improvement in the client’s business processes and possible recommendations and prepare and deliver Audit Findings Reports to be provided to the client
• Taking primary responsibility for monitoring progress against budget, and when the actual differs from the budget then gain a full understanding for the Manager

Although the majority of your time will be spent servicing clients in the North West, at times, there is a requirement to support the other UK offices.

Qualities we are looking for

• Ability to execute work efficiently, delivering excellent service and bringing the full breadth of Crowe UK’s capability to support our clients
• Act as a role model for more junior members of the team, providing on-the-job coaching
• Adhere to the firm’s risk management policies at all times
• Deliver work to the highest quality
• Solid understanding and application of UKGAAP accounting fundamentals and applications; proficient in basic technical techniques (valuations, modelling, spreadsheets)
• Ability to provide fast and intuitive analysis; correctly interpreting data, including financial statements and source documents
• Demonstration of the ability to effectively manage the audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters

The ability to lead and manage fieldwork on clients’ sites, including liaison with other departments to ensure the smooth delivery of the Audit process.

Why choose Crowe?

Whatever career you choose, whether in audit, tax, marketing or HR, we can offer you a rewarding and clear career pathway, designed to help you develop your existing talents as well as discovering new ones, positioning you to make a meaningful difference to our ever-growing and varied client base.

At Crowe we foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and we will encourage, support and guide you on an exciting professional journey of self-discovery.

We value innovation and welcome those committed to making a difference for our communities, colleagues, and clients. With access to expert knowledge, continuous learning, competitive salaries, and flexible benefits, you will have the tools to build a rewarding career.

We are committed to diversity in our teams, equal opportunity and merit-based progression. We promote a healthy working environment with an agile working approach alongside dedicated wellbeing support, helping our people to thrive both professionally and personally.

Following changes to government policy in April 2024, we only accept applications from individuals with an existing, permanent, right to live and work in the UK.