Job Title: Audit and Accounts Semi-Senior
Location: Beaconsfield
Experience Level: Qualified
Position Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Benefits

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Imagine a place where you are supported to continually expand your knowledge and skills, whilst gaining recognition for your hands-on work with interesting and high calibre clients. That’s Rouse – a collaborative, encouraging workplace, where our culture is driven by our four core values of Respect, Integrity, Care and Excellence which are integral and play a part in everything we do.

About Rouse

With a history spanning over a century, we’re an independent, well-established firm of over 90 team members with a proven track record of delivering high quality financial solutions for our clients and proudly featuring in the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We recognise that our strength lies in our people, therefore, our focus is to invest in our greatest asset, our staff, creating an impressive team across all sectors of accounting.

Whilst we are devoted to providing a first-class service to our clients, you will find we are not your everyday accountants, we have no formal dress code; we’re creative, forward-thinkers, who love to explore advances in technology and new ways to help clients.

Our clients are based across the UK, and as members of Praxity, the largest alliance of accounting firms in the world, it’s quite likely that you will also be working with international clients – perhaps giving your career a steppingstone into new directions.

We are proud to offer best-in-class learning and development programmes, career progression opportunities, job recognition, wellness initiatives and flexible working to suit your work/life balance.

About you

Are you recently ACA or ACCA qualified and looking to build on the experience you have already gained in Audit and Accounts?

As Audit and Accounts Senior at Rouse, you will join a supportive team where development and progression are encouraged, to help you move forward to the next stage of your career.

The role

In this role you will work with the team to ensure timely and accurate delivery of technical audit and other accountancy services. This will include:

To support seniors on larger assignments:

  • Complete tasks allocated to standard required by senior.
  • Receive feedback & discuss this with the senior, learning from this to apply next time.

Run smaller assignments with assistance from other members of the team as required:

  • Completing assignments for managers & supervisors to level required.
  • Delegate tasks to new trainees and provide on-going feedback.
  • Act as role model for new trainees.
    • Support a varied portfolio of clients.
    • Preparation and submission of statutory accounts – FRS 102, Groups, Limited Companies and LLP Accounts.
    • Lead audits from planning through to completion, liaising with the team and client where necessary.
    • Host and conduct pre-audit and post-audit meetings with clients.
    • Review the work of Junior Accountants and provide on the job training.
    • Manage assignments with assistance from other members of the team as required.

Essential Skills and Experience

The ideal person for this role will be well organised and able to work to agreed timescales, whilst having the ability to actively engage with clients. You will:

  • ACA or ACCA qualified
  • A minimum 3 years’ accountancy practice experience in Audit & Accounts.
  • Adept at team management.
  • Excellent communication and advisory skills. Confident working alongside senior management.
  • Have effective use of IT including Excel, audit and accounts packages (CCH Accounts Production, CCH Audit Automation), Outlook, CCH Practice Management.
  • A can-do attitude to problem-solving.
  • Able to manage own workload effectively.
    • Undertake CPD in accordance with Institute and Rouse Partners requirements and maintain up to date CPD record.
    • Apply knowledge of Rouse Partners, industry, markets and core client base, highlighting potential business opportunities to line manager.
    • Complete planning and finalisation sections of audit files, maintaining quality of work.
    • Be able to organise and manage time efficiently and effectively.
    • Be aware of relevant financial targets and constraints and contributes to achieving these, keeping manager informed of progress and potential problems including actual vs budget.
    • Convert options into recommendations and resolutions.
    • Demonstrable experience within an accountancy firm within a senior audit and accounts role.
    • Technically proficient in audit with excellent attention to detail.
    • Maintain high professional standards of conduct and practice.
    • Maintain awareness of changes in ICAEW guidelines and internal systems.

What's on offer

Competitive salary and benefits.

Flexible working - core working hours policy

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid working policy

Paid car parking

Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme

Professional subscriptions paid

Dress for your diary policy

Employee assistance program, includes counselling, legal and medical support

Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption leave

Monthly visit from massage therapist

Life assurance / death in service is 4 x base salary

Referral schemes for clients and recruitment

Team charity and community events

Weekly biscuits, snacks and fruit deliveries

Social events, including monthly team social, summer/winter celebrations.

Great location, 2 minutes walk to Beaconsfield Station (Chiltern Line) and 5 minutes from M40.

Views from our team

“The training and development on offer made Rouse the perfect place to develop my career. Beaconsfield is also a great location to work.”

“I get to work closely with the Partners, across varied and interesting clients. I chose Rouse as I didn’t want to be a small fish in a big pond at a larger firm.”

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