Are you a Qualified CA, looking to grow your career in a Global Audit team?
If so: we want to meet you!
Talent Formula is a consulting firm that offers outsourced financial and accounting talent to Chartered Accounting firms worldwide. We are currently hiring for PKF Littlejohn, one of the UK's top 10 accounting firms and as the 9th largest Audit practice in the UK. They are looking for an Audit Junior for their Funds and Investments team.
Overview of Client:
PKF is the 11th largest accountancy brand and the 9th largest audit practice in the UK. We are also an active member of PKF International, a global network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally. They provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. Particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organizations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.
Who we are looking for:
- Fully Qualified CA
- 3yr Articleship experience minimum within an Audit & Assurance team
- Minimum 6 months to 1 year experience within an Audit & Assurance team post articles in statutory audit in offshore accounting in a BPO setup
- Basic statutory auditing knowledge
- Excellent communication skills
- Can-do attitude with a desire to learn
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand client background, sector and regulatory environment to support performance of relevant assurance procedures
- Understand UK-specific and internationally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards, including reporting requirements
- Support executing assurance procedures under the guidance of UK team/GDS manager
- Document clearly and accurately the execution of assurance procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, and planned assurance approach as per the PKF audit methodology
- Accurately identifying problems, exceptions and ensuring that all stakeholders are kept updated on these items.
- Proactively reach out to teams soliciting real time feedback for work performed and take appropriate action
- To begin to develop a knowledge of UK and internationally accepted accounting standards and auditing techniques, and show commitment progressing within the Firm
- Highlight risk areas through regular interactions with UK teams.
- Be responsible for allocated tasks on a portfolio of clients
- Keep Audit managers informed about progress at daily meetings
- Complete the work within timetable agreed
Personal Attributes
- Be commercially aware
- Computer literate
- Team player
- Good communication skills
- Flexibility
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask on projects
- Systematic
- Enthusiastic
- Able to work on own initiative
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to priorities workload
- Work to deadlines
- Problem solver
- Persuasive
Why apply?
- Global client, reporting to an Offshore Manager in the UK
- Exact same training program as UK CA Graduates are given. International standard On Job Training
- Exposure to work on UK listed company audits
- Work for a structured client, providing clear development opportunities as you progress
How to apply?
To be considered for this role, you must complete 3 steps:
1. Apply to this job and upload your resume
2. Complete the Skills Tests for this role
You must follow the link below and complete the testing assessments. The first assessment is a Skills Test, to assess your technical ability and numerical reasoning.
3. Complete the Psychometric Test for this role
If you successfully clear the Skills Test, you will be redirected to a Psychometric Test to assess how you think and make decisions.
To complete these tests, you must go to https://es.peoplogicaskills.com/es/quiz?testId=7eb7e8ad2719a448 and complete the assessments.
If you do not complete the assessments then you will not be considered for the role.