Job Title
Semi‑Senior Auditor (SME Practice Focus)
Role Overview
As a Semi‑Senior Auditor within an SME-focused audit practice, you'll support audit engagements for small and medium-sized enterprises. You'll assist in planning, executing audits, preparing financial statements, mentoring junior staff, and interacting with clients—all while applying SME‑specific accounting and audit standards.
Key Responsibilities
Audit Planning & Fieldwork
1. Support senior staff in planning SME audit engagements, including risk assessment, scoping, and staffing.
2. Carry out substantive testing on account balances and transactions.
3. Assess internal control systems and note control weaknesses commonly seen in SME operations.
4. Maintain clear and organized audit workpapers supporting key conclusions.
Financial Statements & Reporting
5. Help draft financial statements using SME-appropriate frameworks (e.g. FRS , GASPME, IFRS for SMEs).
6. Draft management letters and communicate audit findings in a practical, client-friendly way.
7. Ensure audit deliverables comply with quality, regulatory, and firm standards.
Training & Team Support
8. Supervise and review junior auditors, offering constructive feedback.
9. Deliver on-the-job training in audit methodology, documentation, and SME‑adapted procedures.
Client Engagement
10. Serve as a contact for clients during audit engagements—request documents, clarify items, collect necessary files.
11. Explain audit steps and findings clearly in client-friendly language.
12. Suggest improvements for internal control and accounting processes based on audit observations.
Practice Development & Administration
13. Contribute to proposals and client tender responses tailored to SME audits.
14. Collaborate to refine audit templates, methodologies, and tools aimed at SME engagements.
15. Track time effectively across multiple SME audits and manage administrative responsibilities.
Qualifications & Skills
16. Part‑qualified (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA), with approximately 2+ years of audit experience—within SME or mid-tier practice environments.
17. Experience working in SME-specific accounting standards (FRS , GASPME, IFRS for SMEs) and auditing standards (ISA/IAASB, GAAS) is ESSENTIAL.
18. Proficiency with audit tools like CaseWare or IDEA, and strong MS Office skills.
19. Effective written and verbal communication—able to liaise confidently with clients.
20. Excellent organisational and time‑management skills to juggle multiple engagements.
21. Supervisory aptitude and coaching mindset when guiding junior colleagues.
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