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
* Support senior staff in planning SME audit engagements, including risk assessment, scoping, and staffing.
* Carry out substantive testing on account balances and transactions.
* Assess internal control systems and note control weaknesses commonly seen in SME operations.
* Maintain clear and organized audit workpapers supporting key conclusions.
Financial Statements & Reporting
* Help draft financial statements using SME-appropriate frameworks (e.g. FRS102, GASPME, IFRS for SMEs).
* Draft management letters and communicate audit findings in a practical, client-friendly way.
* Ensure audit deliverables comply with quality, regulatory, and firm standards.
Training & Team Support
* Supervise and review junior auditors, offering constructive feedback.
* Deliver on-the-job training in audit methodology, documentation, and SME‑adapted procedures.
Client Engagement
* Serve as a contact for clients during audit engagements—request documents, clarify items, collect necessary files.
* Explain audit steps and findings clearly in client-friendly language.
* Suggest improvements for internal control and accounting processes based on audit observations.
Practice Development & Administration
* Contribute to proposals and client tender responses tailored to SME audits.
* Collaborate to refine audit templates, methodologies, and tools aimed at SME engagements.
* Track time effectively across multiple SME audits and manage administrative responsibilities.
Qualifications & Skills
* Part‑qualified (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA), with approximately 2+ years of audit experience—within SME or mid-tier practice environments.
* Experience working in SME-specific accounting standards (FRS102, GASPME, IFRS for SMEs) and auditing standards (ISA/IAASB, GAAS) is ESSENTIAL.
* Proficiency with audit tools like CaseWare or IDEA, and strong MS Office skills.
* Effective written and verbal communication—able to liaise confidently with clients.
* Excellent organisational and time‑management skills to juggle multiple engagements.
* Supervisory aptitude and coaching mindset when guiding junior colleagues.
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