Audit Associate - job 1 of 2

S&W is a top ten UK accountancy and advisory firm. Since 1881, we've worked with our clients to unlock opportunities and navigate the challenges of a changing world. As a trusted partner, we bring clarity to clients with complex requirements, shaping solutions that make a difference. Offering a broad range of services spanning business and private client tax advice, assurance and business services and a suite of advisory and digital services, we work with clients to understand their needs, uncover value and support every stage of business and of life. We believe this is how we can best support our clients' growth.

It's our vision to be the go-to professional services firm for sophisticated businesses and private clients with complex needs and our success hinges on our people. We are a team of highly skilled and passionate professionals, who are empowered to achieve their career aspirations, as we continue to build our business.
 

Why join S&W audit?

We're proud of our highly successful S&W audit department. We hold ourselves to high standards and work together to produce quality, incisive audit work in a collegiate environment. We're focused on working with an expanding client base of dynamic mid-market businesses who are evolving and changing, which gives our team continual development opportunities and new experiences.

If you see yourself in an environment with an exciting and varied career journey and given the opportunity to perform and develop in one of the fastest growing audit firms in the UK, the S&W audit department might be exactly what you're looking for.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Audit team, in our brand-new Bristol office. Our Bristol Audit team has grown significantly in the last couple of years and the vision is to continue on this growth journey whilst maintaining the friendly, sociable and open culture of the team who benefit from a good work life balance as well as the opportunity to grow and develop your career further.

As an Audit Associate, your responsibilities will include:

• Completing audit programmes by undertaking tasks allocated and signing off to evidence completion.
• Documenting fully work done to a level agreed with manager.
• Highlighting issues and problems for attention of manager
• Reviewing working papers of more junior staff, where agreed with manager.
• Ensuring work completed to a level agreed with manager.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Part Qualified Accountant, ideally ACA or AAT.
• Track record of strong academic performance.
• Demonstrable audit and accounts experience gained within a professional services firm.
• Strong communication skills, both internally and directly with clients.

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.