External Audit Senior Associate

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

Job Posting Date: 01/01/2026
Target Hire Date: 30/06/2027

A career within External Audit, will give you the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well-known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you will focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Training and leading staff 

• Using feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas

• Establishing effective working relationships directly with clients, along with being able to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality and diverse relationships

• Being actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients 

• Contributing to the development of your own and your team’s technical acumen

• Keeping up to date with local and national business and economic issues

• Upholding the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct

The requirements for this role include:

• An ACCA, ACA, CPA, CRC or a recognised Accounting University Master's Degree

• A minimum of 3 years of external audit experience within a Big 4 firm 

• Experience of external audit planning, risk and control identification and performing, and external audit testing

• Experience identifying and effectively reporting any issues and recommendations for improvement to clients

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

• An ability to work in teams of individuals from diverse backgrounds

• An ability to work hard and deliver assignments on time

Kindly note that we can consider candidates with a minimum of 9 ACCA papers, if applying for an entry senior role.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Master of Accountancy - Accounting and Auditing

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

0. Global: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (required)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit {+ 24 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

English

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date