Audit Jobs
In Leeds
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Audit jobs and external audit jobs in with accountancy and finance recruitment agency Public Practice Recruitment Ltd who recruit audit accountants for accountancy firms in Leeds.
Audit Partner, Audit Manager, Audit Senior and Audit Semi Senior jobs can be found here
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Accountancy Jobs in Leeds
A great career and a great place to live
Leeds is a city in the northern English county of Yorkshire. On the south bank of the River Aire, the Royal Armouries houses the national collection of arms and artillery. Across the river, the redeveloped industrial area around Call Lane is famed for bars and live music venues under converted railway arches. Leeds Kirkgate Market features hundreds of indoor and outdoor stalls.
Leeds is the largest city in the county of West Yorkshire.
Leeds was a small manorial borough in the 13th century, and in the 17th and 18th centuries it became a major centre for the production and trading of wool, and in the Industrial Revolution a major mill town; wool was still the dominant industry, but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were also important. From being a market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century, Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century. It now lies within the West Yorkshire Urban Area, the United Kingdom’s fourth-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.6 million.
Leeds has the most diverse economy of all the UK’s main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private sector jobs growth of any UK city and has the highest ratio of public to private sector jobs of all the UK’s Core Cities. The city has the third-largest jobs total by local authority area with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015. 24.7% were in public administration, education and health, 23.9% were in banking, finance and insurance and 21.4% were in distribution, hotels and restaurants. It is in the banking, finance and insurance sectors that Leeds differs most from the financial structure of the region and the nation. In 2011, the financial and services industry in Leeds was worth £2.1 billion, the fifth-largest in the UK, behind London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.
Leeds United FC is the city’s main football club
Why choose Public Practice Recruitment Ltd for Audit Jobs in Leeds?
- Working with accountancy firms throughout Leeds to recruit into audit accountant jobs we work with ACA and ACCA qualified auditors who wish to work with firms of accountants in Leeds.
- Our accountancy firm clients in Leeds provide audit services to companies as well as charity audits, SRA audits (solicitors rules audits), academy audits and company group audits to organisations requiring an audit in Leeds.
Our audit recruitment in Leeds knowledge for auditors at Public Practice Recruitment Ltd is regularly sought by auditors and accountancy firms in Leeds and across West Yorkshire who are looking to recruit audit accountants.
- If you are looking for an audit job in Leeds contact us today.
- Audit jobs in accountancy public practices require ACA or ACCA qualifications. It is highly recommended for an audit accountant working in an accountancy firm to study towards their ACA or ACCA qualification.
- Some accountancy firms will accept qualified by experience auditors, as they have several years audit experience within a public practice accountancy firm. This would be despite not holding a professional accountancy qualification.
Latest Accountancy Jobs
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Accountancy Partner
Are you a Partner that uses your leadership skills to inspire others? Are you looking for a high-profile role in Lancashire working with a firm of accountants that will value your knowledge and expertise and support your ambitions and aspirations? If so, this rare opportunity to lead a multi-office accounting firm in Preston and work with clients in the surrounding Lancashire area could be for you. If your communication skills are as high level as your technical capability and you have a willingness to get stuck in to take the firm forward, then you’ll be an excellent fit for this growing team.Preston -
Accountancy Partner
Are you an ambitious and career-driven Partner Designate or established Partner seeking a salaried partnership opportunity with an established and growing accountancy firm? Are you looking to work for a firm of accountants that will value your knowledge and expertise and support your ambitions and aspirations? If so, this rare opportunity to help lead an award-winning accounting firm in York could be for you. With a proven track record of practice leadership and strategy, you’ll be passionate about developing a firm and driving them forward. You’ll have an entrepreneurial instinct with demonstrable experience of leading and evolving profitable practices.York -
Semi Senior Accountant
Are you an aspiring Semi Senior Accountant or someone seeking your next career step with an established and growing firm of accountants? Are you looking to work for a firm of accountants that values its employees and celebrates their successes? If so, this Semi Senior role within this progressive accountancy firm in Chester could be for you. Studying towards AAT, ACA or ACCA qualifications, you’ll have worked within an accountancy firm for at least two years and be passionate about using your accounting skills to help clients.Chester -
Senior Accountant
Are you an experienced Senior Accountant ready for the next step on the career ladder? Would you like to work with a firm of accountants in Bolton that values its employees? If so, this Senior Accountant role within this independent, multi-partner firm of accountants could be for you. As an ACA or ACCA-qualified accountant, you will already have established yourself within a general accountancy practice and be looking to progress into a more senior role with added responsibility.Bolton -
Audit & Accounts Manager
Are you an experienced Audit & Accounts Manager seeking your next role with a top 50 accountancy firm? Are you looking to work for a firm of accountants that will view your technical proficiency within audit and accounts as invaluable? If so, this Audit & Accounts Manager role within a supportive accountancy firm in London could be for you. You’ll be ACCA or ACA qualified with significant practice and management experience and be passionate about using your audit and accounting skills to help clients.London -
Semi Senior
Are you an experienced Semi Senior Accountant seeking your next career step with an independent and highly regarded accountancy firm? Are you looking to work for a firm of accountants that values its employees? If so, this Semi Senior role within a supportive accountancy firm in Altrincham could be for you. ACA or ACCA qualified, you’ll have worked within an accountancy firm for at least three years and be passionate about using your accounting skills to help clients. You’ll need excellent communication skills and the ability to quickly build relationships with clients -- you’ll aim to deliver customer service excellence.Altrincham -
Semi Senior
Are you a Semi Senior Accountant or AAT part qualified with 12 months of accountancy practice experience? Would you like to work with a progressive firm of accountants that will support your professional journey and provide an enviable reward and wellbeing package? If so, this Semi Senior Accountant role within a growing accountancy firm in Stoke could be for you. In addition to being an out-and-out numbers person and a go-to for your clients’ questions, you’ll be a problem solver with a can-do attitude. You’ll need to be a dedicated and driven person that can use your technical and analytical skills to resolve queries and complete tasks independently in a timely manner. You’ll also be confident with cloud-based accounting software such as Xero, Sage, and Quickbooks, as this role requires someone who enjoys the efficiencies that cloud-based software can bring to both the firm and clients.Stoke on Trent -
Semi Senior
Are you an experienced Semi Senior Accountant or seeking your next career step with an independent firm of accountants? Are you looking to work for a firm of accountants that values its employees? If so, this Semi Senior role within a progressive accountancy firm in Rugeley could be for you. Due to recent growth, this independent firm is looking to add a Semi Senior Accountant to the team to support Client Managers. It’s for this reason that you’ll need excellent communication skills and the ability to quickly build relationships with clients -- you’ll aim to deliver customer service excellence. For a person who is driven and keen to learn, this role presents exciting career progression opportunities.Rugeley -
Client Manager
Are you an experienced or aspiring Client Manager? Are you looking to make a move to a job and a firm that will support your development both professionally and personally? Would you like to work with a firm of accountants with strong core values, support the community, and provide an enhanced benefit and wellbeing package? If so, this Client Manager role within a progressive accountancy firm in Northamptonshire could be for you. As an ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified Accountant, you will need a minimum of three years of taxation and accounting experience in an accountancy practice. As a Client Manager, you will be an excellent communicator and effective relationship builder and networker. You’ll be self-motivated, have close attention to detail, be familiar with accounting systems, and perhaps more importantly, you’ll have a head for business and know how to leverage your knowledge to help clients.Kettering -
Client Manager
Are you an experienced or aspiring Client Manager? Are you looking to make a move to a job and a firm that will support your development both professionally and personally? Would you like to work with a firm of accountants with strong core values, support the community, and provide an enhanced benefit and wellbeing package? If so, this Client Manager role within a progressive accountancy firm in Oxfordshire could be for you. As an ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified Accountant, you will need a minimum of three years of taxation and accounting experience in an accountancy practice. As a Client Manager, you will be an excellent communicator and effective relationship builder and networker. You’ll be self-motivated, have close attention to detail, be familiar with accounting systems, and perhaps more importantly, you’ll have a head for business and know how to leverage your knowledge to help clients.Banbury
Candidates - a career in Accounts
To succeed in Accounts, you need a healthy mix of interpersonal skills and an acute eye for detail. You also need to be reasonably computer literate.
As an Accounts Assistant
You’ll be providing admin support to accountants, undertaking clerical tasks such as
- typing
- filing
- making phone calls
- handling mail
- basic bookkeeping
- helping to keep the office running smoothly
- dealing with customers and external agencies
Accounts assistants are usually expected to be in work during typical daytime office hours.
Working as part of a team within a business environment, you’ll be full or part-time and your contract could be permanent or temporary, depending on the specific vacancy you go for. You may have to travel too.
Take advantage of offers of training and you may find promotion opportunities come your way. The next step on the career ladder would be as …
...Assistant Accountant
The typical qualities of a successful Assistant Accountant include
- part-qualified AAT –
- excellent Excel skills
- the ability to be diplomatic and discrete
- a pro-active approach and the ability to focus on system and reporting improvements
- payroll experience
- experience in preparation of statutory and balance sheet accounts
Your duties might include
- monthly management account preparation
- production of profit and loss statements
- to complete and maintain sales invoices and reports
- accruals & prepayments
- assisting in the preparation of statutory accounts for review
- bank reconciliation, posting and balancing
- weekly wages, petty cash and other journal posting
- bookkeeping
- quarterly VAT return preparation
...Accountant
Accountants go through a rigorous qualification and recruitment process. Employers generally look for graduates and school leavers who are
- self-motivated
- able to reflect on their own work, as well as the wider consequences of financial decisions
- genuinely interested in business and possess a degree of business acumen
- organised and can manage deadlines
- good in a team
- skilled communicators and have good interpersonal skills
- proficient in IT
- able to be analytical
- methodical in their approach and have proven problem-solving skills
- highly numerate
What exactly does an Accountant do?
An Accountant provides financial advice to clients. These clients could range from solo professionals to multinational organisations or any scale of business in between.
Accountants frequently specialise in specific areas of practice
- audit
- management consultancy
- recovery
- forensic accountancy
- taxation
- assurance
- corporate finance
A general overview of the role of an Accountant
- preparing accounts and tax returns
- administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure
- auditing financial information
- compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
- analysing accounts and business plans
- providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
- financial forecasting and risk analysis
- dealing with insolvency cases
- negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organisations
- meeting and interviewing clients
- managing colleagues, workloads and deadlines.
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Accountant Jobs and Careers in Leeds
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