Audit Senior – Financial Services

HaysMac is an award-winning firm of chartered accountants and tax advisors with 45 partners and over 600 staff, providing advice to entrepreneurs, fast-growing and owner-managed businesses, charities and not for profit organisations across the UK and internationally.

We are looking to recruit an Audit Senior to build on continuing growth in the Financial Services (FS) sector. We've grown our specialist Financial Services team rapidly in recent years, not only to fulfil our clients' year-end audit and compliance obligations, but increasingly to satisfy demand from businesses wanting a complete accounting service.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Working from our flagship Cape Town office, the role will entail running audits for a variety of UK clients across the Financial Services sector. Clients you will be working with will include investment managers, sub-advisors, wealth managers, financial advisory, currency solutions providers and fintech businesses.

As an Audit Senior, you will have had experience of leading audits from the planning stage right through to the completion stage, including supervision of staff within your audit team. You will be familiar with and have an awareness of the laws and regulations that apply to accounting and audit and are required to ensure compliance. You will be qualified CA(SA) or ACCA or in the final stages of sitting your board exams. This role will be largely remote client facing, where you will need to show willingness to work as part of a team and proactivity in communication to be able to meet deadlines. You will be required, where necessary, to work around clients' working hours as necessary.

The Role

Responsibilities are generalised and are no way exhaustive:

Carry out audits using a bespoke risk-based audit approach

Coordinate with the client, the manager and colleagues on the audit

Plan, perform and oversee the audit process in line with agreed timetables

Liaise with clients and complete audit testing

Allocate responsibilities and delegate work to more junior members of the team

Review team members' work for accuracy and compliance

Perform effective risk and control assessments

Liaise with the manager to ensure work is reviewed and any queries addressed

Present audit findings and find ways to increase compliance and efficiency

Train, coach and encourage junior members of the team

Person Specification

Flexible work attitude, pro-active and collaborative team player

Ability to work well under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines

Dynamic and able to adapt to changing audit standards and regulation

Adaptability and ability to respond positively to change

Able to learn, adapt and pick things up fast

Familiar with and have an awareness of the laws and regulations that apply to accounting and audit and are required to ensure compliance

Good interpersonal skills

Good telephone manner and communication skills

Excellent integrity and ethical standards

Work Based Competencies

CA(SA) or ACCA qualified or registered or eligible to register as a CA(SA)

BSc/BA/B.Com in Accounting, Finance or similar

Completed Articles and Board Exams (SAICA)

Strong mathematical and analytical skills

Proficient in using the Microsoft suite, including Excel, Word and Outlook

Experience of an electronic audit programme

Experience of CaseWare Accounts and Xero would be an advantage

In-depth understanding of auditing standards and control practices

Updated knowledge of applicable laws and regulations

Open to people relocating within South Africa

Office presence is required

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles.

If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, please email

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