Job description:
Are you a bright Graduate looking for a career in IT audit? Would you like to get a head start with some relevant on the job experience while you study for your recognised qualification? Then starting your career with our Graduate programme might be for you! Weâre currently recruiting for an IT Audit Junior to join our growing external audit team. As an IT Audit Junior, you will undertake audit testing across a range of IT Infrastructure and IT applications, and the ongoing monitoring of IT and business-related projects to support the delivery of audit opinions. Youâre graduating, what next? How about: Full study support to gain an IT Audit qualification CISA On the job training and practical experience. Face to face contact with decision makers early on. A career within a national organisation, with access to a global network of 30,000 people across 147 countries. Working with a wide range of entrepreneurs, owner managed businesses and subsidiaries of large international groups. Who are we? Weâre a dedicated team of like-minded accountancy professionals. Our clients range from top fashion retailers, leisure hospitality businesses to renewable energy enterprises and we get involved in issues that affect gaming developers and motorsports engineers. We are ranked among the UKâs top 13 accountancy firms, combining high levels of technical expertise with the kind of personal service often only found in smaller firms. In 2020, we won the Best Advisory Services category of the new Business Resilience Awards, organised by Accountancy Age. Previously, we won National Firm of the Year, Tax Team of the Year and Graduate and Non-Graduate programme of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards, we internationally re-branded, and we grew substantially with a few high-profile mergers. It s an exciting time to join the firm! As part of a multi award winning medium sized firm, you will have the opportunity to work with our wide and eclectic client base across the accounting and financial spectrum. That means really getting to grips with the inner workings of a company and finding ways to help them - whether thatâs working on taxing technicalities or devising strategies to help them fulfil their commercial potential. You ll have client contact from the very start, that s why your ability to build great business relationships is just as important as your ability with numbers. What will I do? You ll be part of a team working on audit and accounts preparation assignments with a wide range of clients, so it goes without saying that you need to be someone that can be relied upon to help the team deliver outstanding levels of client care. Some of your responsibilities may include working closely with your mentor on audit planning memorandum, analytical reviews, drafting client letters, preparing accounts and producing sets of financial statements. We ll make sure you have the right experience, personal development and training to make your career stimulating and rewarding. We ll carefully balance your practical experience to reinforce your professional training. Combined, these two crucial elements will help you achieve your qualification. Along with your peers, you will be assigned mentors who will support and guide you as well as dedicated tutors who will ensure your progress and development is on track. Our Trainees come from a variety of different academic and cultural backgrounds. To be suitable for this role, you will: Have keen interest in IT or the IT Audit function. A passion for self-improvement and the motivation to help contribute to the wider team and firm. With training, develop effective client relationships. Work effectively in a diverse team environment. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Playing an active role by supporting in delivering high-quality engagements in IT external audit. Entry Requirements We do not require our graduate IT Audit Trainees to have a business or financial background. However, we do ask that all applicants have achieved at least 112 UCAS Points (based on the new 2017 UCAS Tariff), or equivalent, all achieved during the same exam year. This excludes General Studies. We also ask that applicants have either achieved or are working to achieve at least a 2:1 at university. Thank you for choosing to apply for one of our 2023 Trainee positions at MHA. We are looking forward to hearing more about you! Our advice is for you to work your way through the application process with care and attention, as the questions you answer as part of your application will allow for our assessors to determine whether they should progress you through to the next stages. This will include online testing and an assessment centre - dependent on the role you are applying for. This is your time to shine! Give us as much detail as possible, spell check your answers and don t forget to re-read the application before you submit it at the end! We are looking forward to reading more about your academic background, motivations of starting a career within accountancy and why you have applied to MHA! Upon application you will be asked to complete some diversity questions. MHA is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy. Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA Macintyre Hudson is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process. Req ID: 641
