ONCE YOU HAVE QUALIFIED....WHAT NEXT......?

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OK you have completed your ACA or ACCA training and qualified and trained in Public Practice; what do you do now? There are a number of options available in terms of the career path you can now take but you may also find that the options available will depend on your experience gained through training.

Typical career paths include:

• Audit and Assurance 
• General Practice
• Corporate Finance
• Business Advisory
• Tax
• Insolvency / Business Recovery
• Forensics

 In this edition we will focus on Audit and Assurance.

Audit and Assurance

Experience gained within Audit and Assurance will have provided exposure to dealing with statutory and non-statutory audits for companies ranging from the small to the very large multinational. This experience will provide an excellent foundation for future career progression either by remaining focused on an Audit career within a firm of Accountants or to use that experience and move into another specialist field.

If you remain within Audit after qualification this can provide clear progression with a possible route to Partnership. This is a popular choice for Newly Qualifieds who remain with their Training firm and may have already been fast tracked in their career.

For those who have trained with smaller firms there is a demand from the larger firms provided the audit experience gained is significant either in terms of client size or frequency of audit assignments. Moving to a much larger firm will provide exposure to a much larger and in some cases more complex client base and develop your reporting and technical ability. 

A career in Audit and Assurance will develop your skills in key areas and provide a platform for the future. You will develop your client and staff management skills as well as expertise which is specific to the Industry sectors you have been exposed to.  

With audit threshold changes in recent years this has reduced the number of audits required by companies which has had a knock on effect on the audit exposure given to trainees by firms of accountants. For anyone who finds themselves in this position the other career options bullet pointed at the top of this article are still available but if you are interested in securing a new role in audit after qualifying there are plenty of opportunities in the market. 

Visit our website to see a range of Public Practice career opportunties all providing audit exposure; for some examples click the links below. They vary from newly qualified roles to opportunities requiring more experience:

Top 10 Audit Senior  - Peterborough c£32K - £38K

Top 10 Audit Senior - Northampton c£34K - £36K

Top 10 Audit Manager  - Milton Keynesc£55K - £60K


ACA / ACCA Qualified Manager - Milton Keynes c£45K - £50K

Audit and Accounts Senior - Kettering c£30K - £38K

Newly Qualified Audit Senior - Milton Keynes c£35K - £38K

If any of the above opportunities or others on our website at www.waverecruit.com are of interest, please contact us at Wavelength to discuss further or contact us if you simply want some career advice; we will be pleased to help.  

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