£ 67493 Per year
Accountant
Permanent, full-time or part-time
Job Description
- Working with limited supervision and supporting more experienced accountants on small and medium sized complex investigations
- Supporting determination of avenues of enquiry; using expertise to identify sources of evidence and requesting provision of documentation and information.
- Using skills to determine the approach to the review and analysis of all material obtained, including prior experience in the use of electronic review platforms.
- Responsible for undertaking personally significant or complex areas of an investigation under the supervision of more experienced accountants
- Supporting identification and working with internal experts to clarify relevant accounting, audit, actuarial or professional standards, and ensuring the case team has a thorough understanding of technical issues.
- Exercising some degree of judgement in different areas of casework, including identifying and prioritizing key issues.
- Supporting case team in preparing and conducting disciplinary interviews with subject partners and external lawyers.
- Supporting case team in the preparation of an objective report of investigation findings to form the basis of instructions to the expert and external counsel and of further action on the case.
- Supporting case team in meeting deadlines for investigation work and working with the case lawyer to meet deadlines for the case as a whole.
- Supporting case team in liaising with other regulators in sharing information.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified accountant with experience
- Expertise in conducting complex financial investigations involving review and analysis of high volumes of material and complex financial data.
- Experience in identifying sources of evidence and determining the approach to the review of material, including experience in the use of electronic review platforms.
- Experience in planning and conducting technical interviews of senior individuals.
- Experience in being able to marshal unfamiliar and complex financial concepts and expertise (written and oral) in communicating the results of investigation to a non-accounting audience.
- Understanding of the requirements of a regulatory disciplinary process.
- Understanding of audit.
Reference no: 103671