Job Description

Technical

• Complete audit programmes by undertaking tasks allocated and signing off to evidence completion
• Document fully work done to a level agreed with manager
• Conclude on
• each individual test
• sections completed
• Highlight issues and problems for attention of manager
• Review working papers of more junior staff where agreed with manager
• Ensure work completed to a level agreed with manager

Client liaison

• Obtain information and explanations from client staff
• Establishing relationship point as for trainee
• Resolution of queries whether of an audit or accountancy nature

Communication with other staff

• Understand from manager, scope of tasks allocated and objectives to be achieved
• Coach more junior staff (where work delegated) giving more constructive feedback.
• Record clearly and concisely work done
• Keep manager/director informed of:

• Problems encountered
• Issues needing urgent resolution/risks identified
• time over-runs
• areas where additional work required/client non-performance

• Suggest to manager solutions to any issues/problems encountered

Organizational

• Monitor time against budget
• Priorities tasks
• Ascertain client procedures and practices and organize affairs to their timetables and availabilities
• Supervise, delegate, monitor and review work of more junior staff

Staff development

• Development of business understanding
• Development of communications, inter-personal and interview skills
• Development of written communication skills
• Technical reading

Key Competencies:

• Commercial awareness - an understanding of the organization, the industry and business in general assists in putting the assignment into perspective and in identifying potential risks

• Technical skills - development of full range of audit skills

• Teamwork - Assisting the team to complete the assignment. Supervise, delegate, monitor and review work of more junior staff and provide on the job training as appropriate. Recognize the need to seek advice from seniors when appropriate and work to achieve deadlines

• Written skills - write working papers, letters and other documents in standard form concisely and accurately – including method, findings and conclusions

• Analytical review and thinking - analyze trends, ratios and relationships between figures to ascertain likely risks and problem areas. Obtain explanations for exceptions and variations

• Judgment - ability to assess what gives rise to a risk and the size of that risk. Priorities conflicting pressures within a tight timetable. Ability to consider overall risk of assignment not just the risk of a specific test. Assessment of whether sample sizes are adequate to form conclusions

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities