Financial Auditor
Full Time
Job Description
- To manage engagements, overseeing in-charge and audit assistants work ensuring compliance with non-statutory, statutory and Audit Methodology requirements, appreciating relevant internal and external market factors, ensuring the effective and timely delivery of engagements
- Oversee and direct the budgeting, planning, co-ordination and control of engagements and business requirements to ensure effective service delivery with a focus on optimizing profitability
- Direct, coach and mentor Assistant Managers to assist them in the effective delivery of engagements and the direction of their subordinates ensuring cost effective, timely completion and effective service delivery to the required standard on each engagement
- Nurture and seek worthwhile relationships with management, business departments and staff, for the sharing of information and to identify and progress current and future audit requirements
- Prepare and negotiate fee proposals for our existing audited entities and assist in forming propositions for new business
- Contributes towards the creation, implementation and delivery of the Audit Business Plan and offer support in relation to issues identified as a result of organizational change
- Identifying, researching and helping to resolve complex accounting and audit issues including management fee arrangements and carried interest accounting
- Detailed reviews of Private Equity fund portfolio companies including analysis of company and industry performance, competitors and market trends and understanding the complex capital structures in order to determine fair value
- Analysis of wider industry trends and market data relevant to investment valuations
- Assist the Senior Managers, Directors and Partners in monitoring the effectiveness of Audit services delivered, providing feedback and reflection on the quality of service accordingly
- Preparation of reports to senior management and audit committees
- You may also have the opportunity to work on audit tenders or audit related advisory projects
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Monitors and upholds the highest quality of service and products to audited entities (internal and external)
- Well-developed leadership and supervisory skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals both internally and externally at different seniority levels
- Drive and resilience and ability to thrive in a pressured environment
- Knowledge and experience of auditing and experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audit, review of statutory and non-statutory accounts and disclosures
- Experience auditing estimates, including valuations of level 3 investments (not essential)
- Some experience auditing Private Equity houses and funds is preferable
- Has a desire to work in a diverse environment and gain exposure to an international working environment
- Works with a collaborative attitude with an enthusiasm for coaching and developing others and ability to act as a role model
- Shows initiative, resilience and is able to multitask in a pressurized environment
- Strong project management techniques including decision-making ability, analytical skills, time management, organization and evaluative skills.
- Exceptional communication and inter-personal skills, both verbal and written
- IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/Word
- Proven research skills e.g. information seeking and knowledge sharing, understanding and interpreting information/applying knowledge
- Able to demonstrate strong business development acumen
- Fully Qualified Accountant - ACA, ACCA or international equivalent is essential
- Significant and recent experience as an Audit Manager in an external audit capacity, working with large, complex audited entities from a variety of corporate industry sectors
Reference no: 97583