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Audit & Assurance | Assistant Manager

During Your Tenure As An Assistant Manager In Audit & Assurance, You Will Demonstrate And Develop Your Capabilities In The Following Areas

• Takes responsibility for understanding key statistics and industry matters about entity before engagement begins, for example by asking other team member and reading the prior year financial statements (including the enhance audit report) or audit documentation.
• Understand allocation of responsibilities between the engagement team and experts or specialists, including timescales and how the work of experts and specialists will contribute to the objectives of the audit.
• Takes responsibility for understanding key statistics and industry matters about entity before engagement begins, for example, by asking other team members and reading the prior year financial statements (including the enhance audit report) or audit documentation.
• Understand allocation of responsibilities between the engagement team and experts or specialists, including timescales and how the work of experts and specialists will contribute to the objectives of the audit.
• Coordinates with management and expert/specialists for the key engagement or project deliverables and due dates. Track’s findings of work performed and follows up the impact of work to be performed by other members of the engagement team.
• Applies guidance material in relevant guides, practice aids, and tools so that an appropriate level of professional skepticism is reflected in procedures performed, evidence obtained, and conclusions reached.
• Signs off appropriately on work performed and reviewed. Takes responsibility for meaningful completion of all necessary checklists, procedures and tailoring and concluding questions prior to signing-off.
• Proactively checks whether others have signed off appropriately and follows up where necessary.
• Contributes to the development of a comprehensive project plan, using prior year knowledge to help identify audit priorities that can be performed earlier in the audit cycle. Seeks awareness of contingency plans if the entity's management team fails to meet their deadlines.
• Prepares and reviews documentation by anticipating questions that reviewers may ask, including not just the conclusion but the relevant facts, analysis, reference to authoritative literature and professional judgements made in reaching it.
• Encourages wider team adopt an attitude of professional skepticism, to have a questioning mind-set and to further investigate as when appropriate.
• Is able to identify the key questions to be answered.
• Document’s objectivity, independence, and continuance decision checking that sufficient enquiries have been made and that all information has been captured.
• Checks that staff on the engagement have adequate technical knowledge, including industry knowledge, for the areas in which they are working. Provides briefings as required.
  
  

Leadership Capabilities

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.
• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent
• Understand expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in auditing, with leading professional services firms or large multinational organizations and systems.
• Degree in Business, Accounting, or related field.
• Successful record of engagement management
• Fluent in English (Reading, Speaking and Writing). Arabic is a plus.
• CPA, CA, CIA, CISA or equivalent