Technical Senior Manager, Financial Statements Audit and Assurance
2 months ago
Key Responsibilities:Provide support in technical and compliance matters relating to
financial statements audit, within a mid-tier audit firm. Re.....
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide support in technical and compliance matters relating to
financial statements audit, within a mid-tier audit firm.
- Review and monitor Financial Statements Audit and Assurance
Engagements to ensure that they comply with all applicable Pronouncements,
including International Standards on Auditing (ISA), International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the International Code of Ethics for
Professional Accountants (IESBA), and corporate regulations.
- Review firm-wide policies, processes, and procedures to ensure
that they comply with the International Standards of Quality Management
(ISQM), and other authoritative pronouncements.
Candidates for this role will be
supporting the firm in achieving the following outcomes:
- Establishing policies and procedures within the Firm to ensure
compliance with the above Pronouncements.
- Implementing and monitoring the Firm’s program to compliance
with ISQM.
- Planning and conducting risk assessments and quality control
reviews on engagements, to ensure compliance with the above
Pronouncements.
- Validating that controls established by the Firm to comply with
the Pronouncements are operating effectively and timely.
- Analyzing and identifying gaps, and potential areas of
improvement, in quality control procedures within the Firm to ensure
compliance with the above Pronouncements, and proposing remediation plans.
- Conducting real-time reviews of financial statements audit and
assurance engagements before audit opinions are signed.
- Carrying out root cause analyses and monitoring effectiveness
of action plans to address areas of weaknesses identified.
- Training, coaching, developing and cultivating technical
competencies to ensure capability of designated employees to maintain and
comply with the Pronouncements.
- Preparing and collating information/reports for regulatory and
internal reviews and handle any related coordination work.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accountancy or other relevant
disciplines.
- Good knowledge of relevant professional pronouncements
including IFRS, ISA, ISQM and IESBA.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in an audit and/or quality role,
within a Public Accounting firm.
- Candidates with experience in similar quality management roles
are preferred.
- Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills
to communicate across all levels of staff and management.
