Audit Senior/Experienced Senior Associates at KPMG

Job Summary

As a Senior/Experienced Senior Associate you will be involved in leading, overseeing and ensuring the delivery of audit and assurance engagements from planning through to completion. Your role will include client interaction and provide you with exposure to multiple clients on a regular basis. As part of a high performing team, you will be offered professional development and support. You will be allocated a manager to assist with your career development and performance management to help you in meeting your professional goals.

Responsibilities

• Keeping Managers up to date with progress throughout the course of the assignment.
• Assisting with reports to management and audit committees.
• Overseeing the detailed audit work of subordinates on audits
• Keeping up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings
• Liaising closely with clients in relation to planning and closing meetings
• Nurture and seek worthwhile relationships with clients, business departments and staff, for the sharing of information and to identify and progress current and future Audit requirements
• To manage engagements, overseeing in-charge and audit assistants work ensuring compliance with client, statutory and KPMG 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 in accordance with client, statutory, KPMG and business requirements to ensure effective service delivery and maximized recoverability
• Direct, coach and mentor between assigned audit staff in a performance manager role
• Assist the Managers and Associate Directors in monitoring the effectiveness of Audit services delivered, providing feedback and reflection

Requirements

You’ll help our teams succeed if you have:

• Minimum of second class (upper division) Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Accounting or any related field
• Minimum of 5 credits in O ’level examination, including Math and English at 2 sittings
• Have at least 5 - 7 years of active work experience in the Audit function in any of these industries/areas – CM, FSI & ENR
• Professionally qualified with a recognized accounting body, ICAN/ACCA qualified or equivalent will be an advantage
•  IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/Word.
•  Experience working with e-audit
• Proven track record of technical excellence and high performance in external audit and or assurance engagements, including project management and client service skills
• A keen interest in our audit methodology, auditing standards and the regulatory environment
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Significant practical experience as a Senior in an external audit capacity
•  Demonstrate experience of current accounting and financial reporting standards including IFRS
• Possess well developed leadership, supervisory and coaching skills and can effectively communicate with individuals both internally and externally.
•  Drive and resilience and ability to thrive in a pressured environment