Audit Assistant Manager - Financial Services
Job Description
Department: Audit
Designation: Assistant Manager
Reports to : Senior Manager / Director / Partner
Typical Experience/Qualifications: · CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent
· 3-4 years post qualification experience required in External Audit within the Big 4 firms
· Technically sound, thorough knowledge of IFRS and ISA
· Computer Literacy
· Experience in managing a portfolio of clients
· Prior experience in dealing in clients involved in Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance, Investment Management
Job Purpose:
To manage a portfolio of clients, having responsibility for all phases of the engagement and completing the engagement to the requirements of IFRS and ISA
Key Responsibilities:
Client & Customer Focus · Engagement Management
· Quality assurance on audits
· Ensuring team performance
· Business Development
· Delivery of the practice objective at the day to day level
· Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate technical issues to client whether internal or external.
· Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and deliverables for all the clients as per engagement letter
· Seamless transition of new projects/clients
· Effectively planning the implementation of changes to the process
· Proactively highlighting and resolving issues in the processes
· Effective control of back logs if any
· Responsible for review of quality of work in detail
· Responsible for client meeting at regular intervals.
· Managing of engagement budget
· Collection of fees
· Provide appropriate training to staff members
· Monitoring of financial KPI’s for your clients (eg. WIP reports, debtors, billings, strict and timely realizations)
· Understand technical accounting issues and suggested solutions through research and consultation.
· Understanding of Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance, Investment Management industry risks and trends
Training Required as per Level
RELEVANT BEHAVIORAL CAPABILITIES: · Is proactive in identifying and taking forward business opportunities for the long term benefit of both KPMG and the client
· Understands KPMG’s broader service offerings to enable identification of business opportunities
· Considers both client and financial implications when making decisions
· Proposes realistic solutions and improvements to current practices
· Drives forward innovative solutions which improve performance
· Maintains momentum in driving forward change management processes
· Promotes cross functional and cross boarder team working and networking to utilize global network knowledge, values and practices
· Builds a co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone’s opinion is valued
· Demonstrates cultural awareness and sensitivity
· Manages the expectations of people regarding career development and progression
· Proactively addresses under-performance in both individuals and teams
· Sets simple, easily understandable goals that translates the business strategy into action
· Displays excellent project manage skills to deliver high quality work on time and to budget
· Ensures appropriate training takes place in order to deliver quality
· Articulates the importance of delivering high quality work and risk management to the team
· Understand the possible implication that an existing or potential problem may have on the future
· Identifies inconsistencies in business results, processes or systems
· Coaches team members on how to complete risk management procedures and their importance
· Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others
· Delivers difficult messages confidently using clear and simple languages
· Simplifies complex messages, highlights and summarizes key points
Linguistic skills
Good communication skills in English (reading, writing and speaking)
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Department: Audit
Designation: Assistant Manager
Reports to : Senior Manager / Director / Partner
Typical Experience/Qualifications: · CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent
· 3-4 years post qualification experience required in External Audit within the Big 4 firms
· Technically sound, thorough knowledge of IFRS and ISA
· Computer Literacy
· Experience in managing a portfolio of clients
· Prior experience in dealing in clients involved in Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance, Investment Management
Job Purpose:
To manage a portfolio of clients, having responsibility for all phases of the engagement and completing the engagement to the requirements of IFRS and ISA
Key Responsibilities:
Client & Customer Focus · Engagement Management
· Quality assurance on audits
· Ensuring team performance
· Business Development
· Delivery of the practice objective at the day to day level
· Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate technical issues to client whether internal or external.
· Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and deliverables for all the clients as per engagement letter
· Seamless transition of new projects/clients
· Effectively planning the implementation of changes to the process
· Proactively highlighting and resolving issues in the processes
· Effective control of back logs if any
· Responsible for review of quality of work in detail
· Responsible for client meeting at regular intervals.
· Managing of engagement budget
· Collection of fees
· Provide appropriate training to staff members
· Monitoring of financial KPI’s for your clients (eg. WIP reports, debtors, billings, strict and timely realizations)
· Understand technical accounting issues and suggested solutions through research and consultation.
· Understanding of Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance, Investment Management industry risks and trends
Training Required as per Level
RELEVANT BEHAVIORAL CAPABILITIES: · Is proactive in identifying and taking forward business opportunities for the long term benefit of both KPMG and the client
· Understands KPMG’s broader service offerings to enable identification of business opportunities
· Considers both client and financial implications when making decisions
· Proposes realistic solutions and improvements to current practices
· Drives forward innovative solutions which improve performance
· Maintains momentum in driving forward change management processes
· Promotes cross functional and cross boarder team working and networking to utilize global network knowledge, values and practices
· Builds a co-operative relationships and fosters an environment in which everyone’s opinion is valued
· Demonstrates cultural awareness and sensitivity
· Manages the expectations of people regarding career development and progression
· Proactively addresses under-performance in both individuals and teams
· Sets simple, easily understandable goals that translates the business strategy into action
· Displays excellent project manage skills to deliver high quality work on time and to budget
· Ensures appropriate training takes place in order to deliver quality
· Articulates the importance of delivering high quality work and risk management to the team
· Understand the possible implication that an existing or potential problem may have on the future
· Identifies inconsistencies in business results, processes or systems
· Coaches team members on how to complete risk management procedures and their importance
· Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others
· Delivers difficult messages confidently using clear and simple languages
· Simplifies complex messages, highlights and summarizes key points
Linguistic skills
Good communication skills in English (reading, writing and speaking)
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