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About the Division

Our Audit & Assurance services go beyond merely meeting statutory requirements. We help our clients perform better and achieve their business objectives. We listen to their needs, think about the business implications and tailor our approach accordingly. Click here to read more about our Audit & Assurance practice.

What you will do

• Service a portfolio of Private Audit Clients. Play a role in business development, plan and monitor delivery of multiple complex large audits and manage various audit teams. Manage audit managers and support various partners in their duties.
• Lead client engagements.
• Understand the relevant portion of the service line as well as its strategic objectives
• Sign off non-complex divisions, subsidiaries of group engagements or stand alone private entities.
• Establish Client Audit requirements and implement resourcing plans and tools to deliver on the Audit. 

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder Focus

• Anticipates the implications of the future regulatory and risk advisory landscape to meet the diverse needs of senior stakeholders

Risk assessments and audit responses

• Audit professionals are required to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including the entity’s internal control. This is a continuous dynamic process of gathering, updating and analysing information throughout the audit. Audit professionals are also required to have knowledge of relevant accounting standards applicable to the entity. Auditors are required to perform risk assessment procedures to provide a basis for the identification and assessments of the risks of material misstatement

Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work

• Involving internal specialists early and often in audits to ensure cohesive, well integrated engagement teams.
• Understand the scope of work performed by the experts and specialists, supervise their procedures, review their working papers and understand the conclusions that they reach.
• Supervision, communication and review in relation to the work performed by Audit teams

Delivery of high quality audits via a number of enablers:

• Audit Transformation & Digital tools
• Professional Excellence
• Methodology, content, guidance, learning and tools

Manage project plans to optimize engagements

• Development and management of a project plan is a critical component to executing high quality audits. A robust project plan includes key activities, milestones, deadlines, and priorities for all engagement stakeholders.

Apply Ethical and Professional Standards

• Compliance with auditing and accounting standards, relevant laws and regulations (including specific local laws and regulations), ethical standards, independence requirements and the audit firm's quality control procedures

Qualifications & experience required

• Minimum Qualifications - Honours in Accounting
• Registered CA(SA)

Experience

• Minimum - 10 years working experience and registered CA
• Desired - 10 years in a client service role, with 7 of these in a senior management role

Technical

• Solid technical knowledge in specific functional area
• Good skills in analysis
• Fully competent in Microsoft suite, and programs relevant to role
• Good understanding of business principles
• Attention to detail

 Behavioural

• Excellent communication skills both in writing and verbally
• Displays good interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Exhibits strong need for development of self and others
• Focus on delivery
• Is highly adaptable and agile
• Demonstrated focus on quality and strong awareness and management of risk
• Ability to solve problems and to make effective decisions

* Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.