Manager/Assistant Director – Statutory Audit – Accounting/Finance/Audit

Experience required: Min 5 years relevant experience post Qualification

Education: CA

Ideal Profile:

– Should have worked with reputed India firms (candidates from big 4 firms or from industry with prior firm experience would be preferred with difference in employment less than 2 years, since he/she was a part of an Audit firm)

Job Profile:

– Employs network of internal and external (cross LoS, cross functional) contacts to enhance Firm connectivity, performance and profitability.

– Takes responsibility for the quality of the team’s work products and addressing the needs of the client, the Firm and other stakeholders, including compliance.

– Demonstrates continuous learning.

– Addresses conflicts in a timely, sensitive manner; escalates to leadership when appropriate.

– Interacts effectively with target audience to build consensus or agreement on difficult issues, e.g., proposed changes in operating procedures or culture.

– Educates staff on the linkage between their personal results and Firm economics.

– Advise clients and teams on technical accounting issues relating to IFRS and/or US GAAP.

– Can actively manage multiple small and/or medium-sized engagements simultaneously, or a large multi-location engagement, involving on an average 6 or more staff and 1 or more client staff. Adopts a holistic approach to the engagement by understanding the rationale for the engagement; as well as making a conscious effort to understand the client’s industry and business.

– Contribute to quality reviews for technical tasks on own projects.

– Negotiate billing (Fees & Expenses) schedules and raising invoices accordingly.

– Is able to actively define the scope of the assignment so as to maintain a balance between the effort, cost and expected value addition by the client.

– Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the Audit Framework w.r.t:

1. Sampling Guidance

2. Working Paper Requirements

3. Re-performance Standards

4. Quality Requirements

5. Social Compliance reviews while guiding junior colleagues.

– Also demonstrate ability to tailor and then use appropriate methodology / practice aide / work plan for use during a client engagement.

– Technical skills – basic understanding of SOX (have done SOX related work is desirable), knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS (desirable).

Other Skills:

– Thorough technical knowledge on Corporate Law, Accounting Standards, Auditing Standards, CARO Principles, Companies Act.

– Basic knowledge of Indirect tax, FEMA and Transfer Pricing (Desirable).

General Business Awareness:

– Project Management – Leading the project from the front, timely execution and completion, ability to foresee project pain areas and work out alternate resolutions.

– Communication & Interpersonal – good communication and presentation skills, ability to discuss and handle senior management of the clients, connecting well with the client and team members.

– Report writing – clarity of thought, articulation of observation/issues, good command over written language.

– Ability to prepare good proposals & have good networking skills.

– General – self-starter, highly committed, self-motivated, driven by objectives and high value system.

– Working knowledge of MS Office – word, power point and excel.