Purpose
The purpose of an Audit Manager is to oversee and ensure that audit projects run efficiently and profitably from inception to sign-off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures. Also ensuring accuracy of the audit work for which you are responsible, to report to and support the Audit Partners, provide excellent client service, and to develop those staff for whom you are responsible.
The Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients’ commercial management and business development initiatives.
Duties & Responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Assume full responsibility for large assignments falling within his/her expertise.
- Supervise the engagement duties to, and the training of, personnel assigned to the engagement.
- Supervise a number of engagements at one time.
- Be responsible for personnel scheduling, compliance with due dates, and monitoring time budgets of engagements.
- Adequately review all working papers and completed reports for compliance with firm standards.
- Resolve all problems before submitting the report for final partner review.
- Communicate firm policies and technical information to accounting and audit personnel through individual or group meetings.
- Motivate and assist staff in professional and service development.
- Represent the firm in professional and service development.
- Develop the firm's reputation and own through conducting seminars, making speeches, writing articles, and similar activities.
- Assist partner with practice development and practice management.
- Assign staff to the audit engagement, determining the number of staff and the level of experience required, thereby ensuring that the project is adequately staffed.
- Negotiate overruns and budgets.
- Oversee and ensure that all the project activities comply with the firm’s policies and procedures.
- Perform function of principal client contact and take full responsibility for the client relationship and ensure that all queries are solved timeously.
- Review the draft financial statements and ensure that they are IFRS/SME compliant.
- Ensure that an appropriate audit report is issued.
- Ultimate responsibility for bringing audit to completion, signoff by making sure all the relevant finalisation/completion documents have been completed, reviewed, and archived in conjunction with the Engagement Partner.
- Attend and facilitate wrap-up meetings.
- Facilitate the client invoicing process.
- Address situations before they become crises and develop solutions to avoid recurrence.
- Provide additional help and guidance to clients on a consultancy basis (where allowed ito S90).
- Participate in the development of ways to meet client needs, contribute to proposal delivery.
- Undertake wider office activities, as required.
- Train SAICA trainees in respect of assurance engagements with energy and commitment.
- Develop SAICA trainees to become well-rounded professionals in the workplace.
- Mentor SAICA trainees in achieving the professional competency level required for final signoff.
- SAICA Training Programme – act as a reviewer and evaluator.
Desired Experience
EXPERIENCE
- At least 4 years’ experience in an Auditing Environment of which a minimum of 2 years in a management role.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- BCom Honours Degree in Accounting.
- Registered with SAICA as a Chartered Accountant.
- Ability to deliver work that requires flawless accuracy and correctness.
- Ability to work independently without being micromanaged.
- Ability to speak fluently in English and Afrikaans.
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