Senior-Audit- FY'24

Job Description

Title: Senior

Department: Audit

Hierarchical level: A3

Job Family: Audit

Major Duties And Responsibilities

• Overall responsible for the audit as an in-charge for medium and small clients. In case of large clients, act as semi-senior.
• Mentoring of Assistants, Associates, trainees & assist them with office orientation.
• Involved in planning and strategy of the audit.
• Monitoring budgets of the engagements.
• Reporting including annual financial statements, management letters, key features memoranda, etc.
• Ensuring that all review notes are cleared.
• Analytical review of full financial statements.
• Handling consolidations, especially in high-risk areas.
• Follow-through to finalization.
• Audit administration.
• Client relations – interaction with client staff.
• Preparation and updating of system documentation.
• Preparation / completion of general file documents.
• Analytical review (AR) of financial statements, focusing on key financial statement captions such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, inventory, and investments.
• Coaching, reviewing, and delegating work to team members, ensuring timely engagement reviews.
• Updating system documentation and clearing review notes.
• Developing industry knowledge to complement functional skills.
• Conducting compliance testing, including system work through.
• Auditing statutory records, internal controls, and consolidated accounts of clients.
• Participating in stock counts and follow-up.
• Pre-engagement planning with team members and client staff, discussing client needs, team roles, budgets, etc.
• Understanding clients' businesses, products, performance, and policies.
• Adhering to KPMG's code of conduct and risk management policies.
• Performing effective engagement wrap-up, assisting managers/partners, and ensuring proper documentation and filing.

Profile

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor in Commerce or completed A levels or equivalent.
• ACCA - minimum of 9 papers (F1-F9) completed.
• CPA - 2 papers completed.
• ICAEW - Completed Professional Stage.

Work Experience Requirements:

• 2-3+ years postgraduate experience.
• Knowledge of accounting concepts.
• Computer literacy.

Knowledge / Technical Skills

1. Strong analytical skills.
2. Customer focus.
3. Mentoring new team members.

Linguistic Skills

Good communication skills in English (reading, writing, speaking). Arabic is an advantage.

Language Skills

• English: Fluent in speaking, reading, writing, listening.
• Arabic: Fluent in speaking, reading, writing, listening.

Interpersonal Skills

1. Proactive and independent with initiative.
2. Researching skills to identify, document, and share knowledge.
3. Excellent analytical skills for quick and efficient information analysis.
4. Proficient problem-solving with innovative solutions.
5. Effective communication skills.

Additional Remarks

Please note that duties may change over time, and individual roles or job descriptions may vary from this outline.