Senior Associate - External Audit

Job description / Role

Senior Associates will be expected to:
- Apply their knowledge to resolve routine issues and propose solutions to more complex ones
- Lead a small team on delivery of specific projects and assignments
- Delegate effectively to others, oversee outputs and ensure that quality is maintained
- Coach and support other team members in developing their understanding of the straightforward aspects of their discipline and delivering output
- Expand their internal and external network
- Be responsible for training and coaching Associates
- Technically, be able to draft financials, control completion documents and identify high risk areas of audit as defined at planning stage
- Understand and utilize Grant Thornton's Audit Methodology

Requirements

- Knowledge and ability to use proficiently standard office softwares, including word-processing, databases and spreadsheets
- Well-developed organization and time management skills, and the ability to work on own initiative, accurately to tight deadlines, and to prioritize between conflicting demands
- Ability to coach and develop junior members of the team
- Strong communication and project management skills
- Two to five years of current and/or recent financial statement audit experience within a public accounting firm
- BA/BS degree from an accredited college/university
- Licensed CPA/ICAEW/ACCA or equivalent
- Exposure to providing audit services to clients across a variety of industries
- Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Auditing Standards (IAS)
- Willingness and ability to travel

About the Company

Grant Thornton UAE is a member firm within Grant Thornton International Ltd. Grant Thornton UAE has been providing assurance and advisory services to growth oriented, entrepreneurial companies which are based in all markets and industries since 1966.

The extensive local and regional knowledge gained through the years has supported the development of the firm's reputation for providing a distinctive client service to its local, national and international client base.

The firm adopts best in class international tools, methodologies and independence/ risk management standards across all service lines in order to ensure the service provided is to the highest technical, professional and ethical standards for the benefit of all its clients.

The firm's mission is to be the adviser of choice to dynamic businesses, whilst being known as a bold and positive leader in its chosen markets.