Core Assurance - Assistant Manager

Job description / Role

We are looking for qualified accountants to join our Oman Assurance practice as an Assistant Manager.

As an Assistant Manager the key aspect will be managing a portfolio of clients and will undertake the work in connection with external audits, reporting directly to a senior manager/manager or director/partner.

Other important responsibilities will include:
- Interviews with key client contacts throughout the delivery process.
- Managing group audits of big corporates.
- Managing the personal and professional training and development of your team.
- Providing audit and business advice to a variety of clients
- Managing and supervising work of staff members and delivery to the client
- Managing the day to day client relationships
- Staff management and coaching responsibilities
- Development of new business relationships and generating revenues

The role will offer you:
- Experience of working on prestigious accounts and challenging assignments;
- Opportunity to work on large corporate and family groups;
- Exposure to senior management and partners of the firm;
- Exposure to current best practices in Corporate Governance and Risk Management;
- Exposure to practical application of International Financial Reporting Standards
- Exposure to complex and judgmental areas/issues on high profile clients
- Interacting with regional and global PwC teams on various occasions.

You will have the opportunity to progress to your career as a manager and beyond.

Requirements

- CA /ACCA/ACA or equivalent is essential
- Minimum experience of over 6 years with a big 4 audit firm
- Experience of working with IFRS and UK GAAP and auditing frameworks such as ISAs
- Broad ranging audit experience including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments
- Ability to manage a portfolio of clients
- Flexibility in your approach to meeting goals as part of the team
- Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and clients at all levels
- A proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships
- A proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions
- The ability to contribute to new initiatives, whether building relationships with target clients or other business development activities
- A reasonable degree of flexibility in relation to travel will be expected to serve the needs of our client base
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills and organisational abilities
- Well-developed listening and questioning techniques
- Strong desire for continuous improvement
- Able to work without the need for day to day direct management

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.