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Job description / Role
KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have over 155,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in over 155 countries worldwide. As one of the world’s leading professional services organizations, our people play a vital role in helping organizations create value and grow with confidence. Our clients include some of the largest multinationals, best-known brands and public bodies.
A career in Audit at KPMG will give you insights into the inner workings of companies and a broad business perspective that can open up countless opportunities for professional and personal growth. Our Audit process does more than assess financial information. It’s designed to focus on the key areas of risk so that our clients can focus on managing their core business. KPMG combines a multi-disciplinary approach with deep, practical industry knowledge to help clients meet challenges and respond to business opportunities.
Key responsibilities:
- Responding to respond to client queries, being alert to both commercial concerns and technical accuracy and referring upwards if necessary
- Performing complex fieldwork on assigned clients, assisting with the setting of budgets and pricing, scheduling audits, selecting staff and assigning workloads, developing the audit strategy, all within the KPMG Audit Methodology, and using technology tools
- Identifying issues for reporting in the management letter, and other communications with management, and drafts the final documents for review by director, senior manager and partner
- Leading and managing the audit team in the field
- Supplying or attending briefings which are clearly understood on all assignments, and through the setting of clear standards for the team to work in, the DM ensures that the teams fully understand their roles before the assignments commence.
- Setting budgets and pricing, scheduling audits, selecting staff and assigning workloads and financial reporting for assigned portfolio of clients amounting to a total of 6000 - 8000 hours (from QR 1.1 mn to QR 1.4 mn, or from USD 300 ths. to USD 400 ths.) and setting the audit strategy
- Ensuring completion of audits/projects within the pre-set timescales and budgets, and explaining variances from budget and collects cash on time
- Drafting final audit documents for review by director or partner
Requirements
- Graduate degree in Accounting or related field;
- Fully-qualified in any of the following international professional qualifications – CA, ACCA, ACA, CPA, CMA, CIA
- Knowledge of IFRS
- At least 6 years of experience in auditing financial services clients, preferably with a Big 4 Audit firm;
- Extensive knowledge of best practice reporting and International Financial Reporting Standards;
- Some experience outside the normal audit field, such as agreed-upon, accounting support and other transaction support engagements
- Starting to actively develop an understanding of a range of financial and other areas (other than attestation and accounting advisory) in order to be able to assist clients on due diligence and other transaction support engagements (If this point is not available then there should be available a proof of being trained thereon
Personal Attributes:
- A strong team-player
- Ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated leadership and coaching skills
- A good communicator at all levels
- Maintains and reports against practices that are against KPMG values and standards
- Ability to work under pressure and maintain composure, especially during peak periods.
- Highly analytical, and able to suggest solutions to problems.
About the Company
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