Assurance - Director (Non FS)

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Assurance

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Assurance

Management Level
Director

Job Description & Summary
PwC Global Overview

With offices in 152 countries and almost 328,000 people, we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organisations and individuals create the value they are looking for, by delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services.

PwC Middle East Overview

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 7,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team with its tailored solutions, brings international experience, helping our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market, and beyond.

Line of Service Overview

Our Middle East Assurance practice includes over 2,300 people based in 12 countries across the region and is part of PwC's global network that is operating worldwide. PwC Middle East's Assurance practice combines the right mix of human-led and tech powered solutions to provide our clients with quality audits and other risk services that create confidence and impact in our region and across society.

What is expected from you?

As an Audit Director, you will be in charge of an iconic client portfolio and you will be responsible for managing the full cycle of your audit assignments. You will be working as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive Auditing experience. Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:


- You will be responsible for the overall delivery of the audit engagement that you will be leading.

- Driving and taking ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.

- Managing client relations with senior management, including delivering presentations/pitches to the board of directors, audit committees, and prospective clients.

- You will oversee the completion of engagements, provide support and training on technical issues/ methodologies, fee negotiation, and adhere to budget and engagement deadlines.

- Identifying market gaps and spot opportunities in Assurance, as well as cross-selling opportunities for the other LOS's, in order to create value propositions that meet the needs of the clients.

- Ensuring you are adhering to compliance with the risk, quality and independence matters.

- Arranging and sponsoring appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.

- Looking for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.

- Assisting the partners in managing the economics of their portfolio by monitoring budget, following up on billing, collection, and profitability.

- Taking part of the recruitment process for interviewing and selecting the most competent candidates as per PwC hiring standards.

- Embracing our Middle East people initiatives (such as flexibility framework and employee well-being, and many others) in addition to assisting the partners in executing our action plans against the periodic people feedback surveys.

- Creating an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.

- Taking part in people development by delivering certain training sessions to the team based on the L&D curriculum.

- Being responsible for the coaching, mentoring and development of team members reporting to you.

- Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams.

Requirements

What will you bring?

You are ambitious and get use of opportunities to grow and develop. In addition, you recognise yourself in the following characteristics:

- A degree in accounting, finance or other related academic major

- Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in external financial audit in one of the big 4

- Completed a recognized professional qualifications such as ACCA, CA, ACA, CPA

- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment

- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus


- Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion

- Confidence in challenging yourself and others to complete high quality testing and documentation

- Ability to establish and nurture positive relationships across all levels - both internally and externally

- Driving innovative thinking and supports others through change and uncertainty to overcome hurdles

- Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge and has demonstrated the ability to act quickly to resolve team issues and questions

- Taking pride in your work and in the Audit profession, showing resilience and demonstrating dedication to self-development including being agile and innovative in the digital world

- Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams

- Knowledge in any Audit technologies, and experience using Data Analytics tools

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Arabic

Travel Requirements
0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes

Government Clearance Required?
Yes

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.