Senior Manager | Audit | Audit & Assurance | FY

Industry Professional Services - Audit and Advisory

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Audit & Assurance | Senior Manager

During your tenure as a Senior Manager in Audit & Assurance, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

• Identifies the entity's strategic audit and risk priorities and highlights these to key stakeholders, proactively offering strategic insights to address these.
• Makes sure that risk assessment procedures were appropriately considered in the development of the plan, execution of audit procedures, and evaluation of audit results.
• Contributes knowledge and perspective to the risks, materiality and scope discussions for the audit report and checks the audit plan covers all the relevant areas with consideration of wider business issues. Considers messaging from National Audit Office, trends in audit reporting and peer reporting via National Audit Office tools and publications.
• Includes the expert/specialist in audit planning meetings to discuss planned involvement of the expert/specialist and sets expectations regarding the application of an appropriate level of professionals kepticismby the expert/specialist.
• Actively participates in the group risk assessment and planning of work to be performed by component auditors.
  
  Review’s referral instructions on a timely basis and evaluates responses from component auditors. Resolves issues identified, including where work has been referred to challenging environments.
• Is familiar with analysis on audit reports, uses the Guide to audit reporting, has read several other audit reports in the same industry before drafting a new report.
• Drives the audit team in a robust approach to revenue testingby:utilizing process flow diagrams for material revenue streams, gaining a deep understanding of the entity's recognition policies and how they relate to terms and conditions, actively considering the appropriateness of a controls reliance approach, and developing a tailored approach to address the risk of fraud.
• Develops and reviews comprehensive project plans for complex engagements early in the audit cycle, that include clear timescales, co-ordination with the extended engagement team, has a clear contingency plan to mitigate the risks of unseen obstructions, and has adequate resources with the required skills and knowledge for testing.
• Communicates the project plan and any entity related dependencies (e.g., documentation, reviews) with the entity's management team so that they are aware, at the beginning of the audit, of any repercussions (e.g., deadlines, fees) due to deviations from this plan. When slippages arise, clearly…