Senior Audit Manager – Ireland

Job Title: Senior Audit Manager
Location: Ireland
Contract Type: N/A
Reporting to: N/A

About the Company 

We have an exciting opportunity for an Audit Director to join our FS Audit team. In the role, you will be responsible for leading audit engagements to a high standard of quality, from planning through to completion. You will be accountable for signing audit opinions on your own portfolio of audited entities and/or working with Partners in the delivery of larger and more complex audits. You will own the relationships with senior stakeholders from audited entities and develop those relationships to facilitate the delivery of audits. You may also have a departmental role, facilitating the internal operations of running the business, for example, roles relating to finance, technology, quality, people etc..

About the Role

Overseeing the budgeting, planning, co-ordination, and control of audit engagements in accordance with requirements, to ensure the delivery of a quality audit and appropriate profitability. Directing and overseeing the work of team members, ensuring compliance with our Audit Methodology requirements. This includes reviewing all significant areas of the audit work and providing coaching and mentoring support. Project managing all aspects of audit delivery, including timelines, team briefings, team supervision, and reviews by Partners. Acting as the main point of contact for senior stakeholders within audited entities throughout the year. Managing stakeholder relationships to facilitate the execution of the audit. Overseeing the finances of the engagement, including fee negotiation and agreeing overruns. Making judgements on the most complex audit issues. Overseeing communication with audited entities and specialists on technical matters relevant to the audits. Reviewing engagement deliverables, such as audit committee papers, and presenting at audited entity board / audit committee meetings. Leading audit tenders for potential new audited entities. Performance managing junior team members, ensuring that you are having rich development conversations that supports their growth and career progression.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the budgeting, planning, co-ordination, and control of audit engagements in accordance with requirements, to ensure the delivery of a quality audit and appropriate profitability.
• Directing and overseeing the work of team members, ensuring compliance with our Audit Methodology requirements. This includes reviewing all significant areas of the audit work and providing coaching and mentoring support.
• Project managing all aspects of audit delivery, including timelines, team briefings, team supervision, and reviews by Partners.
• Acting as the main point of contact for senior stakeholders within audited entities throughout the year.
• Managing stakeholder relationships to facilitate the execution of the audit.
• Overseeing the finances of the engagement, including fee negotiation and agreeing overruns.
• Making judgements on the most complex audit issues.
• Overseeing communication with audited entities and specialists on technical matters relevant to the audits.
• Reviewing engagement deliverables, such as audit committee papers, and presenting at audited entity board / audit committee meetings.
• Leading audit tenders for potential new audited entities.
• Performance managing junior team members, ensuring that you are having rich development conversations that supports their growth and career progression.

Qualifications:

Significant and recent experience as a Director in an external audit capacity, experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audit, and review of statutory accounts and disclosures. This includes audit experience within a ‘Big 4’ consultancy, mid-tier firm, or government / public sector audit department. (E)

Required Skills:

• Technical knowledge: Understands relevant technical accounting and financial reporting standards, regulations and accounting literature. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialised knowledge, and leverages our methodologies (including ESG Assurance, where relevant).
• Technology skills: Uses firm-approved audit tools and innovative technology solutions to increase audit quality, productivity, and data insights.
• Professional scepticism and issue identification: Applies professional scepticism, objectivity and independence to identify and support resolution of potential audit issues.
• Risk assessment: Prepares for the audit execution with a focus on risk assessment.
• Evaluation of audit results: Evaluates evidence from audit procedures to determine if audit objectives were achieved.

People & Culture:

• Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values.
• Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
• Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
• Be accountable, professional and act in the public interest, working for the benefit of shareholders of audited entities and wider society.
• Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams within Audit and across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose and fun.