BIG 4 hiring for US Statutory Auditor at Manager Level-CA

Location : Bangalore/Kochi

About the position :

The Audit manager should have prior experience in audit attestation domain and should have proven experience in audit service delivery. Prior team and people management skills and ability to handle stakeholder relationships are essential.

Broadly, the key responsibilities are :

- Audit service delivery : Be the leader for a group of professionals (25-40) responsible for audit service delivery and ensure timely quality audit deliverables on the work done by self and the team. The professional will build strong relationships with the US colleagues and ET(on a case by case basis), identifying areas where Big 4 can improve quality and increase the scope of work

- Content & industry focus : Be responsible for managing the technical consultation on a large portfolio of US clients and elements of risk management on the work that can be taken up by Big 4 considering the permissible procedures and approved Industry specific audit procedure guidance

- People development and management : Be a performance manager for a group (10 to 15) of professionals; Play a key role in the development of the team, coach and act as a mentor for the team-members on the US industry specific areas of audit work that could be done on a remote platform

Roles and responsibilities :

The manager will be predominantly responsible to :

Audit Service delivery :

- Be a coach / mentor to a team of Seniors and Associates and train them to deliver high Quality industry specific work on time and within the time estimates made and agreed with the US engagement teams.

- Develop and maintain productive relationships with key Big 4 US industry leaders and contacts to grow Big 4 business through -

- Establishing expectations of value to be delivered on the engagements worked on from Big 4

- Building industry specific knowledge and capabilities within the Big 4 teams

- Work closely with the ET to transition new engagements and services to Big 4 while maintaining high quality

- Identify opportunities to standardize and optimize audit processes across a portfolio of clients and the industry to improve efficiency

- Develop an understanding of Big 4 (US and specific to Big 4 ) Quality and Risk Management procedures, and ensure these are embedded into the Big 4 team's work papers

- Proactively discuss audit procedures with the Big 4 teams, allocating right resources (wherever needed) to work and monitor performance against standards by performing continuous reviews

- For select engagements/projects, perform US Senior / Manager level reviews of work prepared by Big 4 teams as approved by the US engagement teams under the guidance from DPP or the risk teams

- Monitor and manage key industry specific Performance Quality metrics for the Big 4 teams

- Understand scope of Big 4 offerings across all lines of businesses to provide overall solutions for engagement teams- needs (D&A, IDEA, KAAP, Advisory & Tax)

- Demonstrate professionalism, industry competence and clarity of communication when dealing with the ET

- Use technology (on specific areas of work), continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery

- Contribute to technical and soft-skills training to continually develop the team's skills on industry specific areas of work

Manage people :

- Be a performance manager to guide and coach Big 4 professionals on career advancement and provide continuous feedback throughout the performance year on their development areas

- Actively participate and lead overall performance development and feedback process at team level and at overall Big 4 level

Lead projects :

- On business and industry specific knowledge development initiatives at Big 4

- Lead / participate in firm's strategic initiatives and/or corporate social responsibility programs

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