Statutory Audit Role

ASU - Audit - Audit Services :

Assurance's purpose is to inspire confidence and trust to enable a complex world to work. We do so by protecting and serving the public interest, promoting transparency, supporting investor confidence and economic growth and fostering talent to provide future business leaders. We help clients by:

1) Ensuring their accounts comply with the requisite audit standards

2) Providing a robust and clear perspective to audit committees and

3) Providing critical information for stakeholders.

Our Service Offerings include External Audit, Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS), IFRS & US GAAP conversion, IPO and other public offering, Corporate Treasury - IFRS 9 accounting & implementation support etc.

Your key responsibilities

Technical Excellence

- Networking- Creates and manages good independent relationships with clients' senior management

- Good Commercial Acumen- Provides a perspective to clients on trends and emerging practices in the local and global market in relation to client's operations

- Client Management- Lead role in execution of client service and begins to serve as a Trusted Business Advisor, use in-depth knowledge of the client to anticipate and address complex issues

- Business Development- Lead preparation of high quality proposals including developing the fees/entry strategy

- Contributes to the profitability of the firm- Generates additional work from existing clients and supports in selling new client proposals

- Leads and coordinates the planning and management of assignments with guidance from the partner

- Manages projects and processes- Balances multiple priorities by considering risk, importance, level of urgency, political impacts and other linkages

- Technical competence & strategic thinking- Demonstrates a good level of technical knowledge and judgment and has the ability to develop well-reasoned and researched arguments on client issues, demonstrates expertise in auditing telecom companies.

- Risk management - Provides pertinent guidance and advices to colleagues on quality or risk management issues, enables colleagues to address risk and quality issues by providing advice based on his experience

- Knowledge management- Strong contribution to knowledge sharing efforts, reviews and continually improves processes so that the team and the firm capture and leverage knowledge

- Leadership & Team work- Creates a climate of high performance in the team, promotes a good understanding of his team's goals and contribution

- Counseling and people development- Proactively provides guidance on development of technical, interpersonal and soft skills to improve competence of the team members and counselees

- Exhibit professional demeanor- Look and sound professional, demonstrate appropriate conduct

Qualification:

- Should have handled statutory audit assignments earlier

- Must have strong knowledge of auditing & accounting standards

- Strong exposure in auditing manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical industries etc. Good presentation skills and ability to respond promptly

- Ability to prioritize work on multiple assignments & manage ambiguity

- Should be a team player with a proactive & result oriented approach

Experience:

- 5 to 6 years of post-qualification experience with either a mid or top-tier accounting firm, focused on external or statutory audit-related matters or an MNC or a large domestic Indian company, preferably within a shared services environment