Audit Seniors / Experienced Seniors / Assistant Managers

Job Summary

As a Senior / Experienced Senior / Assistant Manager you will be involved in leading, overseeing and ensuring the delivery of audit and assurance engagements from planning through to completion. Your role will include client interaction and provide you with exposure to multiple clients on a regular basis. As part of a high performing team, you will be offered professional development and support. You will be allocated a Manager to assist with your career development and performance management to help you in meeting your professional goals.

Job Details

• Keeping Managers up to date with progress throughout the course of the assignment.
• Assisting with reports to management and audit committees.
• Overseeing the detailed audit work of subordinates on audits
• Keeping up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings
• Liaising closely with clients in relation to planning and closing meetings
• Nurture and seek worthwhile relationships with clients, business departments and staff, for the sharing of information and to identify and progress current and future Audit requirements
• To manage engagements, overseeing in-charge and audit assistants work ensuring compliance with client, statutory and KPMG requirements, appreciating relevant internal and external market factors, ensuring the effective and timely delivery of engagements
• Oversee and direct the budgeting, planning, co-ordination and control of engagements in accordance with client, statutory, KPMG and business requirements to ensure effective service delivery and maximized recoverability
• Direct, coach and mentor between assigned audit staff in a performance manager role
• Assist the Managers and Associate Directors in monitoring the effectiveness of Audit services delivered, providing feedback and reflection

Requirements

You’ll help our teams succeed if you have:

• Minimum of second class (upper division) Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Accounting or any related field
• Minimum of 5 credits in O ’level examination, including Maths and English at 2 sittings
• Have at least 5 - 7 years of active work experience in the Audit function in any of these industries/areas – CM, FSI & ENR
• Professionally qualified with a recognized accounting body, ICAN/ACCA qualified or equivalent will be an advantage
•  IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/Word.
•  Experience working with e-audit
• Proven track record of technical excellence and high performance in external audit and or assurance engagements, including project management and client service skills
• A keen interest in our audit methodology, auditing standards and the regulatory environment
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Significant practical experience as a Senior in an external audit capacity
•  Demonstrate experience of current accounting and financial reporting standards including IFRS
• Possess well developed leadership, supervisory and coaching skills and can effectively communicate with individuals both internally and externally.
•  Drive and resilience and ability to thrive in a pressured environment

About Company

KPMG Professional Services

https://home.kpmg.com/ng

KPMG Professional Services and KPMG Advisory Services are the KPMG member firm in Nigeria. The partners and people have been operating in Nigeria since 1978, providing multidisciplinary professional services to both local and international organisations within the Nigerian business community. Our vision is to build and sustain our reputation as the best firm to work with by ensuring our people, clients and communities achieve their full potential. At KPMG, we are committed to working with our clients to cut through complexities of the business world; finding solutions and adding value. Our combination of international and local market knowledge and perspective give us an edge in the professional services industry in Nigeria. This combination enables the Nigerian practice to add real value by developing strategies that give the firms clients a distinct edge over their competitors. As one of the leading providers of professional services, KPMG knows that the success and growth of the firm also depends on the success and growth of the Nigerian economy. Hence, it champions progressive change and makes the future happen for its clients, people and the community, thereby enabling Nigeria success. The firm is involved in the formulation of economic policies for Nigeria through the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. The firm has a full complement of 59 partners and over 1,500 trained and dedicated professional staff; with deep industry skills and competencies in audit, tax and advisory services. KPMG has worked for clients in the public and private sec tor in Nigeria and in several other countries, helping to transform business performance and operations.