Experienced Audit Senior

6 AM andabroadAbout the Role

The purpose of this role is to assist an Australian client in Sydney on assurance projects with their listed and unlisted clients, remotely.

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 4 years of external auditing experience, Big 4 firm is preferred.
• Experience with Caseware or Caseware Cloud is preferred.
• Secondment or remote experience working abroad in external audit (UK / US / AU) is preferred.
• Experience with PowerBI, Data Snippets, and Mindbridge is advantageous.
• A university degree in accounting.
• A valid passport, you may be required to travel to Sydney, Australia.
• A positive attitude towards helping others.
• A positive attitude with working in a team environment.
• An open mind with a desire to learn.
• An excellent sense of time management.
• Be able to deliver on tight deadlines.
• Have experience in various industries, both listed and unlisted clients.

Required Qualifications

• You must be a qualified CA(SA).

Key Responsibilities

• Your working hours will start between 5:30AM or 6AM, this is a key requirement for the role due to the timezone difference. Longer hours are expected during busy season, being from July to October/November.
• Pre-engagement activities: Gathering information about the clients in your assigned engagements, including industry, business model, and recent financial performance.
• Assist in preparing the engagement letter, outlining the scope of the audit and the responsibilities of both the auditor and client.
• Participate in budgeting the audit engagement, considering the complexity of the client’s business and risk factors.
• Conduct risk assessments.
• Gain an understanding of the entity.
• Understand the control environment and plan.
• Plan the audit response based on risk assessments.
• Perform substantive procedures on various account balances.
• Perform detailed testing on various accounts.
• Perform additional procedures. i.e. The testing of journal entries, unpredictability, related parties, consolidations, litigations, and going concern.
• Evaluate the identified misstatements and control deficiencies, assessing their impact on the financial statements.
• Perform subsequent events procedures to identify events occurring after the balance sheet date that might require adjustments.
• Conduct final analytical procedures to identify any overall inconsistencies in the financial statements.
• Utilize a disclosure checklist to ensure all necessary disclosures are included in the financial statements.
• Assist in drafting the audit report, communicating the audit opinion on the fairness of the financial statements, and presenting significant findings and recommendations.

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience with Caseware Audit?
• Have you been on secondment in person or remotely doing external audit work?

Experience:

• External Audit: 4 years (Required)
• big 4 firm external audit: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• CA(SA) membership or are you eligible to register (Required)

Work Location: Remote