Role purpose

To manage the Firm’s Audit clients in accordance with the guidelines set out by the firm.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management and assess client’s satisfaction
• Select appropriately skilled team to match engagement requirements with individual and team capabilities
• Identify procedures to improve engagement economics, perform necessary procedures more effectively and eliminate low value work
• Proactively monitor and address issues regarding billing and collections
• Communicate ideas/opinions and information to the audit team and listen/respond to other team members views
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery
• Generate new business opportunities and proactively identify opportunities to sell firm services which add value to the client and that display an understanding of the client’s competitive situation
• Delegate effectively and monitor progress to ensure expectations are met through initiating discussions with service team and obtaining on-going feedback from client
• Foster effective teamwork and empower staff to allow them to achieve engagement and personal performance objectives
• Conduct timely performance reviews and provide them with counselling and career advice
• Perform appropriate annual client reassessment procedures
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Set objectives and communicate effectively
• Be accessible and maximize contribution of staff
• Understand the Firm’s service lines and actively assess/present ways to apply knowledge and services
• Take ownership for the work of the team
• Manage, motivate and provide guidance to staff
• Identify training needs and provide training through arranging and presenting at suitable courses
• Monitor team’s work to ensure it is consistent with the firm’s quality standards and audit approach
• Be conscious of professional liability
• Refer ethical, independence and conflict issues associated with clients and assignments to the Partner
• Ensure team compliance with the Firm’s risk management policies and procedures
• Responsible to the audit engagement partner on all major matters concerning the client audit
• Any other task reasonably assigned to the staff member and within their skill set

Educational and Professional Qualifications

• Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy or Business Administration major in Accountancy or any Accounting related courses
• Certified Public Accountant
• 4 to 6 years of Post Qualification Experience
• Currently in public practice or having recently been in public practice
• A team leader able to manage a varied and large portfolio of clients and provide value-added services to new and existing clients
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral English
• A strong personality with excellent presentation skills
• Proactive with staff and clients and able to work under pressure to meet client expectations and deadlines
• Well versed with IFRS and ISA (knowledge of AOIFI, Commercial Companies Law and other relevant regulations would be an advantage)
• Well versed with various accounting software and applications used by different industry sectors and comfortable in a computerized environment
• The ability to grow the business, negotiate fee increases, prepare high quality proposals and cross-sell services to clients
• The ability to assist with training by both tutoring and arranging suitable courses
• The ability to identify quality new staff through recruitment process
• A leader in the development of existing staff through the appraisal process and promotion recommendations
• An effective manager of resources to obtain optimal utilization and recoveries on engagements and to ensure control over WIP and debtors
• Liaising with cross service line and overseas based teams to deliver efficient and effective audits
• Represent the Firm in a professional manner at all times through punctuality, appearance and presentation

Role purpose

To act as an in-charge for all of the accounting operations and oversee the work performed by each member of the team to ensure that the work done is in accordance with the Firm’s policies and client’s request.

Main Duties & Accountabilities:

Technical performance

• Demonstrates a breadth and depth of technical knowledge.
• Develops strategies for resolving complex client problems.
• Shows an appreciation of broad commercial implications in a range of technical issues.
• Develops experience of special transactions.

Client Focus

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management and assess client’s satisfaction
• Refer ethical, independence and conflict issues associated with clients and assignments to the Partner

Internal value

• Takes responsibility for allocation and review of staff’s work.
• Plans, manages and completes client engagements under the direction of and in consultation with a partner; clears jobs directly with partner.
• Liaises with other offices/divisions where necessary.
• Ensures the team is kept informed of progress on all client matters within portfolio.

Development of the business

• Participates in proposals, both written and oral; researches new businesses as part of the proposal process.
• Builds and uses a network of contacts across the firm in all practice areas.

Financial management

• Assists in monitoring overall financial performance of group and takes action to ensure financial performance reflects business objectives.
• Ensures billing is conducted regularly and followed up.
• Assists in specific tasks such as staff planning exercises, training, monitoring staff study performance.
• Participates, if requested, in staff counselling.
• Takes part, if requested, in graduate recruitment interviewing.

Planning the business

• Contributes to the preparation of the group budget.

Personal development

• Develops, in some instances, an area of expertise (technical, industry or functional).
• Develops network of internal and external contacts at appropriate levels.
• Any other task reasonably assigned to the staff member and within their skill set