Associate Manager

Role purpose

Principal Accountabilities:

• Work with the engagement management and team to create plans for accomplishing the engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and appropriately addresses risks
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients and assess client’s satisfaction
• Monitor the progress of the engagement team against the plan and alter it when needed
• Proactively monitor and address issues regarding billing and collections
• Effectively utilize advanced capabilities of audit technology tools and other firm standard software to meet engagement objectives and enhance service delivery
• Produce quality client correspondence
• Communicate ideas/opinions and information to the audit team and listen/respond to other team members views
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Set objectives and communicate effectively and 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
• Delegate effectively and monitor progress to ensure expectations are met through initiating discussions with service team and obtaining on-going feedback from client
• Manage, motivate and provide guidance to staff
• Identify training needs and 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/Manager
• Demonstrate project management skills and effectively manage their own time across different engagements
• Develop understanding of client industries and identify value added recommendations
• Responsible to the engagement manager for day to day client contact and conduct of audit work
• To assist manager in reviewing the audit work as well as financial statements for smaller entities within a Group
• 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
• 3 to 5 years of Post Qualification Experience
• Currently in public practice or having recently been in public practice
• A team leader able to ensure that value-added services are provided to new and existing clients
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral English
• A strong personality and 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 be comfortable in a computerized environment
• The ability to lead a team of staff and manage a varied and large portfolio of clients
• An effective manager of time across more than one engagement at a time
• The ability to identify the training needs of junior team members and provide constructive feedback and appraisals
• The ability to prepare statutory accounts including consolidations
• Advising clients on accounting treatments, identifying weaknesses in controls and related process improvements
• Represent the Firm in a professional manner at all times through punctuality, appearance and presentation