Audit Accountant (FTC)

Project based Fixed term contractor role

Purpose:

The role will manage and execute external audits of multinational legal entities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review Reconciliations
• Build Audit files
• Audit preparation
• Review Annual Financial Statements
• Audit execution – managing audit process from planning to sign-off, responding to audit queries, ensuring good relationship with auditors
• Work with the business and Central Finance to ensure smooth audit of subsequent years:
• Internal control reviews to ensure readiness for more efficient auditor approaches (Controls audit vs Substantive audit – reduces sample sizes)
• Proactive Central Finance accounting reviews
• Ensure continuous compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards
• Auditor’s Reports to Management – ensure that auditors’ housekeeping findings are addressed

Requirements

Qualifications and Work Experience

• Must have done audit articles
• 2 Years post-articles experience in audit environment
• Must be fast and detailed

Skills:

• Advanced MS Excel skills & Numerical skills
• High attention to detail (accuracy)
• Ability to deal with complex information and requests
• Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Confident and enthusiastic self-starter who can take initiative
• Mature decision making
• Action orientation and Project management
• Ability to work under own initiative without guidance
• Copes well under sustained pressure
• Interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Organisation and administration skills
• Diagnostic, analytical & problem-solving skils
• Information integration & report writing skills - responsible for collating information for reporting purposes