Associate Director - Large & Complex

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About the Division

The audit division is in the process of setting up the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) Centre of Excellence (CoE).  The AFS CoE is a centralised facility/hub that is aimed at assisting onsite Audit Teams with tie in of annual financial statements, financial statement casting, IFRS check lists and testing of certain regulatory requirements. Please note, that this is not an exhaustive list and the role might include additional responsibilities.

What you will do?

• Service a Large & Complex Public Audit Client in the Telco, Media industry. 
• Play a role in business development, plan and monitor delivery of multiple complex large audits and manage various audit teams. Manage audit managers and support various partners in their duties.
• Lead client engagements.
• Understand the relevant portion of the service line as well as its strategic objectives.
• Sign off non-complex divisions, subsidiaries of group engagements or stand-alone private entities.
• Establish Client Audit requirements and implement resourcing plans and tools to deliver on the Audit. 

Stakeholder Focus

• Anticipates the implications of the future regulatory and risk advisory landscape to meet the diverse needs of senior stakeholders.

Risk assessments and audit responses

• Audit professionals are required to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including the entity’s internal control. This is a continuous dynamic process of gathering, updating and analysing information throughout the audit. Audit professionals are also required to have knowledge of relevant accounting standards applicable to the entity. Auditors are required to perform risk assessment procedures to provide a basis for the identification and assessments of the risks of material misstatement

• Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work

• Involving internal specialists early and often in audits to ensure cohesive, well integrated engagement teams.
• Understand the scope of work performed by the experts and specialists, supervise their procedures, review their working papers and understand the conclusions that they reach.
• Supervision, communication and review in relation to the work performed by Audit teams.

Delivery of high quality audits via a number of enablers:

• Audit Transformation & Digital tools.
• Professional Excellence
• Methodology, content, guidance, learning and tools.

Manage project plans to optimize engagements

• Development and management of a project plan is a critical component to executing high quality audits. A robust project plan includes key activities, milestones, deadlines, and priorities for all engagement stakeholders.

Apply Ethical and Professional Standards

• Compliance with auditing and accounting standards, relevant laws and regulations (including specific local laws and regulations), ethical standards, independence requirements and the audit firm's quality control procedures.

• Minimum Qualifications - Honours in Accounting
• Registered CA(SA)
• Minimum - 10 years working experience and registered CA Desired - 10 years in a client service role, with 7 of these in a senior management role.

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Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive.  Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

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