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Audit Manager Aberdeen

Recruiter
PwC
Location
Aberdeenshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
18 Oct 2019

Job Details

A career in our Non Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Our team helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to - Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of your comfort zone. - Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty. - Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development. - Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations. - Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations. - Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations. - Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients. - Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties - Focus on building trusted relationships. - Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

About the team

Our Scotland external audit business is growing. Now is a great time to join our teams across our offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh & Glasgow offering you the opportunity to work on our diverse range of commercial clients in a range of sectors. Our proximity to big businesses means that you’ll get to work on some of the largest and most complex projects across the firm, whilst maintaining an unparalleled breadth of client experience.

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business,  whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments. 

By joining us you’ll work in an environment that inspires you and gives you an active role in designing and shaping the future of Audit. You’ll have an exceptional career experience working with and learning from the best. We embrace diversity both in our people and the work you’ll do. We drive change through innovation, and  imagination and creativity alongside the calibre of our staff that gives you the opportunity to deliver the very highest quality audit to the world's leading companies and leverage our global network.

 

About the role

The role will incorporate

  • A portfolio of external audit clients where you will be responsible for the day to day management, client liaison and technical issues management.

  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with existing clients of the firm, understanding opportunities to assist with their issues.

  • Reporting directly to the Assurance Partner or Director and having a number of direct team members report to you.

  • Responsibility for the coaching and development of the team members reporting directly into you, taking responsibility for the career development of others.

  • Assisting with managing the staffing of the job, the financial performance and ensuring that key deadlines are met

  • Business development activities such as building relationships with target clients or involvement in pitch situations.

  • We are able to offer some flexibility in the role around those of the other managers on the team and can ensure that the role is suitable to your particular strengths.

Required Skills and experience

As a Manager you will;

  • Be CA or similarly qualified 

  • Have experience of management of the audit from planning to supervision and review of the documentation

  • Have experience of preparing client deliverables 

  • Have flexibility in your approach to meeting goals as part of the team 

  • Have the ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and clients at all levels 

  • Have a proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships 

  • Take a proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions 

You will have experience of interacting with senior level clients and management to develop and maintain business relationships. Experience of IFRS, UK GAAP (including FRS 101/102) and international standards on auditing would be required.

Company

Your career is just that; yours. You choose it. You live it. You make it happen. To get the best from it, you need the best opportunities. That’s why opportunities are at the heart of a career with us. Opportunities to grow as an individual, to build lasting relationships and make an impact in a place where people, quality and value mean everything.

What we do

We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

Where you could work:

  • Assurance
  • Consulting
  • Financial Advisory/ Deals
  • Human Resource Services
  • Internal Firm Services
  • PwC Legal LLP
  • Tax
  • Technology

As a leading professional services network we’re confident we can offer outstanding training and development opportunities, exposure to multi-disciplinary teams, and support from industry-leading experts. Discover where your talent could take you and join an employer that focused on helping you reach your full potential.

Take the opportunity of a lifetime

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