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Audit Senior

Location:  Gaborone
Other locations:  Primary Location Only
Salary: Competitive
Date:  Sep 4, 2025

Job description

Requisition ID:  1641077

Join our External Audit team and you will help our clients meet their reporting requirements by providing an objective and independent examination of their financial statements. In addition, you will conduct timely and constructive discussions with the management on accounting and reporting matters and provide a robust and clear perspective to audit committees.

 

You will experience professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

  

Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Have hands on experience in providing audit and accounting services to clients in the financial services and consumer product industries;
  • Leading fieldwork, keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
  • Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills
  • Develop/maintain strong working relationships with key business decision makers throughout the year to communicate value and inform them of the firm's scope of services.
  • Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
  • Establish the expectations of the value to be delivered.
  • Successfully monitor the engagement team against the budget, and alter if necessary;
  • Understand the client's industry and recognize key performance drivers, business trends, and emerging technical and industry developments.
  • Stay informed of general business/economic developments and their impact to the client;
  • Generate new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions. Achieve growth by understanding EY and its service lines and actively assessing ways to apply knowledge and services.
  • Develop long-term relationships and networks both internally and externally

 

Qualifications:

 

  • A degree in Accounting, BICA/ACCA/CIMA part-qualified;
  • 3-4 years experience working as an External Auditor in a public accounting firm;
  • Excellent project management skills;
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills;
  • Sound business, client, team and personal leadership skills including verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Experienced in accounting frameworks (e.g. IFRS) and in related financial reporting matters
  • Good understanding of auditing standards e.g. ISA

 

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, 
EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of 
services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fuelled by sector insights, 
a globally connected, multidisciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries 
and territories.

All in to shape the future with confidence.

 

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