Senior Associate Audit - Suva

Audit - Senior

The opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated individuals looking to take the next step in their professional accounting career. At EY we provide a unique opportunity for staff to excel in their chosen career with the full support, training and guidance from a truly international accounting firm.

Your key responsibilities

1. Planning and coordinating audits

• • Effectively manage the audit process (in consultation with the Manager/Senior Manager/Partner) with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters, and ensure audits are executed in compliance with our policies and protocols.
  • Manage multiple concurrent audit projects, prioritising tasks and meeting strict deadlines.
  • Participating in client acceptance, independence, and compliance with professional standards for team members.

2. Executing Audit processes

• • Understand an entity’s operating environment, including regulatory environment, competition and legal structure and identifying areas of financial statement risks.
  • Understanding the entity’s control environment and identifying areas of financial statement risks.
  • Understanding the entity’s processes and identifying areas that could give risk to a financial statement risk and controls (including assessing design and effectiveness of controls).
  • Identify and assess risks to determine audit priorities and focus areas, including recommendations for improvement in the client’s business processes where gaps are identified.
  • Responsible for contributing to the delivery of one or more processes, solutions and/or projects by delivering agreed activities, applying judgement, and selecting appropriate methodologies to inform recommendations, considerate of success criteria, barriers, risks, and issues.
  • Oversee the work of junior audit staff, providing guidance, support, and training as needed. Evaluate the performance of audit staff and provide timely feedback.
  • Account strategy and delivery, maximising the possibilities from data and technology.
  • Maintain staff utilisation and support with the effective use of resources to prioritise workloads and deliverables.
  • Ensure audit workpapers and documentation are accurate, complete, and compliant with standard.
  • Lead and manage fieldwork on clients’ sites including liaising with other departments to ensure the smooth delivery of the audit process.
  • Assist in the design and documentation of audit strategies for complex business environments, processes, and activities.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, addressing their concerns and providing insights.
  • Use accepted analytical techniques to perform complex analytical procedures.
  • Proposal and report writing ensuring quality deliverables.
  • Preparing and presenting to client meetings.
  • Attendance and Chairing client planning and closing meetings.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• At least 4 years’ experience as an auditor within a Big 4 accounting firm.
• A degree and/or progress towards/completion of a recognised accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits.
• Experience in accounting frameworks (IFRS) and in related financial reporting matters.
• The ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, addressing their concerns and providing value added recommendations.
• The ability to create a positive learning culture, and coach and counsel junior team members to help them to develop.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to working with management.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experienceshttps://www.ey.com/en_gl/careers/personalized-career-development
• Discover how, when and where you can work at https://www.ey.com/en_gl/careers/flexibility-mobility
• Learn about our commitment to DE&I at https://www.ey.com/en_gl/careers/diversity-inclusiveness

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be at your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.