Audit Senior (External Audit)

To prepare working papers, financial statements and audit reports on engagements and furnish same to the audit manager, complete in all respects and in full compliance with statutory requirements/clients requirements/KPMG’s standards for his/her review.

THIS IS THE JOB FOR A CHARTERED  ACCOUNTANT

DUTIES OF AN AUDIT SENIOR  

1.       To prepare working papers, financial statements and audit reports on engagements and furnish same to the audit manager, complete in all respects and in full compliance with statutory requirements/clients requirements/KPMG’s standards for his/her review.   

        To assist in conducting the firm’s business in accordance with the highest professional standards and in conformity with the firm’s technical and administrative rules and procedures.

2.      To represent the firm at clients’ premises throughout the execution of the various assignments.

3.      To assist in ensuring that each engagement assigned to him/her is properly planned.  To monitor the engagement performance against the job plan and discuss with the audit manager whether revisions to the plan are needed as the examination progresses.  To accept responsibility for work done on the assignment by the assistant accountants and the time spend on the engagement.

4.      To maintain contact with the client in order to keep abreast of the progress of the examination and to give the necessary guidance to staff.  To resolve problems or questions which arise and when considered necessary to discuss these problems with relevant specialists within the firm, the audit manager or engagement partner.

5.      Being responsible for informing the audit manager on a timely basis of all material auditing or accounting problems and obtaining concurrence with his/her conclusions for resolving them.

6.      To ensure KPMG’s professional standards and procedures are maintained at all times.

7.      To advise clients on accounting and tax problems emerging during the examination and give suggestions for solving them.

8.      To keep abreast of current developments in the accounting profession and to ensure that this knowledge is imparted to the staff through on-job training.