Senior auditor
26 November 2023
Location: BDO Al Nisf & Partners
Job Title *:: Senior Auditor
Reference: Audit
Contact: Heytham Al-Tabarany
Job Function:
- To conduct the audits of clients of the Firm, and report to the Supervisor/Manager of any critical issues identified during the course of the audit, as well as ensuring that the work is done in accordance with the BDO Audit Methodology
Principal Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel and assess client’s satisfaction
- Adapt the audit approach to the changing client environment
- Monitor engagement economics by identifying and explaining variances from plan
- Monitor component progress to ensure expectations are met through initiating discussions with service team and obtaining on-going feedback from client
- Use current technology to research and analyse issues
- Conduct interactive interviews to obtain and clarify perceptions, define issues, assess options and gain consensus
- Prepare initial draft of reports or other client and external communications
- Collaborate with other team members of the engagement team to plan the engagement and develop work program timelines, risk assessments, and other planning documents
- Communicate ideas/opinions and information to the audit teams and listen/respond to other team member’s views
- Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
- Direct fieldworks daily, inform supervisors/managers of the engagement status, and manage staff performance
- Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff
- Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews
- Share knowledge with team members (e.g. share best practices, provides on-the-job training)
- Develop an understanding of the Firm’s service lines and actively seek/encourage team members to contribute ideas and identify opportunities to apply the Firm’s services
- Identify and discuss risks with Team Manager on a timely basis
- Make recommendations that reflect understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and risks inherent to client’s business/industry
- Effectively and proactively utilise basic capabilities of audit technology tools and other firm standard technologies to perform and document work in assigned areas
- Develop understanding of client industries and identify value added recommendations
- Responsible to the engagement manager for day to day client contact and conduct of audit work
- Any other task reasonably assigned to the staff member and within their skill set
- PersonalSpecifications and Experience:Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, CPA or ACCA)
- 1 - 2 years of Post Qualification Experience
- Currently in public practice or having recently been in public practice. BDO - Job Descriptions and Competency Manual Page 22
- Excellent communication skills – both written and oral English (knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage)
- A strong personality with good presentation skills
- Proactive with staff and clients and able to work under pressure to meet client expectations and deadlines
- Well versed with IFRS and ISA (knowledge of AOIFI, Commercial Companies Law and other relevant regulations will be an advantage)
- Well versed with various accounting software and applications used by different industry sectors and be comfortable in a computerized environment
- An effective manager of time across more than one engagement at a time
- The ability to identify the training needs of junior team members and provide constructive feedback and appraisals
- The ability to prepare statutory accounts including consolidations
- Advising clients on accounting treatments, identifying weaknesses in controls and related process improvements
- Represent the Firm in a professional manner at all times through punctuality, appearance and presentation
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