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Audit Director - Hong Kong

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CharteredPartners is seeking an experienced audit professional to join our client in Hong Kong at Director level. The successful candidate will lead audit delivery across a portfolio of listed and private clients, take day-to-day ownership of engagement quality and resourcing, and support the engagement partners through to sign-off. Specific qualifications, regulatory fluency and technical breadth are detailed in the sections that follow.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new accounting-firm practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented accounting, audit, tax and advisory professionals to make safe, well-judged moves into rewarding new roles, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the delivery of statutory audits conducted under the Hong Kong Standards on Auditing (HKSA), managing engagements from planning to completion.
  • Direct audit teams on listed (HKEX Main Board and GEM) and private clients, owning quality, timeliness and budget on each engagement.
  • Review significant judgement areas and conclude on technical matters under HKFRS, escalating to the engagement partner where sign-off rests.
  • Manage the relationship with finance directors and audit committees throughout the audit cycle.
  • Support engagement partners on risk acceptance, scoping and engagement economics across the portfolio.
  • Coach managers and seniors, building technical capability and HKICPA progression within the team.
  • Contribute to practice development, including proposals, scoping and the conversion of referral leads.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

  • Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, HKICPA, in good standing.
  • Substantial post-qualification experience in external audit at manager or senior manager level and above.
  • Strong working knowledge of the Hong Kong Standards on Auditing and HKFRS.
  • Experience auditing entities listed on HKEX, including familiarity with Main Board and GEM listing rule reporting.
  • Sound understanding of the role of the HKICPA as the sole statutory registrar and inspector of auditors in Hong Kong.
  • Demonstrable ability to manage multiple engagements concurrently to deadline and budget.
  • Strong grasp of independence, ethics and quality management requirements for audit firms.
  • Confident communicator able to deal directly with senior client finance teams and audit committees.
  • Fluent written and spoken English; Cantonese and Mandarin are an advantage.
  • Track record of developing and retaining audit staff.

Preferred Experience:

  • Experience within a mid-tier or larger firm with a substantial listed-client audit base.
  • Exposure to mainland China group structures and coordination with PRC component teams.
  • Sector depth in property, financial services, consumer or industrials.
  • Awareness of SFC expectations relevant to listed issuers and their auditors.
  • Familiarity with IRD reporting interactions and the tax dimension of audited accounts.
  • A growing network of referral relationships in the Hong Kong market.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Hong Kong permanent residents and candidates eligible to obtain the relevant Hong Kong employment visa who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist accounting-firm recruitment consultant.

Chartered Partners is a trading style of Feltan Associates Pte Ltd; an international Executive Search, Recruitment and Consulting business based in Singapore, licensed and regulated by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower to conduct recruitment services for clients. UEN: 202225620G. EA Licence 23S1672. All rights reserved.

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