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Purpose of the Job: To ensure adherence and enforcement of the firm’s audit policies and procedures in a professional manner and to provide leadership to all the assigned audit staff Main Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities are as follows: I. Managerial Roles and Responsibilities: a) Participate in carrying out the audit scheduling and staff allocation for all audits of the team/cluster. b) Work closely with managers to approve the audit-planning memorandum, prior to commencement of the audit for all audits. c) Monitoring allocated jobs and co-coordinating with the supervisor to ensure adherence to audit time frames and budgets. d) Ensuring that all the financial statements are properly called over and meet the firm’s quality standards. e) Reviewing the management letter prior to the partner's review and ensuring response and doing the necessary follow up. f) Ensure the financial statements are sent expeditiously to client and returned back to the office g) Liaise with tax department to ensure tax returns and payments are made on time. h) Liaise with secretarial department to ensure board minutes, resolutions and shareholders meetings/resolutions are done and annual returns filed on a timely basis. i) Submit regular report to partners on overdue audits/delayed audits/jobs not commenced. j) Build and maintain cordial relationship with clients. k) Active participation in practice development. II. Operational Roles and Responsibilities: a) Managing and overseeing junior team, including interns. b) Participating in recruiting, screening candidates, head hunting, and interviewing of prospective junior team members c) Supporting management in budget planning and budget control d) Training associates on the job and teaching them work procedures and processes. e) Assisting partners in billing/collection for all the clients under his portfolio. f) Approving the annual/study leave for all the team staff in consultation with the audit partner. g) Assisting the partners in carrying out job/annual evaluations of audit team h) Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time. Requirements Key Result Areas: The jobholder’s accountability areas are as follows; Effective management of assigned client portfolio Timely review of relevant audit reports Effective and timely execution of Audit related projects Effective contribution to the department’s business development initiatives Effective leadership and management of assigned team
