The Role
Oversee audit engagements, staff allocation, scheduling, budgets, quality reviews, financial statement completion, management letters, and client communications. The role supervises and trains junior staff, supports recruitment and evaluations, coordinates with tax and secretarial departments, assists with billing and collections, monitors overdue audits, and contributes to business development and practice management.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
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The Company
What We Do
Shugulika Africa Limited is a quality service provider with over 12 years of industry experience, specializing in recruitment, headhunting, HR consulting, training, payroll services, and other HR services.
