Audit Quality In-Flight Review - Senior Manager - Insurance

Forvis Mazars UK; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audit firm is seeking an experienced Audit Quality Senior Manager to specialize in in-flight quality reviews for the insurance sector. The successful candidate will lead reviews, support audit teams, and ensure compliance with auditing standards. The role requires a minimum of 5 years of UK audit experience and strong expertise in the insurance sector. This role emphasizes leadership, coaching, and maintaining high audit quality standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of recent UK audit experience.
• Strong experience of working on audits of PIEs and listed entities.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple work commitments.

Responsibilities

• Lead in-flight reviews in the insurance sector.
• Support and coach audit teams in quality initiatives.
• Build strong working relationships with audit teams.

Skills

UK audit experience

ACA / CA / ACCA qualification

Experience in insurance sector audits

Ability to manage others

Knowledge of UK auditing standards and IFRS

Education

ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent)

Job description

Audit Quality In-Flight Review - Senior Manager - Insurance (4921)

Audit Quality Support Team (AQST) delivers the foundations for audit quality.

AQST plays a vital role in supporting our audit practice. It forms part of the firm's system of quality management; is responsible for designing methodologies and tools that ensure compliance with auditing and ethical standards and other requirements applicable to audit and assurance engagements; and supports the delivery of engagements that comply with the firm's methodologies and related risk management policies and procedures.

Job Purpose

As an Audit Quality Senior Manager, you will specialise in inflight (hot) quality reviews and will contribute to the delivery of high-quality audits through leading some of the inflight reviews, supporting and coaching our audit teams, with particular focus on audits of entities in insurance sector.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead a number of in-flight reviews in insurance sector
• Support AQST Partners and Directors and coach AQST managers on in-flight reviews and other quality initiatives, working in line with the firm's policies and processes and meeting relevant regulatory requirements.
• Build strong working relationships with audit teams and coaching them throughout the process of in-flight reviews.
• Together with the in-flight reviews team assist the Audit Learning and Development Team in reviews of technical training content.
• Work with the Audit Quality Support Team on ad hoc non-sector specific projects, including supporting external regulatory reviews where relevant.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

We are seeking an experienced Audit Senior Manager with a minimum of 5 years of recent UK audit experience with the following skills and attributes:

• ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification.
• Strong experience of working on audits of PIEs and listed entities in insurance sector.
• Strong experience of auditing insurance specific areas and performing controls-based audits.
• Experience of working on complex audits and audits of international groups.
• Strong practical and theoretical knowledge of UK auditing, ethical, and accounting standards, including IFRS.
• Currently operating at senior manager or experienced manager level.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple work commitments, and to meet targets and deadlines.
• Experience of managing others.
• Ability and willingness to challenge and influence more senior individuals and peers.
• Ability to challenge, manage difficult conversations with empathy and balancing coaching with risk management.
• Experience of performing ‘hot' or ‘cold' audit file reviews is desirable.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Forvis Mazars, inclusion and diversity are central to our values. We recognise that being an inclusive and diverse organisation makes us stronger as a business.

We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diverse nature of our clients and communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age, and disability. Forvis Mazars selects candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience.

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