Audit Quality Inspector

Michael Page (UK); England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in audit regulation seeks a skilled professional to join their Audit Quality Review team. This role offers a unique insight into the operations of major audit firms and the opportunity to influence their practices to enhance audit quality. Candidates will engage in conducting inspections and analyzing audit workpapers while enjoying a hybrid working arrangement that promotes work/life balance. With competitive remuneration and generous leave policies, this position is ideal for those passionate about improving audit standards in the UK.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Ability to buy extra leave

Generous employer pension contribution of 10%

Strong work/life balance ethos

Qualifications

• Accountancy qualification with membership of ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS or ICAI required.
• Significant experience at Audit Senior Manager or above level in external audit.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audit file inspections focusing on larger UK listed entities.
• Inspect firm-wide procedures at major audit firms and review their methodologies.

Skills

Technical Auditing Skills

Accounting Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Professional Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)

Job description

• Hybrid working and strong work / life balance ethos.
• Conduct audit file inspections, focusing on larger UK listed entities.

About Our Client

This regulatory organisation is the UK Competent Authority for audit regulation. Their Audit Quality Review team is made up of suitably qualified and skilled staff with previous audit experience, including sector and IT specialists. It undertakes inspections monitoring the quality of Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits, but specifically those for UK listed entities.

Job Description

The role provides an insight into how the major firms operate and how they are responding to current issues in the profession and changes in regulatory requirements. Successful candidates will also have the satisfaction of being able to influence the practices and procedures of the major audit firms to enhance quality.




The successful candidate will:

• Conduct audit file inspections, focusing on larger UK listed entities. File inspections include analysis of audit workpapers, information gathering through informal and formal questioning of the audit team, discussion with the audit firm of potential issues identified, and conclude with final written reporting.
• Conduct inspections of firm-wide procedures at the major audit firms as required and visiting audit firms and reviewing their processes and audit methodologies.

The Successful Applicant

An accountancy qualification coupled with membership of ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS or ICAI (or equivalent) are required as well as significant experience at least at Audit Senior Manager or above level in the external audit profession, being essential.




The ideal candidate will have:

• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Significant post qualification experience in the audits of listed and other public interest entities.
• Strong technical auditing and accounting skills.
• A demonstrable interest in an audit firm's audit quality initiatives.

What's on Offer

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  Competitive remuneration packages, including 30 days annual leave and the ability to buy extra leave.
• Generous employer pension contribution of 10%.
• A strong work/life balance ethos.
• A hybrid working arrangement, with an expectation that 40% of a person's working time will be located at one of the offices per week.