External Audit - Senior Associate

PwC Ireland; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Ireland is seeking a Senior Associate for its Belfast audit team. The role involves leading audits, coordinating client information, and managing delivery from planning to completion.

The successful candidate will coach team members and ensure quality within budget and timelines. Applicants should have ACA/ACCA or equivalent, at least 3 years in practice with Big 4 or international firms, and solid knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in audit engagements and coaching junior staff.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience liaising with clients and understanding business risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead an audit team and set the audit approach within budget.
• Liaise onsite with clients to obtain information and identify risks.
• Identify key business and audit risks and investigate issues to a solution.
• Research and resolve technical queries from clients.
• Coordinate with tax to finalise taxation figures within time.
• Keep Managers/Senior Managers and Partners updated on progress and budget.
• Report audit findings and propose corrective actions.
• Review junior work to ensure quality and timeliness.
• Collaborate effectively as part of the audit team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching

Client liaison

Risk assessment

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

3+ years practice accounting experience

UK GAAP and IFRS knowledge

Job description

Job Description & Summary

Our collective blend of expertise and experience makes PwC a great place to work. PwC Ireland welcomes top talent from all backgrounds to join us at the start of what will be your lifelong journey of development and discovery. Let’s see where your talent could take you.

Our Belfast audit team is focused on working with some of Northern Ireland’s largest and fastest growing businesses. We have an expanding team of professionals who provide audit and other assurance services to fast growing, dynamic and established sectors of the NI economy. We use our industry expertise and experience to serve our clients who work across a range of industries; including Retail and Consumer, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Hospitality, Technology, Information & Communications and Entertainment.

The Senior Associate role involves taking charge of a broad variety of aspects of audits from planning to completion. The Senior Associate is responsible for organising and managing client assignments; including the completion of assigned tasks and project components as well as coaching, advising, and directing team members.

Responsibilities Include:

• Lead an audit team and set the audit approach to the engagement, which makes effective use of team members’ skills and is within budget.
• Liaise onsite with clients to obtain relevant information in order to resolve any queries and to identify causes/risks on issues requiring further consideration.
• Identify the key business and audit risks of a client and investigate all audit issues to arrive at a solution or proposal.
• Research and resolve technical queries from clients.
• Work closely with the tax department to ensure that the taxation figures for the audit are finalised within the required time.
• Ensure Manager/Senior Managers (or relevant Partner) are informed on a regular basis on the progress of the audit and relevant issues in respect of budget constraints.
• Report on audit findings to the Managers/Senior Managers and Partners and in particular raise any issues arising during the audit which may impact on risk.
• Prepare reports detailing issues found and recommending corrective and preventative actions to resolve them.
• Review the work of junior team members to ensure quality, thoroughness and completion of assigned tasks within agreed time frames.
• Work as an effective team member during an audit by communicating relevant issues, requesting feedback and coaching junior team members.

Education/Professional Qualifications:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution.
• At least 3 years practice accounting experience in a Big 4 firm or other international accounting firm.
• Detailed understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Business Acumen - use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current trends in the market and utilise this information to assist your clients in making innovative business decisions.
• Relationship management - ability to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality, diverse relationships.
• Creative - demonstrate an ability to contribute to new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Enthusiastic team player with a passion to coach and encourage others to achieve their potential.
• Ambitious – demonstrate strong commitment to personal learning and development.

Unlock your potential with PwC Ireland

We believe that challenges are better solved together! We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams encouraged to collaborate and innovate in a way that creates powerful solutions and makes a positive impact. This purpose-led work, and our continuous development and encouragement, will help unlock your potential and take your career to the next level.

Enjoy PwC’s perks

We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at Life@PwC. (https://www.pwc.ie/careers-ie/life-at-pwc.html).

Being appreciated for being you

Our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Elevate Pledge. (https://www.bitc.ie/the-leaders-group-on-sustainability/inclusive-workplace-pledge/)

You can learn more about our culture of belonging and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more at www.pwc.ie.

Avoid the confidence gap; you do not have to match all the listed requirements exactly to apply, we’d love to hear from you!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please email us for more information.

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit {+ 24 more}

PwC Ireland is committed to creating an environment that promotes equality and dignity at work. Working together in an inclusive environment enables us to harness the collective and complementary skills, knowledge, background, and networks of our people.

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