Senior Manager - Transactions Assurance Group

KPMG United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy seeks a Senior Manager for their Transactions Assurance Group in Aberdeen. This role involves managing audits for IPOs and complex transactions while providing technical expertise and leading teams to ensure quality outcomes. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in audit, a strong professional accounting background, and excellent project management skills.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Work-life balance accommodations

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in Audit, likely Audit Senior Manager-level.
• Experience delivering audits for large clients, either FTSE 350 or PCAOB standards.
• Strong project management techniques and ability to lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the end-to-end engagement process for audits.
• Complete initial reviews of listing prospectus and submission documents.
• Liaise with clients and external advisors to understand requirements.

Skills

Technical skills

Analytical skills

Decision-making

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

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Job description

Senior Manager - Transactions Assurance Group

Please note this role can be carried out from any of our UK offices.

Global markets have been thriving, with significant funding to invest in the right business, and the opportunity to support our clients has never been greater. In our Audit and Assurance business this includes Reporting Accountant roles, Special Purpose Audits, and many other bespoke Assurance projects.

To support this growth we have a fantastic opportunity for Senior Managers to join our Transactions Assurance team and work with companies on the audit and assurance requirements of both UK and US initial public offerings, and with a wide variety of project based assurance and accounting topics, including carve out transactions, acquisitions and opening balance sheet audits and complex private equity transactions.

They will be responsible for managing these assurance engagements, working alongside our Capital Markets and Due Diligence teams where relevant.

Experience with either US auditing (PCAOB) and accounting standards or UK Reporting Accountant engagements would be valuable, but training will be provided to support with the relevant accreditations needed for these engagements.

You will work in teams delivering either financial statement audit; technology audit; audit related data, analytics and tools; independent assurance over other info such as regulatory/ESG/internal controls; learning and development; quality/risk/knowledge management; and/or specialist, technical accounting advice (non-audited entities only).

Significant time may be spent at client sites/KPMG offices, however, we appreciate that everybody has their own unique circumstances and we will do our best to accommodate yours, creating a schedule that works for you. Transaction based work will have natural peaks and troughs, both demanding and giving flexibility to our teams to balance the needs of our clients with a work-life balance.

Our Intelligent Working scheme covers a variety of flexible working options, including part time working, working from home part time, or unpaid leave arrangements. Many members of our team currently make use of our flexible working policy. Follow the link below to find out more about how this works for them, but also how you could benefit from it too:

https://www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/who-we-are/being-inclusive/intelligent-wor...

Responsibilities

• You will work with directors and partners to deliver audits for IPO requirements (US and UK) and other one-off transactions, helping companies navigate and scope the IPO requirements. You will manage all aspects of the end to end engagement process, including: working alongside Capital Markets and US filing review teams to scope the listing requirements, developing the scope of work and deliverables, developing appropriate work programmes, reviewing the testing and assurance fieldwork and draft reporting and being responsible for project management.
• Completing initial reviews of listing prospectus, including the historic financial information (HFI) requirements, proforma information, and all submission documents.
• Liaise with both client and the external advisor firms also engaged on listings and other projects to understand requirements and manage the communication flows.
• Manage audit engagements in line with ISA, PCAOB, AICPA and ISRE, or equivalent, reviewing documentation in line with KPMG's quality standards, and coaching our onshore and offshore teams.
• Responsible for engagement and client acceptance procedures.
• Draft client reporting (e.g. Audit Committee reports and Controls assessment reports) for review by the director/partner.
• Support the partner in engagement finances, budgeting, and fees
• Support department wide business development activities, including oversight of proposal documents, presenting during tenders, development of opportunity commercials and origination.

Other responsibilities will typically include accountability for leading teams; providing technical, risk & compliance management; operational and quality management support; overseeing project management, budgeting and planning, senior stakeholder management, and analysis and delivery of quality reports; taking part in tenders or proposals; and some performance management responsibilities.

Qualifications and Skills:

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:

• Individual will hold an in-date relevant professional accounting qualification to apply up to date knowledge and expertise whilst undertaking their day to day duties.
• Inquisitive mind with strong technical skills and a passion for quality
• Experience (minimum 7 years) in Audit, likely to already be an Audit Senior Manager, including experience of delivering and managing audit engagements for large clients - either FTSE 350 or managing audits under PCAOB standards
• Experience of HFI engagements would be helpful, but not essential
• Strong project management techniques including decision-making ability, analytical skills, time management, organisation and evaluative skills, and an ability to lead a team to deliver to a fixed deadline
• An ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals both internally and externally
• Ability to identify and resolve issues or escalate as appropriate.
• Drive and resilience and ability to thrive in a pressured environment