SASS Associate

Grant Thornton; Kolkata District, Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton in India seeks a skilled Assurance professional to lead and support client engagements with a focus on quality and risk management.

You will monitor engagement progress, ensure plans are followed, and help improve productivity while maintaining strong client service. The role emphasizes industry knowledge, reporting, and coaching junior staff within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Excellent written, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle multiple engagements with focus on quality and risk management.
• Experience coaching and developing analysts and associates.

Responsibilities

• Handle multiple engagements and ensure quality delivery as per client requirements.
• Monitor engagement progress and take corrective actions to meet timelines.
• Suggest ideas to improve engagement productivity and client service.
• Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality and risk management procedures.
• Anticipate and identify engagement risks and resolve escalations with input from the manager.
• Identify and elevate potential red flags related to engagement team members and managers.
• Demonstrate industry specialization and understanding of trends and leading practices.
• Prepare presentations, reports, deliverables, and status updates.
• Establish and strengthen internal relationships with Partners, Project Managers, Managing Directors & Directors.
• Assist in developing new methodologies, training programs, and internal initiatives.
• Create a positive learning culture and coach and develop analysts and associates.
• Identify and materialize business opportunities for the firm on existing client engagements.
• Coach Associates and Senior Associates to achieve goals within the practice.
• Contribute to knowledge management sessions and culture discussions.

Skills

ITGC testing

SOC 1 testing

SOC 2 testing

COSO/ERM/COBIT/ISO knowledge

Auditing standards

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities:

Handle multiple engagements - Ensure quality delivery as per client requirements

Determine that the engagement progress is duly monitored and corrective actions are taken to ensure engagement quality, engagement timelines are met as per guidelines laid out at the beginning of every engagement.

Suggest ideas on improving engagement productivity and identify opportunities for improving client service

Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk management procedures of the firm

Anticipate and identify engagement related risks, resolve any escalations with inputs from the manager.

Identify, elevate potential red flags related to the engagement team members and managers on a timely basis

Demonstrate industry specialization (detailed understanding of the industry, trends, issues/ challenges and leading practices)

Preparation of presentations/reports/ deliverables/ status updates etc.

Actively establish & strengthen internal relationships with Partners, Project Managers, Managing Directors & Directors

Assist Managers and Senior Managers in developing new methodologies, training program, and internal initiatives

Create a positive learning culture, coaches, and counsels and develops analyst and associates

Identify & materialize potential business opportunities for the firm on existing client engagements

Coach Associates, Senior Associates and guide them to achieve goals within the practice.

Contribute to knowledge management sessions, culture conversations within the practice

Should have excellent written, communication and interpersonal skills

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Skills:

Executing client engagements in the areas of

• IT General Controls testing (ITGC), in support of SOC audits – including applications, Operating Systems, ERPs and databases
• Performing Test of Design & Operating Effectiveness testing by applying the components of relevant frameworks (e.g., COSO, ERM, COBIT, ISO)
• SSAE 18/ SOC 1 testing and reporting – for IT as well as Business Process controls
• SOC 2 testing and reporting – for various trust principles including HITRUST engagements

Awareness of internal auditing standards issued by IIA, ICAI & ISACA

Microsoft office tools (Word, Excel, Access, Power point etc.) with demonstrated ability to coach young team members on the respective tools