Senior External Auditor

tr; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

tr in Bengaluru is seeking an Experienced Associate for External Audits to oversee audit teams, manage client engagements, and ensure financial statements meet standards. Responsibilities include planning and executing audits, mentoring interns, and resolving client issues.

The ideal candidate should have experience in financial audits and technical accounting, be proactive in client interactions, and committed to professional development. Join us to shape your career across our global network.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and executing financial audits.
• Capability to supervise and mentor junior staff.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and complete audits for clients.
• Prepare and review financial statements and work papers.
• Supervise and train interns during the audit process.

Skills

Financial audits

Client engagement management

Technical accounting

Mentoring interns

Job description

Experienced Associate – External Audits

While working as part of a team, your responsibilities will include planning, directing and completing audits; supervising staff; and reviewing financial statements and related technical accounting services. You’ll work closely with partners and staff on people and client management and practice development.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Run smaller client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing financial audits and managing to budget
• Prepare or review work papers and drafts of the financial statements
• Produce client deliverables, specifically drafting reports for management review
• Identify, discuss and propose conclusions on technical areas of financial reporting and audit issues identified during the course of the audit
• Oversee aspects of audit fieldwork and completion
• Take an active part in the audit planning discussions to identify audit risks and devise an appropriate audit strategy
• Be a key client contact, providing a hands‑on role that exceeds client expectations
• Supervise, train, and mentor interns on audit process
• Work with audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during audit process
• Proactively interact with key client management to gather information, resolve audit‑related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements
• Gain comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes, and business objectives and utilize that knowledge on engagements
• Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis

Valuing you – Your personal development plan will help you grow your skills. You’ll be able to shape your career within your team or by moving across our business or on secondments across our global network of member firms.