Audit Senior Associate / Assistant Manager

kpmg services pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG in Singapore is seeking an Audit professional with 1-4 years of experience to work in a team-based environment. The role involves understanding client businesses, performing audits per plan, and ensuring sufficient audit evidence and clear conclusions are presented.

The ideal candidate will hold an accountancy degree or professional qualification and possess strong communication, analytical, and business acumen.

Qualifications

• A recognised degree in Accountancy and/or professional accounting qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CPA Australia or equivalent.
• Brings along 1 - 4 years of experience in handling a portfolio of listed clients.
• A good understanding of pertinent business and risk management issues and familiarity with the relevant regulatory and reporting standards.
• Excellent communications skills, strong analytical skills and excellent business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Working in teams to acquire an in-depth understanding of our client’s business; carry out the audit based on audit planning, prepare appropriate audit work papers.
• Understanding the relationships between objectives of the audit sections, the need for sufficiency of audit evidence, and presentation of the conclusions.
• (Additional responsibilities not stated in the page)

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Business acumen

Education

Accountancy degree or professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CPA Australia or equivalent)

Job description

KPMG in Singapore is part of a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories with more than 265,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.

The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Working in teams to acquire an in-depth understanding of our client’s business;
• Carrying out the audit based on audit planning, prepare appropriate audit work papers;
• Understanding the relationships between objectives of the audit sections, the need for the sufficiency of audit evidence, and presentation of the conclusions

The ideal candidate should have:

• A recognised degree in Accountancy and/or professional accounting qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CPA Australia or equivalent
• Brings along 1 - 4 years of experience in handling a portfolio of listed clients
• A good understanding of pertinent business and risk management issues and familiarity with the relevant regulatory and reporting standards
• Excellent communications skills, strong analytical skills and excellent business acumen

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.
At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.