Audit - Senior Associate / Assistant Manager

KPMG SERVICES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Singapore seeks a qualified candidate for an Audit position. The role entails working closely with teams to understand client businesses and executing audits based on detailed planning. Applicants should possess a degree in Accountancy and relevant professional qualifications, alongside 2 to 5 years of experience managing listed clients. Strong communication skills, analytical abilities, and understanding of IFRS, US GAAP, are essential. The opportunity offers a dynamic work environment focused on professional growth.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of experience in handling a portfolio of listed clients.
• Good understanding of business and risk management issues.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory and reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Work in teams to understand client’s business.
• Conduct audits based on planning and prepare audit work papers.
• Understand relationships between audit objectives and sufficiency of evidence.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business acumen

Education

Recognized degree in Accountancy

Professional accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CPA)

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 recognized degree in Accountancy and professional accounting qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CPA Australia or equivalent
• Brings along 2 to 5 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
• Good working knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and SOX-404
• Experience in handling IPO engagements is greatly advantageous
• Excellent communications skills, strong analytical skills and excellent business acumen