Manager - Audit & Assurance, Oman FY27

About the role

Deloitte is hiring an Audit & Assurance Manager for its Oman office for fiscal year 2027. The role centres on leading audit engagements, managing the engagement team and ensuring compliance with auditing and accounting standards, with a focus on stakeholder value and professional scepticism.

Key responsibilities

• Review transaction flow documentation and tests of controls early in the audit cycle to shape the planned audit approach and assess the control environment.
• Suggest mitigating testing when controls are ineffective, applying professional scepticism to fraud risks and communication with those charged with governance.
• Drawing on firm expertise and specialists, and taking part in group risk assessment and the preparation and review of referral instructions.
• Run file checks throughout the audit, choose an appropriate file structure and ensure all points are cleared at the end of each engagement.
• Engage early with scheduling and the extended engagement team, communicating expectations, responsibilities, deadlines and the project plan to entity management.
• Perform reviews with professional scepticism on the assumptions and data behind management's assertions.
• Ensure compliance with auditing and accounting standards, local laws and regulations, ethical standards, independence requirements and the firm's quality control procedures.

Required profile

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in public accounting, auditing, audit management, budgeting, business plans or business strategy, preferably in a Big 4 audit firm.
• Degree in Accounting or a related field.
• International accounting qualification: CA, ACCA or CPA.
• Fluent English; bilingual Arabic/English candidates preferred.

Required skills

• Extensive knowledge of best-practice reporting and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Ability to apply accounting and auditing standards consistently and obtain evidence that financial statements comply with the applicable framework.
• Ability to review audit documentation for completeness, accuracy and adequacy and archive work papers on time.
• Ability to learn Deloitte's tools, audit methodology and professional standards through formal learning and on-the-job training.